Wings to Cuba and the Caribbean
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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
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
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.
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