Pan Am Film: A Journey Into the Past, China Clipper 50th Anniversary (1985)

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@robertlyon8876 11 ай бұрын

I love the great history of Pan am . I spent almost 45 years flying for another flag carrier , but Pan am was the best .❤

@ThomasBinkley 2 жыл бұрын

I remember soon after when the Pan Am signs came down at SFO and United started advertising their increased flights to Asia. Heartbreaking.

@MegaLivingIt Ай бұрын

Their early color print posters were just beautiful with towering clouds and sunsets hand drawn art.

@torgeirbrandsnes1916 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! What an awesome video. The pioneers of aviation in the flesh. History we need to pass on to future generations. Pan Am is now also history. I am very thankful that I got to fly with PA at the same time as this video.

@LMays-cu2hp Жыл бұрын

Looking so nice to fly the 747s. I miss flying my former 747-400s.

@JackSmith-lv5lq Жыл бұрын

Amazing video. What happened to humanity? Makes me so nostalgic for the past.

@jimrestaino7763 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video . The original China Clipper was a Martin M-130 NC 14716 delivered on 10-9-35; had 4 P+W Twin Wasp 830 H.P. engines. Gross T.O. Weight 52,250 Lbs. 3,200 St. miles range. It could fly 130 mph; with 41 seats. At a length of 91 ft. 130 ft. wing span; height of 25 ft.This plane is one of 3. It sank at Port Of Spain, Trinidad on Jan. 8 1945. 50 years later China Clipper 2 N723 PA was an ex.-Singapore Airlines 212B, delivered to Pan Am on 4-26-85.It had 4 P+W JT9D 50,000 Lbs. thrust engines. Gross T.O. Weight 800,000 Lbs. Range of 6,000 st. miles. 589 mph,with 350 seats mix class. Length was 231 ft. span 196 ft. height 63 ft. Info is from Pan Am an airline and its aircraft by R.E.G. Davies 1987.

@Shibu11229 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. I wanted to get a model of the original China Clipper but wasn’t sure what it was. Now I know to look for a Matin M-130 NC 14716. All I need now are pictures of the China Clipper from all angles.

@davefrommelbourne1237 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Sad to think that the pacific network was sold to UA not long after this milestone…

@essmhtvny165es 23 күн бұрын

Who was the narrator for this classic 1986 documentary? Was it the late Harry Reasoner or someone else?

@idolhanz9842 Жыл бұрын

November 1985...that when my wife arrived from Manila and we got married...I sure did get to fly across the oceans as a C-5 instructor flight engineer...

@taotao98103 Жыл бұрын

"In the old days it took 24 hours from here to Honolulu, today we do it in about 5." Almost 40 years later, it still takes 5.5 hours to travel from San Francisco to Honolulu. What have we improved in terms of aviation speed???????????

@taotao98103 Жыл бұрын

It's called China clipper for a reason. You got to go to China to count. I know China in those days were behind iron curtain of Communism, but Hong Kong was still a British territory. China Clipper 2 should have landed their final stop in Hong Kong to complete the China Clipper route.

@vikingtigr 10 ай бұрын

Eventually they did. The British refused the traffic rights to HK for a while.

@vikingtigr 10 ай бұрын

This was 1935-1941, by the way, before Communism.

@taotao98103 10 ай бұрын

@@vikingtigr I was talking about China Clipper 2. The whole movie is talking about Çhina Clipper 2.