Thread: 747's 40th Anniversary

Pan Am Clipper Young America.... IAD (?) - LHR

OK OK I googled, but flight global had a really good piece on the anniversary. And instead of applying for a job i've spent last half hour googling Pan Am

I want:
http://panambrands.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp...p;idcategory=28
and
http://panambrands.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp...p;idcategory=26
!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Jan 24 2010, 07:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Pan Am Clipper Young America.... IAD (?) - LHR [/b]

Well Nick you&#39;re "almost" correct. Pan Am was the airline and the route was NYC to London, JFK-LHR

Now Nick, what are you going to do with an airplane window? What you need are seats, so your guests can sit down. http://cgi.ebay.ca/Airplane-Airline-Aircra...=item2304ee9fe7

Some great info on the 747 - Flightglobal/747@40

Ah JFK LHR. I thought IAD just didn&#39;t "feel" right. I read an EXCELLENT book on Pan Am from the account of one of their flight attendants. I leant the book to someone, and can&#39;t remember who it was nor the books name to find it online.

The book really moved me, it had stories of how this FA swapped Scotch for Caviar in Iran, how he relieved an FA of duty on a flight cause she was drunk and the next week she was found dead on her door stoop in JFK frozen to death the vodka bottle in hand, and also the rise of the jet age where he asked a young man to put his shoes on and the man said "oh gee sir I would but I didn&#39;t bring any".

The window would go straight on my wall with a plaque underneath outlining the Clipper name, N number, miles flown, first and last flight etc.

As for the chairs... awesome! When I lived in DAL my landlord had a set of WN seats in his garage - that was cool. Although I would have installed them in my house somewhere for show

I remember flying an AA-747 in the early 80&#39;s. I pestered the FA to let me sneak up the stairs so I could peek at the first class lounge...it had a piano bar. By the time I came down, I had missed the desert cart; yeah image that, a desert cart in coach.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Jan 27 2010, 03:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I remember flying an AA-747 in the early 80&#39;s. I pestered the FA to let me sneak up the stairs so I could peek at the first class lounge...it had a piano bar. By the time I came down, I had missed the desert cart; yeah image that, a desert cart in coach.[/b]

Alas I wasn&#39;t around for an AA 747. I only had a dream of one once, and the end wasn&#39;t pretty