Last Pan Am 747 leaving JFK

[JohnnyT002]

My first time fiying was on a Pan Am 747..

[MynameisElliott]

How to make a small fortune... Invest a large fortune in an airline.

[RussA2010]

Considering that I worked for Pan Am for 28 years I think you can guess what I would say.

[niselat]

@RussA2010 you hate Howard Hughes?

[FlightSimXGamer365]

@RussA2010 Lol like?

[ericstravelchannel]

Just curious, which airline is better? United Airlines or Pan Am?

[henryford6]

@ericstravelchannel Pan Am

[doulasc]

RIP Pan Am,TWA,Eastern,Braniff,Nationa­l,etc etc

[Ouakam1987]

WHY THE US GOVERMENT DONT HELP PAN AM TO PAY BACK THE 65.000.000 FOR LOCKERBIE?

IT WAS A TERRORIST ACT SO HOW IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS ONLY PAN AM FAULT?

THANKS TO EXPLAIN THIS TO ME

[henryford6]

@Ouakam1987 YA THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP BUT THAT WAS BEFORE 9/11 AND OSAMA DIDNT RELATE TO THIS BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE HELPED BUT DEPENDS WHO WHAT THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME IF REGAN THEN HE WOULD HELP IF CARTER THEN HE WAS JUST CRAP.

[EasternMerchant]

Awww Pan-Am.... don't worry my sisters and brothers! We now have ..... PAM-ANN! YAY!

[Shipocute]

Thank you Pan American. Thank you very much Juan Trippe!

My flight instructor had his first airplane flight on Pan Am DC-8. Although is not from Boeing, he remembers fondly about Pan Am. He was Continental captain and he had awesome experience in Pan Am and I talk with him to learn the good old days of jet travel, according to him "serving cold beer, heavy meal and junior wings as souvenir".

[ataramprat]

:-*(

[MiHiVidz]

Sadly, this very plane ended up being gutted, becoming a cheesy restaurant in Korea that went bankrupt, left to rust, and was eventually scrapped.

[dutchy1176]

I still check out this gem from time to time...."she's headed for southern California, where she may fly again, perhaps as a freighter"....That's what should have happened.It would have been better for this aircraft if someone like Evergreen would have bought her.A full restoration to her former glory even better still...They could have flown her to airshows and gotten a lot of admiration that way.If only the sad future of this historic plane could have been altered at the time...R.I.P., Juan...

[srita764]

I'm an aspiring pilot. I'm fucked...

[MissileMist]

@Crifstar I remember John hooking up the nitrogen bottle as well to the mask! His nickname was, "Nitro", for awhile after that.

[RussA2010]

It sounds like between you and your Dad you made the Aviation circuit. Too bad the industry isn't what it was 40 years ago.

[Quillons1]

@RussA2010 Yeah. Unfortunately the majesty is gone. Crying shame...

[bigtampabear]

I was with National,1974 then Pan Am till 1984...retired from American..2009 .my Dad was with Eastern..

[rumschlager]

An oil embargo, recession and deregulation? Seriously, the Lockerbie bombing killed this airline. Don't kid yourselves.

[TheNw1218]

1:38-1:48. I just graduated the 8 grade and I'll be saying goodbye to my friends. My friend Nina is moving as well and the plane to me represents my friends and my middle school is like pan am

[biorgymd]

This is so sad.  I love you Pan Am. Miss you so much.

[clipper321]

I remember that sad morning. I was there at JFK on top of a truck in the parking lot near Hangar 19. Hopefully the Pan Am show on TV this fall will generate some interest in the Clipper heritage.

[foxh8er]

Thumbs up if you still think that billboard "PAN AM" livery is still more beautiful than the junk that flies today.

[RussA2010]

I couldn't agree more. I had 28 years with the airline.

[peterFans]

if only Pan Am was given a bailout by the US government same like the GM and other car manufacture in 2008, the company fate will never be the same like this... back in 1991, they care alot of Iraq matter rather than protect the national carrier icon... what a shame.

[clipper321]

@peterFans Actually the US government did all it could to hinder or destroy Pan Am: denying domestic routes, mandating the flying of routes even if they lost money (try that Delta), not fighting against government owned monopolies (Air France, Lufthansa, JAL, BA, etc.), putting US Mail on foreign carriers, charging cheap landing fees while overseas airports gouged Pan Am, giving low interest loans (or ZERO interest loans to foreign carriers to purchase planes and equipment and more...

[peterFans]

@clipper321 Yeah you are totally right, Perhaps or maybe Government even other airliners are keeping their long time revenge at Pan Am because of Juan T. Trippe was lobbying Gov to be selected as "chosen instrument" for overseas operations. the Domino effect comes right after Jimmy Carter sign the Deregulation act. But i strongly believe that Pan Am can be saved with the help of Government, Senate, Investor and Airlines. Buy they're throwing hatred towards Pan Am until its death on 4 Dec 1991;

[Crifstar]

@clipper321 denying domestic routes? Pan Am bought and merged National Airlines into it's system and totally blew the merger. They pissed everyone off and failed miserably to feed each others flights. You don't make money sitting on the ground for hours waiting for a connecting flight.

[bearpaw72]

I thought the first 747 to be delivered to an airline was the Pan Am plane that was involved in the Tenerife accident.

[dutchy1176]

@bearpaw72 You're right.There seems to be a lot of confusion in the media about that.This plane (N747PA)was actually the last one of the 25 ordered by Pan Am to be delivered,because it was one of five test 747s used by Boeing.The plane lost at Tenerife(N736PA) was used at the very last minute for the 747's maiden passenger flight because her sistership's(N733PA )#4 engine overheated.I own one of the first flight covers signed by the captain himself.

[Shipocute]

Juan Trippe, sure is legend in airline industry.

Never been on Pan Am, but according to many people who I asked about PAA, they said they had great experience with PAA.

Juan Trippe and Joe Sutter... Those people are legends in commercial air travel.

Still 747s fly today. Mr. Sutter and Mr. Trippe did knew the future of air travel.

A true entrepreneur in aviation.

[clipper321]

@Shipocute It's interesting that Trippe was not portrayed in the film "The Aviator" as pushing the progress of commercial aviation rather than (erroneously) Howard Hughes. Trippe believed that after World War II long distance travel should no longer be exclusive to the rich, so he introduced economy fares and wanted to bring the same concept to domestic travel. Thanks to Hughes' bribes of politicians TWA got transatlantic routes and Pan American got nothing.

[Shipocute]

@clipper321 Agreed.

That clearly shows the hollywood media controls over other people's minds.

I don't know why they are aiming hostile to Juan Trippe. I did when I was in elementary.

I've seen really nice documentaries about Pan Am and Juan Trippe and I see that Juan Trippe is lot better than Howard Hughes. Really sad that they are undermining Pan Am's founder Juan Trippe.

The future generation will believe Howard Hughes as real man who changed it, and we have to teach youngersters the truth.

[perezster]

My family all flew Pan Am to and from JFK to Santo Domingo through out the 60's and 70's, great memories.

[mizzouluvr]

A 21 year love affair for Pan Am. Sometimes a rocky relationship, but a love affair just the same.

[OllieRamone]

N747PA was just scrapped in South Korea on December 13, 2010. R.I.P. Clipper Juan T. Trippe, you will be missed.

[madnavigator]

@OllieRamone Before that, the fuselage was converted into a restaurant.

It's a shame; that airframe should have been put in the Smithsonian for all it's significance.

[Coastergeekperson04]

Put it in a museum!

[TheVineyarder]

wow what great memories of flying Pan Am..it was the first 747 I flew back in 1972 from JFK-San Juan,and I think it was November 1991 when I flew Pan Am from Boston-San Juan..and on a 727..and a change in Miami at that..but right down to the last flight I took it was a class act..loved that airline

[MissileMist]

Thanks for posting this. Nice to see some familiar faces. Pan Am will never be forgotten, it still lives in the hearts of the people who worked for Pan Am and its many fans around the world.

[Manu2455]

Nostalgy moment. we miss the great pan am.

[RussA2010]

As a long term employee I also share your thoughts of having known and worked with a great group of people for one of the greatest airlines in avation! Sad to see the industry as it is today.

[barthoedemaker]

@RussA2010 I'd wish the mentality was like in the 70's and 80's, so much better times

[dolcevitausa]

@barthoedemaker

very true ,not only for aviation but for life all around...

[barthoedemaker]

@dolcevitausa yeah. it's all about profits these days, safety and maintenance comes second

[rumschlager]

@barthoedemaker If it was anything like you said, planes would be falling out of the skies. You comment here has zero truth attached to it.

[CSMRS]

I was fortunate enough to be one of those employees of my beloved Pan Am. I started as a stewardess in 1958 and was lucky enough to have flown in "the good old days of air travel"! We treated our passengers as guests in our homes and were proud of the elegant service and food we offered. Pan Am and the friends I still have from those days will always be my family. I met my husband as a passenger from SFO to TYO in 1965; so I am lucky to have two families.

[VIR092]

I love Pan American. I love the Boeing B747 more than any other thing I've ever loved - even women. What a sad but glorious sight to see that first Boeing Jumbo take to the skies one last time...Long live Pan American World Airways!

[KYLEAKAFLYBOIK]

SO SAD

[michaeluae]

thanks for sharing, it was a sad day for aviation and for NYC as well...I got to fly on these when I was a kid...

[RussA2010]

You're welcome.

Was sad for me also. I was there when the first 747 flight departed JFK in Jan 1971 and I watched this last of the 747's depart JFK in May of 1992

[dutchy1176]

Thanks for posting this.I've looked all over for it,but found only photos.This plane is now an abandoned restaurant in Korea.Very sad. 5/5!

[RussA2010]

Glad you liked the clip. Are you ex-Pan Am?

[dutchy1176]

No,I guess you could call me a fan.I did a lot of research on the Pan Am 747 history,and became very interested.I'm trying to collect memorobilia of these aircraft,and purchased a first-flight cover,and a very nice 747 photo so far.Wish I could have had an oppertunity to fly with them...