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Pan Am Pioneer: A Manager's Memoir from Seaplane Clippers to Jumbo Jets (Hardcover)

by S. B. Kauffman (Author), George E. Hopkins (Author, Editor) "Much went into the building of the airline industry..." (more)
Key Phrases: domestic airline pilots, third crewman, airmail contracts, Pan Am, New York, United States (more...)

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Hardcover: 242 pages
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press; 1st US Edition 1st Printing edition (October 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0896723577
ISBN-13: 978-0896723573
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,852,774 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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domestic airline pilots, third crewman, airmail contracts, transatlantic service, airline managers, domestic airlines, flying boats, jet age

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Pan Am, New York, United States, Air Corps, United Fruit, San Francisco, Latin America, Mexico City, State Department, Central America, Juan Trippe, San Salvador, South America, Donald Douglas, Air Transport Command, Hong Kong, Joe Crosson, Clarence Young, Howard Hughes, Its Aftermath, Jet Travel Becomes, Kingman's Reef, The First Routes, Canal Zone, Duncan Cox

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The New Columbia Encyclopedia by William H. Harris on 4 pages
Blind Trust by John J. Nance in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
History of Aviation by John William Ransom Taylor in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
This was Air Travel by Henry Robinson Palmer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Spirit of St. Louis (Scribner Classics) by Charles A. Lindbergh in Back Matter

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Reconsidering a Century of Flight by Roger D. Launius in Back Matter

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On page 212 the book asserts "Only five B-307s were built" and "... after the war, when the improved B-307B model, christened the Stratoliner and reequipped with tricycle landing gear, became available ..." Both statements are inaccurate.
Ten Boeing 307s were built, one crashed and Howard Hughes took one from TWA's allocation of six. Pan Am took delivery of three designated S-307, TWA bought five designated SA-307B. Howard Hughes' was built with larger engines and designated SB-307B. After the war, TWA's were rebuilt and designated SA-307B-1. None ever had a tricycle landing gear. Also, did the author not know that Pan Am owned three of these interesting landplanes, capable of crossing the Atlantic in 1942 with a useful payload?
For accurate information about this era I recommend the books of R. E. G Davies.

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