Pan American Clippers The Golden Age of Flying Boats

Name: Pan American Clippers The Golden Age of Flying Boats
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ISBN: 9781550464764

ISBN-10: 1550464760

ISBN-13: 9781550464764

Edition: 2007

Authors: James Trautman

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Recapturing the fabulous era of flying boats. For a world coming out of economic depression in the 1930s, the Pan American Airways Clipper "flying boats" symbolized elegance and luxury, adventure and romance. Illustrated with rare period photographs, vintage travel posters, magazine ads and colorful company brochures, this fascinating book covers every aspect of the fabulous era of Pan American's graceful clippers. Like their maritime namesakes, the Clippers used the oceans to form a vast global network of travel routes. Pan Am founder Juan Trippe was a visionary who saw the importance of international travel to a changing world. His Clippers would play a key role in the evolution of…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Boston Mills Press
Publication date: 11/5/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.432
Language: English

James Trautman



Introduction


The History of the Pan American Clipper Flying Boats (1931-1946)


The Pan American Clippers


Plotting the Air Routes


The First Transpacific Flight


Constructing the Bases


The Mysterious Disappearances of Amelia Earhart, Fred Noonan, and Captain Edwin C. Musick


The Mystery of the Hawaii Clipper


World War II and the Clipper's Exploits


The Magic of the Pan American Clippers


Overnight to Hawaii and Onward to Wake Island


Igor Sikorsky


Performance Data on the Sikorsky, Martin and Boeing Flying Boats


Pan American Airways Flying Boats


Pan American Clipper Accidents


Pan American Early Firsts


Remembering the Pan American Clippers


USS Avocet (AVP-4)


The Legacy of the Pan American Airports


Other Flights


Requiem for the Clipper


Bibliography


Index