Robert Levering

Roughly 2/3 of book is dedicated to the chronology of Pan Am from its roots in Key West to Central America to expansion, the Clippers, War, Chosen Instrument, Jet Clippers, employee revolt, National merger, Maytag years. Exhaustively illustrated with hard to find photography through out.
The Clipper Heritage, published in 1984 by the Air Line Pilots Association of Pan American World Airways, The book outlines the history of Pan American Airways through text and copious photos. Beginning on page 234, the book has photos of all of the active Pan Am pilots in 1984. In addition, all the active pilots are listed alphabetically in a separate section. Also, there is a listing of "Pan American's Retired Pilots." Photos of representative pages are shown below. This appealing airline history book was published before this prestigious and flag carrying national airline fell victim to the changing times of the airline industry and the damaging effect of airline regulations that didn't allow Pan Am to fly domestic routes.… (meer)