Trippe often would stretch a string between two points on the globe and calculate the distance and time it would take for his airliners to fly between them. Made in the late 1800s, this globe was ...

For example, Trippe said, Pan Am contributed $150,000 toward improving the airport at Mexico City. Later, when American Airlines started to fly there, it was able to use the airport for nothing.

Last week Juan Trippe was ready to guide his Pan American Airways in a great new adventure which would make the world every man’s oyster. And like the old Portuguese captains, who held a last ...

A Pan American Airways Martin M-130 flying boat, the China Clipper, leaves San Francisco Bay for Manila carrying the first United States trans-Pacific air mail on Nov. 22, 1935.

Juan T. Trippe, center, Pan Am’s founder, with Waldo Lynch, left, and Sam Miller, who flew the airline’s heralded New York-to-Paris commercial flight on Oct. 26, 1958.

Legendary airline to commemorate legendary trips.“Since 1927, Pan Am has left an indelible mark on the world. From humble beginnings as the first commercial carrier for the U.S Air Mail, Pan Am’s ...

From his office in New York City, Pan American president Juan T. Trippe used this globe to plan his airline’s expansion around the world. Trippe often would stretch a string between two points on the ...