There will never be another Pan Am or the employees who put their hearts into making her a great airline. Pan Am people were a family, and I miss my family.
My Father James Fegan was there 38 years, proud employee at Pan Am . That was his life he was so proud of it and thanks to that beautiful job he had a beautiful life. And he made my mother so happy they seen the world together.. together with another couple they seen a whole lot of this world, and Pan Am brought a lot of happiness. It's really sad that it's gone, but Life Will Go On,AMEN
I had the absolute pleasure of working for Pan Am for four years from 1987 to 91 to closing. To this day the best job and the happiest days I ever had. Working as a mechanic in JFK hanger 19 on 747s. Very sad.
Thank you, John, for this incredible piece of history. I remember "working" that bird during my tenure at PAN AM; I was employed by PA during the last 2 years. Not a single American carrier will ever come close to what PA represented. Beyond tragic. Have a blessed and safe Memorial weekend.
Can you tell me why I got emotional watching this? After working for Qantas for 34 years. Thank you Pan Am and your people whom I had the opportunity to meet! Pan Am WILL NEVER die!
Thank you, John! I found myself mesmerized watching this and with tears in my eyes! How we all loved this airline! And how lucky we were to be part of its glorious history! Mary Lou "Moore" Bigelow Pan Am flight attendant/purser 1962-1964
Oh gosh, what memories! I flew on this big, beautiful bird many, many times as a flight attendant for Pan Am...it was always kind of a mechanical nightmare (can you say "lemon?"), but oh, to be able to go back....I'm so proud of and grateful for my Pan Am days. :>
Pan Am will always be my favorite, and Clipper Juan T Trippe will always be my favorite. Thank you for the good Memories old girl and ill always remember you
This shows why we should cherish every single day we have in the industry we love, because one day we'll wake up and it'll no longer be there. Having gone through this with another airline I feel the depths of sadness watching this. Live, love, remember and enjoy. Thank you Pan Am.
I used to fly exclusively Pan Am, back in the day, as did my family. What an iconic airline, and the one I somehow associate the 747, with. Thanks to all that made flying Pan Am a great experience, and thanks for the memories and the professionalism.
How beautiful! Thank you for sharing..I worked at Hgr 19 in 79 on the washrack with crew chief Hank Giusto and Moe Titus supervisor on midnites.. What a great place to work it was like big family..not to long a cop sttoped me in Las Vegas for not walking on the cross walk when I gave him licence he saw my old Pan American ID and right away he said you worked for PA I said yes he said forget about getting a tix all you getting is warning..i started showing him pic of Pan American at JFK..we became friends..Pan AM respected by everyone..
Many tears...Pan Am was the greatest, it was an honor for me to fly and represent Pan Am all over the world for 13 1/2 glorious years. A giant in the airline industry, never to be forgotten. Pan Am was my special family until the very end and still missed to this day.
I am Clipper Juan T. Tripp. Over 20 years ago I was born, the first commercial 747 to fly. How proud I was to be delivered to Pan Am. Through the years my wings have spread over the oceans and distant lands. My wheels have felt the touch of foreign soil. Hands of many nations have tended to my needs. Many have walked my aisles in the service of those in my care. In countless ways, Pan Am have cared for me. Through endless night and days, you've guided me through the sky. Now my job is done, my task finished. I leave you as proudly as I came to you. My blood is blue, my heart a blue ball, farewell. We signed our names that morning with a heavy heart as a fond farewell. You were the first, and the last of the great Pan Am Clippers. We wish you godspeed on your journey, Clipper Juan T. Tripp.
Boeing should have saved her. She's more iconic than N7470 City of Everett, which no one flew on as a passenger. Boeing's short-sighted penny pinching with N747PA was an omen of darker things to come...
To me i feel that today here in 2022 that all U.S airports have never been,the same ever since Pan Am departed for the last time.,like...it is to me that a family member is missing but will always still be in our hearts!.
Flew on a Pan Am Clipper from JFK to LHR in 1972 and from LIS to JFK the same year. Flew PA from JFK to Nai in 1974 (Boing 707) with intermediate stops in Monrovia, Liberia; Accra, Ghana, and Lagos, Nigeria before arriving in Nairobi sometime before midnight. The was with a Peace Corps Kenya group.
it also brought tears to my eyes, wonderful video, thanks for the memories Pan Am, gone but not forgotten! So proud I was allowed to work for this "grande" airline.
Wow, wow 😢😢. I cried. Clipper Juan T Trippe was the first airplane i worked on when i left being a flight attendant to join the ground crew. I looked up at that massive bird and marveled at it. When Pan Am went out of business i had just been transferred to Miami from NY. I was traveling on the crew bus and everyone was crying. I asked someone what was going on and the said Pan Am went out of business. I thought they were joking but sadly it was true. I would have worked for Pan Am until the day i died. Pan Am took care of their employees. I was at a toy event in Ft Lauderdale and someone was selling airline planes and of course i bought a Pan Am A310..it was the only plane i didnt have in my collection. Goodbye Pan Am u never be forgotten ever. My Pan Am friends and I reminisce about u all the time. Thank you the years. 1980 to 1991. 😢
Why is there a large cargo door on the left rear of the fuselage at 3:36 had this aircraft already been converted to a freighter when this video was shot?
It was one of 18 Pan Am 747's which between 1985 an 1989 were converted for the US government's CRAF program. (Civil Reserve Air Fleet). This was done so these aircraft could be converted quickly for hauling military cargo, like troops, armored vehicles, artillary, etc. to war zones (they used pan am 747s in the gulf war). Hence the side cargo door, for on and off loading of this equipment. Boeing also reinforced the cabin floors, and apparently altered the interior to make quick removal of the seats possible, for cargo to be hauled in their place. Clipper Maid of the Seas, the 747 lost over Lockerbie, was also one of these planes.
@@dutchy1176 the 747s that typically had the single door in their fuselage were known as combis. You could carry both passengers and freight on the same deck of the plane. But with this plane, that doesn’t sound like the case.
@@BritanniaPacific not this one. This was the second one off the assembly line. Built in 1969. The combi came much later, and Pan Am never had combi 747s. This side cargo door was added in the 1980's. For the US government's CRAF program.
Proud to have employee 59704 JFK Hangar 19 center block house with Carl Tagarello, Gerry Cebille, Franky Antonines, Sausage fingers Bernie Mancuso and the whole beloved JFK Maintenance Pan Am Mafia ha.
And there that magnificent piece of American aviation history rots away in Seoul. I was there in 2009 and just happened to pass by the Clipper Trippe and about soiled myself!! But yet there it was, a defunct restaurant of some sorts and deteriorating like a piece of junk. How sad. Pan Am is still very well known today. I flew Pan Am in 89 to London and they really did treat their customers totally different than any other airline. But stupid as hell business deals (National) a commitment to purchase how many 747s?? Horrible security and of course Tenerife and Lockerbie gave the flying public a bad vibe. They should mainly blame themselves. I still have the metal toy Pan-Am 747 I purchased in 89 at their gift shop before the flight. Eastern Airlines has started again but starting a new Pan-Am has been cursed.
Agree on most of your points, but the Tenerife disaster was most definitely not the fault of the Pan Am crew in any way. They did everything but walk out on the runway and tell the KLM crew that they were still on the runway....
ard767 I didn’t say Pan Am did anything wrong in Tenerife. They didn’t. But because of that accident, being the world’s deadliest airplane accident, it made their reputation tarnished. Same thing with the DC-10 flight 191 in Chicago of 1979. It gave American Airlines maintenance a horrible reputation but the pilots weren’t blamed. Pan-Am just kept getting hit with crisis after crisis. They may have been able to survive if they had a decent management team.
Yes u are right...with a decent management PanAm would have been saved. The 747 commitment cant really be said as a mistake as u cant predict the future. But National, deregulation, Lockerbie, gas prices and a very bad management pretty much after Trippe gave it over was the end of the worlds best airliner.
Too bad this aircraft wasn't or couldn't be saved to be put in a museum but I know the company went bankrupt I think and I'm sure had no choice. Great video of this aircraft though.
@@AndreBSaba Oh is that what it was.. yeah, that make sence why they keep calling it the first..bit confused there. thanks. Shame what happened to both planes in the end. History here and gone.
