Pan American's Pacific Pioneers: The Rest of the Story, A Pictorial History of Pan Am's Pacific First Flights 1935-1946, Vol. 2
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.16 (998 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1575100274 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 315 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In a era of fast planes and high tech theme parks, it is truly refreshing to be taken back in time by the pages of a book." -- From the forword by Jimmy Buffett - song writer - best selling author"To call this volume the definitive work on Pan American's Pacific Pioneering flights seems inadequate. It is by far the most complete reference ever written." -- Jon Proctor, editor; Airlines Magazine, November 2000. "Jon Krupnick's book gives us a wonderful glimpse into one of the great time periods in all of aviation
A pictorial history of Pan Am's Pacific first flights 1935-1946. Illustrations of first flights with quantity flown along with descriptions.
Five Stars THE Best ever history of how Pan Am pioneered the Pacific Ocean for commercial passenger airline travel.. Marvelous Collection of Photos John Matlock Pan Am's Clippers flying the Pacific served as a bridge between the age of the ship and the age of the plane. Yes, of course there were planes before 1935, and there are still ships, but Pan Am changed the concept. Now air mail and air passenger service was a reality.This huge book, obviously a labor of love lasting for many years is a masterpiece. It has literally hundreds of photographs of planes, people, and t. Amazing look at an all too brief moment in aviation history This book is a scrapbook of materials related to one of the most romantic and overlooked periods of aviation history. Photos, Pan-Am promotional materials, personal recollections and a variety of other materials are collected into the book. Many of the items are apparently taken from the author's personal collection -- lucky guy. The text is limited and the book really focuses on the imagery, as it should.The onl