Pan Am's World
Documentary (1973)
Production:
Peckham Productions USA
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Pan Am's World series
Pan Am’s World, produced by Peckham Productions USA in the 1970s, is a promotional film for Pan American Airlines. The film opens with a shot of a Pan Am Boeing 747 jet-clipper, and the narrator tells viewers that Pan Am flies to more than 120 different places on 6 continents. Intercontinental hotels are at many of the destinations, providing luxuriously comfortable lodging. Pan Am also operates the world’s largest private communications system, connecting all the different components of Pan Am’s world. The film then showcases a handful of destinations that are part of Pan Am’s world.
Boeing 747-121
Boeing 747-121
Registration N742PA, c/n 19649/18. First flight in February 1970. Delivered new to PAN AM in March 1970, named Clipper Rainbow. Renamed Clipper Neptune's Car in January 1992. Broken up in February 1992.
Boeing 707-321B
Registration N415PA, c/n 18957/472. Delivered new to PAN AM in February 1966, named Clipper Monsoon. Sold to LAPSA in November 1978, registered ZP-CCF. Sold to Fuerza Aerea Paraguaya in June 1994, registered FAP-01. VIP conversion as presidential transport but not used. Re-registered 4001 for Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya (FAP). On display at Museo de la historia de Lineas Aéreas Paraguayas-Hotel Del Rancho.
Boeing 747-121
Taking off from London Heathrow Airport.
A Vickers Viscount in the far background to the right.
Boeing 707 in the background right.
Boeing 707 in the background left.
Boeing 707 & Boeing 747-121
At Aéroport de Paris-Orly. See discussion tab (1).
Boeing 727-21
Flight simulator
Boeing 707 or Boeing 727 flight simulator.
Boeing 707-3B4C
At Beirut International Airport. See discussion tab (2)
Registration OD-AFE, c/n 20260/823. First flight in September 1969. Delivered new to MEA-Middle East Airlines in October 1969. Leased to Nigeria Airways between November 1975 and January 1976. Leased to Saudia-Saudi Arabian Airlines between May 1976 and November 1980. Sold to Luxor Air in July 1998, registered SU-BMV. Written off at Monrovia, Liberia in March 2001, after heavy landing.
Tail fin of PAN AM's 747 behind it.
Boeing 747-121
Supposed an arrival at Tokyo Haneda International Airport. See discussion tab (3)
Boeing 747-121
Landing in Port au Prince at Aéroport International François Duvalier (Aéroport International Toussaint Louverture (PAP/MTPP) nowadays). See discussion tab (4).
Boeing 747-121
Landing at London Heathrow Airport. See discussion tab (5).
Boeing 747-121
2x PAN AM's 747 at London Heathrow Airport. See discussion tab (5).
The one in the foreground is:
Registration N741PA, c/n 19648/17. Delivered new to PAN AM in February 1970, named Clipper Kit Carson. Renamed later Clipper Sparking Wave. Bought by GATX/Airlog in December 1990, registered N494GX. Converted to freighter in August 1991. Sold to Polaris Aviation Leasing Corp. in December 1992, re-registered N741PA. Leased to Southern Air Transport in April 1993, registered N741SJ. Transferred to Polar Air Cargo in July 1994, registered N831FT. Wfu at Mobile Regional,Mobile USA (Alabama) (KMOB/MOB) in December 1996.
Vickers Super VC10 Srs.1154
At Nairobi Embakasi Airport (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO/HKJK) nowadays).
Boeing 747-121
Go back to the USA, departure from Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport.
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