PanAm 747 MAD-JFK-MAD 1991

[aeroavia89]

Today it's been exactly 20 years since they shut down...quite sad

[theTechy101]

You look at that airport and you pretty much see only Pan Am airplanes. Not anymore.

[orlando1124]

The best airline ever! Pan Am you are so missed!

[paricio7424]

LOVE YOU PAN AM..OUR FLAGSHP CARRIER

[MetroJet2000]

What a coincidence, the same day this video was taken was the day Sonic the Hedgehog was first launched, did anyone else notice that?

[scion6221]

this video is from 1991 and i think we still have those seats in business class---how embarrasing

[wkaemena]

@scion6221 the Pan Am Clipper Class seats were the widest seats of any business class of any other airline at that time. With a little trick you could remove the middle arm rest and use the double seat as a "sofa" much better than todays narrow high tech seats.

[dpvisser]

This video brings back a lot of good memories. It reminded me of the good days of aviation when it was a pleasure and a privilege to fly. Pan Am was a great airline, too; have many good memories of flying with them from Venezuela to the US.

[ImperialRetrovision]

@dpvisser Yes it was a privilege. Darkies were not allowed to fly generally.

[scaremengaviation]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this video! Is there any change we can get one without music?

[eliskander]

Such a classy airline, nothing today compares. Excellent rare footage, nice video.

[pianomanmaestro]

Wasn't it Delta Airlines who ran Pan Am out of Business???????

[airboy1997]

@pianomanmaestro pan am was never run by delta!

[tdme13]

Love that song, What a collection of Pan Am aircraft all together! I was younger but still remember the old days when flying was something to look forward to. Very nicely done video! Thanks -

[perezster]

awesome and nostalgic, thank you for sharing.

[turuu2]

This makes me cry

[mmagar5754]

No offense but i have been flying since the 70s, the seats today are much better but the service is defiantly worse and the airlines hostesses are only good looking on Emerging Market Planes; along with top service . . .

[treeslungsveins]

this song should be changed to a song from Boards of Canada

[TWTR4EVER]

I was a flight attendant for TWA based in JFK-International (Hangar 12-Terminal 5) And this was the route I usually flew (TW904 JFK-MAD TW905 MAD-JFK) Pan Am & TWA will always be the true pioneers, the ones that set the standards worldwide of excellence in flight ! Today american carriers AA, DL/NW, CO/UA & US have been left behind and not a shadow of the standards that TW & PA set for the world to follow! Internationally, today I fly the flag carrier of the country I'm traveling too!!

[gvt2u]

Amazing.

[kovenilluminati]

1:11 the Air France Concorde

[halfghan]

Wonderful video, great music to go with a sombre subject. Traveling by air just aint the same without seeing those clippers

[flyelal]

remind's me of Ben Gurion !

[b747dude]

Beautiful gray-blue evening sky. Must be the technology back then doing that huh?

[foxh8er]

Gorgeous.

Those birds sure were beautiful.

[trader891]

Great quality video for 1991. Great airline. My first flight of my life was on panam in 1969. JFK to Tehran, of all places.

[applesweeter]

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[brandtaylor93]

I'm sure Frank Abagnale also misses Pan Am.

[hmasurg]

Thank you for sharing with us this piece of history. I have not flown Pan Am long haul nor was it favorite of mine, but it truly was an icon in commercial aviation and will be sorely missed. 5/5

[cjg2k9]

why did they go bankrupt any way?

[Ropponmatsu2]

A question that's a bit like "Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse?"

The fundamental reasons are horrible old aeroplanes - By 1991, Pan Am's 747's were mostly over 25 years old - Their selling off prime routes to places like London Heathrow and Tokyo for cash to fund US operations, the first Gulf War (oil prices) and fundamentally, a certain incident involving a little town in Scotland, that meant nobody wanted to fly them anymore. Planes with PAN AM written on the side were terrorism magnets.

[dutchy1176]

@Ropponmatsu2 in 1991 Pan Am 747s were pushing 22,not over 25.The first ones were built in 1969.Between 1985 and 1989,18 of them underwent major government subsidized overhauls,making them virtually brand new.This included the one which was blown up over Lockerbie. Others were indeed sold off.One major problem was deregulation.Pan Am no longer had a monopoly position on certain profitable routes,and was finding serious competition in low-cost airlines such as "Peoplexpress".

[tdme13]

@cjg2k9

Read the book SKYGODS - the fall of Pan Am

[cjg2k9]

this video was on my brithday =] only 5 years later =] r.i.p pan am

[emilyrichgal2]

I miss Pan AM :(

It was the very first airline i went on :(..

R.I.P Pan Am.

[MetroidPrimefan1]

Thanks i got it!!!. You know as of oday, the airline went bankrupt exactly 18 years ago :(

[wkaemena]

Yes I remember WELL I got trapped in Rio de Janeiro. Had to buy Aerolineas Argentinas back to NY and from there Delta, they were so kind to take me back to Europe...

[Learjetjock]

Thank you for posting this wonderful reminder of such a great airline. I forget about her from time to time and it is good to have a reminder of the days when things were well.

[MetroidPrimefan1]

I want this song. what is it. like what version. i know its a wonderful world

[wkaemena]

simply press the Ad(vertisment) button near bottom right corner will give you title and direct link to iTunes store

[varigdc10]

Unless I'm going senile I think the guy singing here is Tony Bennet, am I right?If I'm right please let me know. The girl singing I haven't the foggiest, but simply beautiful, don't make 'em like this anymore !!!

[KYLEAKAFLYBOIK]

Its a shame how such a great airline could fall to that PIECE OF CRAP CALLED DELTA.

[ds2112]

RIP PAA

[MPS137]

The airline ceased operations 6 months later. You were one of their last passangers.

[Parspatou]

I worked for Mexicana Airlines in SFO during the early 80's and Pan Am gave us "Honeymoon tickets around the world". AHH!! Those were the "Classy" days. Thank you Pan Am!!

[tonightwefly]

tears to the eyes

[flightsimer747]

Holy god you dont know how jelous i am......

[Joe5090]

If iu Look At 1:43 You Can See The WTC

[artjal01]

Great video. All your Pan Am videos remind me of how much I loved flying on them as a kid. Only a handful of airlines now still capture that glamor. Sadly none of them are in the U.S.

[thibaulthalpern]

You're right. I can't imagine what U.S. airlines every had that glamour post-1980s or so. Pan Am had that and maybe TWA but that's about it. KLM, British Airways, Lufthansa also used to have that glamour. The only ones now are really Asian airlines, namely Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and maybe Thai? What other ones....?

[artjal01]

I just flew on a Lufthansa flight from LAX to MUN to Athens and back. To be honest, Lufthansa STILL makes flying fun and exciting. Granted, we flew on Business but nonetheless, the FA's were fantastic and very well put together, the planes were well kept, the food service was excellent and the overall experience was top notch.

[thibaulthalpern]

No question that cabin hospitality on Lufthansa planes are reasonable, acceptable, and just fine. But then again, most international airlines are at that level too. Nothing to complain about but also nothing to write home about. I was on Lufthansa from Vancouver to Luanda (via Frankfurt) and it was just fine.

The airlines that really offer the special experiences now tend to be the Asian ones (and I include Arab ones such as Emirates) since they are Asians too.

[thibaulthalpern]

P.S. Just pointing out that Arabs are Asians too because in the Anglo world (or perhaps Western word at large) Arabs are often forgotten to be part of Asia.

[rodrigovargasrios]

Maybe Emirates and SIA, but only in 1st class, the gitrls of SIA are trying to keep that glamour but in a diferent way.

Hello from México.

[Locker10a]

Ethiad , Emirates !!!! But there still is a bit of glamour to BA KLM and the likes !!

[07Valerie]

Very sweet tribute.

~Valerie

[tonightwefly]

makes me think of lockerbie, brings tears to my eyes, thankyou

[ordflyboy]

This video is awsome

[thibaulthalpern]

Very nice video!

[cjg2k9]

rip pan am that was a major hub for them jfk

[bananamanuk]

What a wonderful world, that could be questioned... what wonderful footage, that cannot. I honestly cannot recall seeing such a wide variety of Pan Am aircraft captured in one video before. You also got a snippet of TWA which was a nice surprise too, and a few of Concorde, amazing, steady, well captured, well edited and all too sadly, history. There seemed to be such loyalty to the old airlines, they were more than just "buses in the sky", shame we can't get back to that. Thank you.

[kevinMD80]

Who was the Catering company for PanAm??

[bobduvar]

Isn't it Gate Gourmet ?

A swiss catering ?

But I'm not sure

[p9i7]

God I miss those days.I miss Pan AM and TWA too. :(

[megatop412]

Nice...you got a couple of Dash 7's in there as well as the old Control Tower

[tom211t]

very nice, i often wonder whats wrong with this world these days to make me wanna cry hard every time a see a vid like this from the distant past its just not the same any more its awful, truly nice video mate its all we have now.

[Brac1]

June of 1991. 6 months before the end. Great video - a true reminder of those wonderful days we'll never see again.

[time2fly95]

aw i saw a twa 747. :(

[skindawg151]

Awesome Video as it takes me back to some of the better days of Airline Workers.

[600SELV12]

RIP Clipper Victor & Maid of the Seas

[worldwings]

WOW! Absolutely beautiful! I often reflect on my days as a Pan Am flight attendant. What my life was like back then and how different it is now. It's like I have to pinch myself to know it wasn't just a dream, it was reality at one time....

[CaptainGarry]

Absolutely beautiful!

[britishagentTV]

Great quality, great song, a great video and airline. They were the last real "classic" airline of the skies. If Pan Am had the security of today, they would have no problem with safety.

[dipper64]

Great Footage! Nice to see Concorde too!

[abacussilverfox]

Pan Am

a real American Classic

[rortizm]

what is the name of the song?????????

[v5kinguser]

"What A Wonderful World"; lyrics Louis Armstrong, Songwriters: Thiele, Robert; Weiss, George David. This was performed by Tony Bennett and K.D. Lang, 2002.

[v5king]

As a Pan Am Flight Attendant based at JFK during this era, this footage brought back some very special memories. Thank you for posting this and allowing those of us who were a part of Pan Am, to experience who we were then, and who we are now. But most of all, to remind us that we were all part of something truly remarkable.

[jamessmedley82]

Was the fateful Pan Am 103 named "Maiden of the Seas"?

[wkaemena]

the name was Maid of the seas

[jamessmedley82]

Much obliged. 20th anniversary of the tragedy on 21st December this year,the same day Samuel L. Jackson turns 60.

[virtualpilot31]

@wkaemena Yes it was

[wkaemena]

yes I checked the name in the video: Pride of the sea

[dutchy1176]

so,this was the one that was supposed to make the first scheduled passenger flight,in 1970,but broke down at the last minute,so they took n736pa instead,which was later lost at tenerife....

[dutchy1176]

which tailnumber did the plane have??I paused it about ten times,but couldn't get a clear enough view...

[wkaemena]

I have also a full quality DV version and there I can read N733PA. With the following information from a database: Clipper Air Express N733PA Boeing 747-121 19640 1969 1991 Ex Pride of the Sea

Renamed Pride of the Sea