Wings to Cuba and the Caribbean
Documentary (1948)
Production:
Hartley Production
Also from this series:
Pan Am's Wings to series
Pan Am's promotional touristic documentary about Cuba and the Caribbean: San juan in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Cuba. A blonde woman in a nightgown reviews travel brochures in a living room. An animated cartoon character, “Clip,” appears atop her radio console, resembling a cross between an airplane, a hood ornament, and a 1930’s cartoon bug. See discussion tab (1).
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Seen before the credits only.
Douglas DC-4
On different brochures.
Planned routes shown by Clip.
Douglas C-54G-10-DO Skymaster
At Miami 36th Street Airport (Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA) nowadays).See discussion tab (2).
Registration NC88948, c/n 36043. Delivered new to the USAAF, registered 45-0590. Leased to PAA-Pan American World Airways from 1947 to 1953, registered NC88948, then N88948, named Clipper Westward Ho. Returned to USAF in June 1954, registered 45-0590. Transferred to USAF AMARC-Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Center.
Douglas DC-3 of PAA-Pan American World Airways in the background.
Douglas C-54B-1-DC Skymaster
At Miami 36th Street Airport (Miami International Airport (MIA/KMIA) nowadays).See discussion tab (2).
Change of registration.
Registration NC88896, c/n 10470. Delivered new to the USAAF in December 1944, registered 42-72365. Sold to PAA-Pan American World Airways in June 1946, registered NC88896, then N88896, named Clipper Eagle. Bought by Lineas Aereas Mexicanas in November 1949, registered XA-JAV. Sold to Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, registered ETP7002. Wfu in 1965.
Unidentified Aircraft in the background to the left.
Curtiss-Wright C-46F-1-CU Commando of PAA-Pan American World Airways in the background to the right.
Flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Douglas C-54B-1-DC Skymaster
Puerto Rico, arrival at Aeropuerto Isla Grande/Isla Grande Airport (Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG/TJIG) nowadays).
Flight to Virgin Islands
Douglas C-54G-10-DO Skymaster
Flight to Trinidad & Tobago.
Continuity error, registration ending in 5. Must be one of several C-54 in PAA's fleet.
Douglas C-54B-10-DO Skymaster
Arrival at Piarco Airport Trinidad (Piarco International Airport (POS/TTPP) nowadays).
Registration N88907, c/n 18363. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1944. Sold to PAA-Pan American World Airways, named Clipper Fleetwing. Sold to Charlotte Aircraft Corporation in February 1963, then to ASA International in November 1963. Sold to Jet International Corp in 1966.Written off.
Douglas DC-4
In Trinidad Pan Am agency, poster and photos.
Douglas C-54B-10-DO Skymaster
Flight to Jamaica. Supposed to be the same N88907.
Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster
Arrival at Aeropuerto Rancho Boyeros-Habana (Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí (HAV/MUHA) nowadays). See discussion tab (3).
Registration NC88922, c/n 10335. Delivered new to the USAAF, registered 42-72230. Sold to PAA-Pan American World Airways in 1947, named Clipper Radiant, then Clipper Nuremberg. Sold to Balair in 1960, registered HB-ILC. Sold to Air Ferry in 1963, registered G-ASFY. Leased to LAVCO-Lybian Aviation Co. registered N3454. Broken up in 1969.
Flight to Virgin Islands
Note the Lockheed L-12 Electra Junior in the background left.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Taking off from Aeropuerto Rancho Boyeros-Habana for a return to Miami. See discussion tab (3).
Registration unreadable.
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