Pan Am back... Again.

[DropTank]

https://www.cnn.com/travel/pan-am-returns-golden-age-aviation

An airline, Named and branded Pan Am....
Starting at the beginning of a massive recession...
With a massive increase in fuel price..
and possible inability to GET fuel....

Nah... they'll be fine.

 

[derg]

Is this like the 15th time someone’s bought the name and used that moniker?

 

[DropTank]

Is this like the 15th time someone’s bought the name and used that moniker?

This is the 6th iteration.
(I think)

 

[Skåning]

The choo choo train PanAm was fun

 

[JordanD]

I always have to laugh when I see CNN has a paywall now. Yeah, ain’t nobody paying for that.

 

[MikeD]

Last I remember, it was a foreign flight school at Phoenix-Deer Valley (DVT), and a couple of airline flight sim training facilities in Florida and Las Vegas.

 

[bike21]

I attended the name sake 'academy' for a hot minute

Last I remember, it was a foreign flight school at Phoenix-Deer Valley (DVT), and a couple of airline flight sim training facilities in Florida and Las Vegas.

And one in Fort Pierce. Ask me how I know.

Never did get that flow through to Pan Am mainline and the SST type.

 

[DropTank]

I always have to laugh when I see CNN has a paywall now. Yeah, ain’t nobody paying for that.

uBlock

I don't pay for [feces]

 

[JordanD]

uBlock

I don't pay for [feces]

I’m also not too pressed about not being able to see CNN. Better than Fox obviously but meh.

 

[ahw01]

The Pan Am Clippers - Pan Am Clipper Flying Boats

The flying boat dominated international airline service in the 1920s and 1930s, and the Pan Am Clippers were the most famous of all. Pan Am chief Juan Trippe called the airplanes “clippers” to link his airline with the maritime heritage of the world’s [...]

www.clipperflyingboats.com

The only acceptable fleet

 

[Bob Ridpath]

This is the 6th iteration.
(I think)

Is that number the flying side only or does it include the New England railroad once so-branded, too?

 

[ahw01]

Is that number the flying side only or does it include the New England railroad once so-branded, too?

Saw them chug past when I was on the Amtrak Downeaster. Fun!

 

[ZapBrannigan]

I had a very brief stint with #3 up in Portsmouth, NH after 9/11. Actually with Boston Maine Airways. Quit before finishing training. Bad juju.

 

[tcco94]

We are in a massive recession? Lol

 

[DropTank]

Is that number the flying side only or does it include the New England railroad once so-branded, too?

Airlines only
Didn't include trains helicopters, and whatever else the logo's been plastered on.

 

[bike21]

I had a very brief stint with #3 up in Portsmouth, NH after 9/11. Actually with Boston Maine Airways. Quit before finishing training. Bad juju.

The Pan Am in Fort Pierce was shady as hell, I even started the 'Pan Am Student Association' before I left. My first wee foray into organizing and management well deserved some push-back.

 

[sorrygottarunway]

Gawd they mention MaxJet in the article... I remember that we rescued a bunch of flight attendants from there once that operation imploded.

 

[Richman]

Generally don't like remakes of anything. Go out and fail on your own accord. Don't go out and fail while piggybacking on the remains of the dead.

 

[ahw01]

Generally don't like remakes of anything. Go out and fail on your own accord. Don't go out and fail while piggybacking on the remains of the dead.

Wax on, wax off…

 

[bike21]

Generally don't like remakes of anything. Go out and fail on your own accord. Don't go out and fail while piggybacking on the remains of the dead.

About every movie coming out these days..,.