On August 3, 1970, Pan Am 747 “Clipper Victor,” lifted off from JFK for San Juan, carrying 359 passengers and 19 crew. Flight 299 was a “redeye,” one of the first regularly scheduled ...

Pan Am declared bankruptcy following stresses caused by the 1973 oil crisis, and the lawsuits that followed the bombing of Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988.

Pan Am flight attendants doubled as ambassadors for the airline. ... She and her entire entourage were on their way from New York to Paris after the first family had fled the ... on the 747, where ...

Pan Am flight attendants lived the high life, ... but those who once called a Boeing 747 their office, ... Related article Traveling the world as one of the first Black Pan Am flight attendants .