Pan Am an Airline & Its Aircra

This is a great book for everyone. It is easy to read with lots of facts, photos, maps and airplane drawings. You get a good sense of what Pan Am went through from the very beginning. what a fascinating story and the book does a great job summarizing it!

Pan Am was an American icon. In a short span, Juan Trippe established the inter-American air system and most of the airline's of Latin America. The acquisition of landing rights, mail contracts, aircraft, navigational aids, landing fields, not to mention the backing of moneyed friends--Juan Trippe had it all, or made sure he got it.The book is organized around the various aircraft and route systems of Pan American. The aircraft drawings and photographs are oustanding, and the book is beautiful in its white slip cover.