The Pan Am Experience
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- What was flying a Pan Am B747 in the 1970s like?
In Los Angeles, you can re-live the magic of flying onboard a luxurious Pan Am B747 at Air Hollywood.
I arrived at the 1970 airport terminal to check in on my Pan Am Experience Flight. Retro dressed Pan Am stewardesses offered cocktails, prop cigarettes and magazines. They served classic dishes such as caviar and chateaubriand exactly what Pan Am served back in the 70s. The menus, seat covers and china served were all original Pan Am items.
During the flight, there are fashion shows with flight attendants dressed in all the Pan Am uniforms from over the years and assorted international airlines uniform. It was great retro fun and the memories will linger in my mind for a long time to come!
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People in the 70's I wonder what flying is like in the future.
2020: I wonder what it was like to fly during the 70's
My answer to the people in the 70s... Well... You do get dragged out
You mean . . . 'what flying will be like, in the future' !
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@@jentleblink9221 hawhawhaw
Kitty Goursolle that’s pretty cool, thanks for the information!
Flying on Pan Am back in those days must had been a blast.
Omg 😂
Melissa Red Flying was a blast until September 10, 2001!
@Simon Williams Shit man, the party on that one *Blew* everyone's minds!
Didn’t this airline get blown up over England back in the 80’s? No fucking thanks!
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 they had 2 incidents with bombings in 1982 and then Lockerbie in 1988 that kinda put an end to them as an airline then there was the Flight 73 hijacking in 1986. alot of these damaged their reputation. Kinda like how Flight 800 Tarnished TWA, what i find funny is that American Airlines has had far worse incidents and acidents yet they are still flying
My father Captain Harvey Beebe Jr flew for Pan Am for 32 years of meritorious service retiring in 1987. He was an aviation pioneer and trailblazer. He flew DC-7'S B707's and finished on the B747 retiring as a captain. The world will never see another pilot like him.
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This was utterly amazingggg. Thanks to the owner of the company running this for keeping these amazing traditions alive and preserved!!!
FInancial managers for airlines everywhere are having heart attacks at the sights of those chair configurations and that expensive food on board.
“Look at all that unused space!!”
TigerXtrm “we could fit 26 people in that 2 person row!”
There will be no one like pan am for sure if only we could find the next Juan trippie
More specifically, Michael O'Leary of Ryanair will have a permanent heart attack, which he will never recover from, after seeing this!! 😃😃😃
People to the prop hostesses: so what do you do for work?
Them: yes
747 s are the way to go. The 70's memory of Pan Am was simply marvelous! Thank you....
Boieng 747-100 pan am
I flew on a Pan Am 747 from JFK to Frankfurt in 1972. There were no dancing girls.
LOL
SyriusStar Multimedia Imagine Panam replies “We regret your inconvenience, during this specific flight we forgot the dancing girls at JFK, you could use our 30 day money-back but seems you missed the window”
Lol, are you sure it wasn't Air Koryo ? ^_^"
Jajaja..
lol
WOW! My Dad worked for Pan Am from 1958 until they went out of business in 1991 so I actually lived this! I flew in First Class to Europe on this plane a few times back in the '70s and this experience is 100% accurate down to the caviar and even the serving utensils! Amazing! Next time I’m in LA I have to do this!!
Love your videos, but this one especially. My Dad flew the 747 for PanAm . He retired right before bankruptcy after 40 years. Had an amazing career and met my Mom who was a Flight Attendant. The service on PanAm in First Class was amazing! Airlines today dont even come close. The service in economy was amazing and how every person from the Porter to the Pilot to the Sky Cap treated every single passenger like the were the only person flying that day. Those days are long gone, and as an Airline Pilot myself I can tell you those were the best of times. Thanks for this retro look at the Golden Age of Aviation!
I was lucky enough to fly panam in 1980, London to Seattle.
Nice
How did what was shown in this video compare to the experience in the 80's?
How did it feel in 1980 flying panam?
A_Friendly_Fish I remember the uniform, we flew economy so don’t remember any meal trolleys, although I do remember steak being the main meal. It was an amazing experience for a child from Northern Ireland, being 9 years old at the time. I remember my parents smoking on the plane do remember the flight crew being really nice and loving their accents. It was a once in a lifetime trip to visit my fathers sister whom he hadn’t seen in over 30 years. Great memories 😃
pokefan 20.2 amazing, exciting , every kids dream I think
4:30 Imagine those beautiful first class being torn off by the KLM4805
Pan am 1736
KLM was like nainie to pam an
Imagine having a dining room in a plane, now it's your leg
I respect Pan Am but they’re not Air Koryo standard
Cheers to the Repsected General Marshall !
Lol I see u at Swiss 001 too
@@tharan8069 there's about 200 poeple on CZcams called Kim Jong-Um
How is the North doing with the Corona crisis?? 🤣🤣
Thomas Grieve Except I do watch Swiss001
Brings back memories. Use to work for that Airlines in the late 60’s.
SO DID I
It was fantastic airline! I wish it was alive today 😔
Agreed.
American was also a fantástic airline, look at it now…
yeah if only flight 103 never happened
What a fantasy! I miss seeing the livery at airports. That tragic day that heralded the demise of this fabulous airline is forever etched in my mind. I was in London waiting for my parents to fly in for Christmas. We Brits really took the news hard. Glad to know Pa Am is risen from ashes, even if on the ground. Great showcase.
When were you born
what happened?
@@Fakeslimshady flight 103 happened
@@rfsplayer162 I'm in my 50's now. I started flying at age 8 but my father, who was a civil servant with the Port Authority from 1962-1977, flew all over the world including Pan Am Boeing 707 to NY from Lagos Nigeria. My siblings and I also used to go see him at the airport departing and arriving. What was funny was that our home was on the direct flightpath of the airport so we used to watch planes coming in to land for hours after school. We had fun, needless to say and love of planes has stayed with us all so much so that the 5 siblings have flown to all continents worldwide. It started with BOAC and Pan Am
@@high_on_nightmares I remember that night. It put Lockerbie on the map for the wrong reason. Why do people always rush to catch these flights that are brought down in such tragic circumstances. My sister who worked with Goldman's London at the time lost some colleagues going to HQ. They got on the flight at the very last minute, so we know that was a packed flight. I still have a tender spot for all those lost and their family to this day 22 years later
In case anyone was curious, two tickets for the first class experience of this cost $875 according to their website.
That's still cheaper than a First Class ticket on a long haul flight xD
DC Yote Now now, that was the 1970s. The economy is different today. That plane ticket today could be around 3,000-5,000 dollars per person.
DC Yote Nd u get better service in this than today lol
Wow, that's pricey. It looks amazing, though.
That's bullshit cuz if they really want to look back to the 70's they should charge the prices from back then to make it realistic
In 1983 I found myself in seat 1A on a Pan Am B747 from LHR to JFK .. I was 17 years old.. I was on a comp ticket thanks to my travel agent mother , who could work her magic with airlines and hotels who she did business with.. at that time it was one of the most amazing experiences I could ever dream of .. and I still remember many things about that flight .. my first long haul flight in first class .. it was truly magical .. and flying is still one of my favourite things to do ..
I love the mechanic, the cigarette was a nice touch.
Excellent! For a while it felt like I was in pan Am.♥
The old lady's face is priceless
This is fantastic nostalgia. Way before the time that flat lie beds were even thought of. First class was exceptional , seat side full silver service , cocktails , the upper deck lounge/restaurant . The golden era of flying. Compared to what flying is like today ! Incomparable.
I flew Pan Am in Nov 1989 , LHR-JFK , on a B747-200 in economy , seating config was 3-4-3 , and decent spacing between the seats.
Then flew on them on the B727-300 from Philadelphia-Mia-Nassau return.
I m so chuffed that I got to fly them.Especially that they no longer exist . They were a World class airline, and were well respected.
This is a great concept , showcasing and keeping the memory alive .
Great video! Those were the golden days of flying I should say! I am from India and would love to share an episode which had occurred on PanAm flight 73 on the 5th September 1986 when it was hijacked whilst in Pakistan for a quick stop over.
The Indian air hostess the late and great Ms Neerja Bhanot saved the lives of many passengers and in the process had to lay down her own life. She is still remembered here in India as a hero for her selfless act of courage and bravery.
She had received India's highest civilian decoration the "Ashoka Chakra" in the year 1987 and was also awarded the "Special Courage Award" by the US Department of Justice in the year 2006.
Thought that I should mention this here.
Thank you and RIP to Ms Neerja Bhanot .
She was also honoured “tamgha e insaniyat” (badge of humanity) by Pakistan govt
I have always preferred the type of seats in their “first” and “clipper” class versus the seats of today. I like a significant legroom, wide, comfortable seat. That’s all I need.
I think we all dom
Guy: Where do you work
Girl: I work as a fake flight attendent
how did they deal with severe turbulence back in the day? I can imagine those chinaware sliding on that wide table before being thrown all over the place.
I imagine it'd probably be the same as it is now on cruises and planes. Planes usually have trays that keep everything together, reducing the risk of everything spilling all over the place. Cruises are a little more messy with having to just hold on to plates and drinks so it won't fall off the table. It's pretty much the same now and in the past, but with less glass and fragile material and more plastic.
TL;DR: Trays and/or passengers just having to manually keep their food and drinks on the table.
747's handle turbulence quite well
The "heavy" class aircraft for passengers are preferred for "safety control" and more comfy, less feeling of "turbulance" (caused by flying thru quick temperature changes or, windy to calm air space) if "creature comforts" are concerned. Haa. 🛫 747s safety record is the best too. 😀👍🙏
But most preferred, "4 jet turbines" are still the best bet to prevent any risky situation turning into any danger.
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Options...for more..
Unless you have Antonov super size cargo jets of Russia recent years, it was taken out of salvage to be used for international extremely heavy cargo. 🤔😲
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Military related ..
also not mentioned in various class aircraft.
747 is "queen of the sky" because of the practicality impeccable safety record. 😀👍🙏
To much to list,
but its truly amazing,
the more you learn about aircaft the more you're curious to learn more....
Same thing with how any first and business class deal with turbulence today, no service during those times.
It's a Boeing B747. Those aircraft were usually not bothered much by turbulence. If some turbulence was present, it was dealt with in the same way as today. Seat belt on and get hold of your plate and glass.
Sam, the aviation celebrity
Pan am, forever in the ♥️ of aviation lovers. During Ww2 its clippers would fly vips and spies from one end to the another of the atlantic ocean. Later each 747 was named after a clipper. The 707 was built on pan am's specifics. So was the 747.the revolution on Jan 22nd 1970. Pan am's first scheduled service operated by a 747, on the jfk-Lhr route carrying 345 passengers.
I wish this airline hadn’t ceased operations. It’s such a great airline, and I’ve always wanted to fly it, but it ceased over 10 years before I was born
I worked as a flight attendant for Swissair in the 80ties. Mostly in first class withe 20 seats.
After take off first classs passengers passengers came upstairs to take their drinks and canapees in a lounge atmosphere.
The meal was served downstairs. 3 crews for 20 passengers. 2 hours before landing in New York, Racelette a Swiss melted cheese
was served upstairs . Freshly made the same way as in the swisss alps . Half a cheese put against a grill and let it melt on a plate.
The second meal was then served downstairs again. After meals we even offered Cigars out of a cigarbox.
As first class seats were much in demand. Swissair had 30 first class seats in front of the plane for some time ... Swissair hostesses
wore uniforms from Courreges, a french dessigner, mini skirt of course. The good old days of flying...
I really liked old aviation. Especially the 60's-80's, I really like it.
13:38 wow! They also had tablet pc.....how advanced!
Lol
Lol
that i have to say felt like a heavy break of immersion.
@@sirBrouwer It will be a bigger break of immersion to watch a couple of millennial women struggle with a teletype.
@@nightflyer3242 there is still the old style pen and paper that would work very well. just let the people check the products on paper and deal with the money stuff outside of the show part. that is how we do stuff like that over here. never use stuff that breaks the immersion in the theater area. (the airplane in this case) do that outside (in the ticked hall)
Sam thanks for the memories I was lucky enough to fly to one of the clippers to the Orient in the 80s BTW Sam the IFE was the “mile high Club “
This is one thing any aviation fan must do before they die! I can’t wait to do this
Delta: Kicks people of planes.
United: Aggressively Drags people of planes.
American: Drags people of planes.
Pan Am: I flew them back in the 80s true quality service
Always remember the following: Every airline in the world is back by the highest levels of government in each country. Do not get arrested abroad for a crime on a plane. As a side note; they have the means to not only drag you off the plane but to tie you to your assigned seat for the duration of the flight. Safety business/Not customer service.
@@SyriusStarMultimedia Bullshit - United has dragged people off of planes because they overbooked them, the customer has paid for that seat and does nothing wrong, but they get dragged off anyway so the airline can protect its profits. Airlines now putting profits before people, which is the worst possible customer service, and from an aviation perspective, is actually incredibly dangerous for safety - by manufacturing an incident on board purely to save money, the airline risks personal injury to the passengers and their own staff. Also imagine if they extend this attitude to aircraft maintenance and you have a disaster on your hands.Safety my ass.
American in the 80s was just as well, frank sinatra would occasionally play in the lounge upstairs on 747s (they had pianos upstairs)
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Well it certainly looks like pure quality
Flying in the 70's must have been quite an experience. I cannot remember my first flight to Jakarta in 1975 since I was 2. Very well made replica of Pan Am Queen of the Skies, but I saw many more queens of the skies in this video. I'm a KLM-fan, so I like their uniforms from that era, but SQ was and still is the best imo. And yes, that spiral stair to the "hump". I remember looking up the stairs in 1983 in a SQ 747-200 (to SIN) for a couple minutes. Nothing happend until a SQ flight attendent grabbed my hand and took me upstairs to have a look and sit there. My English wasn't that good at that time (10 years old) but we could communicate, probably because of our love of the B747. I hope you can still share AV-video's with us in these exceptional times. You show us AV-geeks so many about aviation and everything related to it. Stay healthy and sure we will fly again!
Interesting.. what was your first flight to Jakarta? KLM from Amsterdam?
@@IVANGEBER Well, my first flight from AMS to CGK was in jan 1975. I was 1 year and 11 months old back then. I have a picture of me at the gate at Schiphol airport back then, showing a Garuda DC-10 (note from my already deceased dad says "schiphol vertrek" (in English: Schiphol departure)). I cannot recreate memories from back then myself, and my mom gives contradictory answers.
So my answer to your question is my first flight is from AMS to GCK by Garuda on a DC-10. Not the Queen of the Sky unfortunately. Not 100% sure, sorry. But I do have a picture of me and my sister in an aeroplane, with a 3-4-3 conficuration in 1983. I am sure that was SQ and back then, that must have been a 747-2xx.
Flying early 90's and smoking was still permitted...
Disgusting. Spreading your cancer to others. What a disgrace.
Early 90s, Pan An was already in trouble at that time and didn’t survive the 90s.
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 Have another donut!
@@Claro1993 It funnily enough still exists as a railway company. The owners of it bought the naming rights and the logo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Railways
Bobby Ligot
And it was horrible
Flew from Singapore to Perth
On a plane full of chain smokers
Wound up puking when I got of the plane
And stink of smoke.......
Flown two return trips in the early 1980s on Panam. London Heathrow to Karachi and London Heathrow to Washington Dulles. Those were the golden days of flying.
Nostalgia. There were romantic times. I would like to go there.
Hey hey hey no iPads!! I'm glad I flew TWA as a kid in the 80s. Fond memories.
I love the retro experience. Great video Sam.
My first flight ever was on Pan Am back in 1970. i was ten years old and flew to Los Angeles. My parents had to buy me a suit for the trip, I vividly remember the experience, the food, the flight attendants and everyone was dressed to kill. The whole experience was surreal, traveling in those days was a big deal and the anticipation of going on an airline like Pan Am was the icing on the cake.
AS A FORMER PAA FLIGHT PURSER IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IT WAS THE BEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD, THE BEST SERVICE, AND THE BEST PAX AT THE TIME, COMPARED TO TODAY. PEOPLE DRESSED UP, WERE RESPECTFUL AND POLITE, NO INCIDENTS AMONG PASSENGERS, AND I MUST ADD, THE BEST PILOTS IN THE WORLD! REAL MEAN FROM AIRFORCE, PAST WARS, ETC.
THE BEST YEARS FOR AIRLINES ARE GONE! I HAVE REFUSED TO TRAVEL EVER SINCE THEY WERE GONE!
Pan Am where the jet started - love it :) Very cool video Sam!! Huge like
Imagine going to that PanAm experience, flying to JFK, and then spending the night at the TWA hotel?! So great.
Yup
Wouldn’t be with it. The TWA hotel is pretty mediocre
Great clip!, love those early 70's TWA uniform, stunning. I clearly remember flying on a Pan Am 747SP from LAX to Auckland NZ back in November 79. Flew into a horrendous storm, meal service delayed for a few hours, instead they brought yummy sandwiches around. They were a great airline, an iconic pioneer.
Shortly after I graduated from university in 1980, I took my first airplane flight from Singapore to Hong Kong to visit my relatives and it was on Pam Am. When it was time to serve tea and coffee, a flight stewardess came around carrying a teapot in one hand and a coffee pot in the other. She was wearing an apron with 2 pockets, one filled with sugar and the other with creamer. After she filled our cups with tea or coffee, we had to dip our hands into her apron pocket to get the sugar or creamer. As that was my first ever airplane flight, I thought that was the service norm on airplanes until I took a flight on Singapore Airlines a few years later and was spoilt with excellent service from the cabin crew.
How cool is that ? Thanks for sharing the experience with us, Sam😊
Brilliant! A great nostalgic look back in the day of the Flights. Very entertaining thank you Sam Chui.
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Pan Am made flying possible, no one will ever beat their level of service when they first began and well into the 1970s. It was and probably always will be the most luxurious flying experience ever.
I was lucky to fly United back in the early 60's (DC-6 and 707) when flying was an experience.
Damn i wish i was alive when pan Am was this alive and ride it (edit: Thanks for the 36 likes! I didnt expect to get this many likes)
daichi Shimmura but u may not be rich or luck enough to even ride an airplane back in the days
Avia Ryan i have board lots of aircrafts but not in Pan Am i wasnt born bofore the company goes bankrupt
Everyone just took it for granted just like they do today with the present Airlines. I was able to fly Pan Am stand by from JFK to Heathrow back in 1978. It's main budget competitor was Laker Skytrain from Freddie Laker.
Didn’t this airline get blown up over England back in the 80’s? No fucking thanks!
daichi Shimmura Age has some advantages! I flew on a PanAm 747 aged ten, standard economy, with my parents! I loved the uniforms ad the hard candy!
Pan Am? Now that’s a big step in time, Frank Sinatra is playing in my head
I flew Pan AM numerous times as a child & through the years until they ended across the Atlantic. No other airlines comes close to them today, their aircraft, the amount of space for passengers & the professionalism of the globally based crew were outstanding & no match to any of the Atlantic carriers today who can only aspire to be as good as Pan AM.
I was fortunate to be a Pan Am stewardess from 1970-71… what a wonderful time 😘
I'd love to go there. I actually have the Pan Am model that they sold on the plane as part of their merchandise. Such a classic airline!
Nice!
That was really cool! I liked that all of the food and drink were 70s themed too. And that they had Jovan Musk for sale!
And Jean Nate' LOL!
wow I have flew on PAM AM so much as a kid, its the only airline my mom would fly with. I remember the pilots came to our seats and I thought something was wrong but they took me into the pilots cabin! Man I miss PamAM so many good memories
This is so much fun. I think golden era in aviation long gone now.
looks fun! This is exactly the kind of thing I would dream of building when I was a kid. It is possible to further improve the experience with not very complicated additions that will give a slightly more realistic feeling in the cabin or during boarding. The most missing thing in my opinion is to put a hidden sound system near that sheet with the 747 printed on it, that plays a sound track of the very symbolic sound of the auxiliary power unit of the 747. That ever so memorable high-pitched whistle that was so exciting when you got on a flight in a 747. Even inside the cabin, I think there is room to add a subtle sound effect of the buzz of the electrical system, maybe along with some typical background music "of airlines", maybe to find the original boarding music that was played on Pan Am. Also, during the meal I would play the sound of the rumble noise from the drag during the "flight" ". Even just one of these ideas would greatly enhance the sense of conviction that the visitors are actually in flight and not just dining in an aviation museum showroom or in a still factory mock-up. I can think of other things like some sort of symbolic visual effect in the windows that looks more or less like clouds moving by maybe with something with some GOBO light or something along those lines (not necessarily with screens like in a simulator). If only I could afford to build a project similar to this... 🙂
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Great video Sam. Thanks for sharing.
It's a pity PANAM doesn'f fly anymore...
The flight attendants are priceless!
THE BETTER DAYS OF FLYING!!...NOT LIKE TODAY...AND BETTER PLANES AND SERVICE..🤗🤗🤗👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It was cool seeing Northwest Orient Check-In Desk and Uniforms. My Opa (grandfather) was a frequent flyer on both Pan Am and Northwest. When Northwest dropped the Orient in 1986, they gave out old equipment and such with the Orient name. My Opa gave my dad a Northwest Orient Spoon he received on a flight which my dad gave to me after Northwest merged with Delta.
My Oma also worked for KLM so there definitely may be some more products in storage.
Thought I’d share.
Wow...the upperdeck social area; lounge & bar realy feels like inside private BBJ747🛫🤓
Didn’t this airline get blown up over England back in the 80’s? No fucking thanks!
Better than today lol nd they want to bring it in back like it didn’t exist back then
Arsenio Buck Pan Am has had 5 write offs
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 what a fucking troll
I wish that “pan am•” still existed..
Whoa! Disco music playing in my head watching this! Pan American = World's Most Experienced Airline - United = Fly The Friendly Skies - TWA = You're Going To Like Us But what comes to my mind is FUN FUN FUN! Thanks Sam!
Thanks for the pan am video sam!,It really brings back the memories of my pan am 747 clipper flight! from New york JFK to london in 1972,and my other flight,from new york JFK to paris!..in 1973!
I flew from LA to Heathrow with Pan Am in 1973
Didn’t this airline get blown up over England back in the 80’s? No fucking thanks!
Arsenio Buck sorry it was scotland and that was a terrorist attack 😬
ur that old?
@@wannaplaythisdavid I was 6 when I flew Pan Am
@@davidyates8880 so ur like about 60 now right?
I wonder what the job-ad looked like? Those girls are so talented. What an amazing experience. ❤️
I grew up in LA and I flew Pan Am every chance I got. I was Platinum in their World Pass Frequent Flyer program. Sydney, London, Stockholm, Rome, Auckland, Honolulu, New York, Miami. I also belonged to their Clipper Club. They were, and still are, my favorite airline.I hope I can do this Pan Am Experience in the near future. It really was fun to fly back them.
I was a flight ✈️ attendant for Pan Am in 1988 until December 4 1991 when they closed down it was the best airline ever to work for
I like the uniforms of 70's. So classic!
Such a unique experience!
Didn’t this airline get blown up over England back in the 80’s? No fucking thanks!
I don’t think that accident was pan am’s fault because there was a bomb in the plane I think,,,
I flew many times on Pan Am between 1981 and 1984, usually between Singapore and San Francisco, the HKG / SFO leg took 13 hours going East and 15 hours going West! On one occasion they held us up before take off at Kai Tak for about 1 hour because of a dispute with some Australian passengers over the type of seats in Clipper! When we arrived i SFO the captain doled out $50.00 compensation cheques!
This is so cool my grandfather was a flight engineer for Pan Am and even retired before they went under and spent a lot of time on the old clippers and even ditched one in the Pacific in the 50’s and spent a lot of time on the 747s and my mom flew on the 707s and 747s for a lot of her life
You'd join the mile high club with a few of those 70's stewardess's for sure
What’s that
@@Novusa It's where you fly on a plane for the first time mate
Its Max means he wants to slip one up those stewardesses
Good gracious, I very well remember the BA Uniform 1985 :) British Caledonian looks funny. Somehow I like all uniforms. But if I had to choose a fav then it is probably the current Singapore.
Wonderful
I actually flew Pan Am a few times, the most memorable was a 747 from San Francisco to New York (Kennedy) in 1989.
The 70’s and 80’s were an interesting time in air travel. I can remember some of the now gone airlines I flew on, like Eastern, Allegheny, Northwest Orient, Piedmont, TWA, Republic, Continental, National and of course, Pan Am. Air travel was heavily regulated so airlines could make money flying lightly traveled routes. Even so, airlines went out of business. Sometimes, severe mismanagement was to blame. Other times, accidents and terrorism were key factors. After the Pan Am 103 bombing over Scotland, the airline was doomed. It was such a shock for Americans to see a bombed U.S. airliner. Eventually Pan Am and TWA sold off their profitable and prestigious New York - London Heathrow routes to United and American. By then, the end was in sight.
Missing those years...
Didn’t this airline get blown up over England back in the 80’s? No fucking thanks!
Missing that old day
Pan Am was fabulous.
I was fortunate enough to fly Pan Am on a 747SP round trip to Los Angeles in 1979 and also flew on a 747-200 in 1990, not too long before the bankruptcy. Bookings were done at a travel agency, who issued those paper tickets which had several tear-off copies. Boarding passes were proper card with a tear off portion, which are sometimes still issued today, but much less often. No security queues, only passport control and customs. Leg room was much better in economy than it is now, but watching the movie was troublesome since there was, if my memory serves me correctly, only one screen per cabin and sound from the headphones was very tinny. It was much more of an occasion flying then, unfortunately Pan Am never recovered from the Lockerbie disaster in December 1988. Tragic.
6:06 I like how they parodied the original flight safety "video". Yes, I know this was before modern in-flight entertainment systems existed.
7:07 I'm sure they originally used one of those big RGB projectors with the 3 lenses.
Why does noone buy the name "PAN AM" or "TWA" and maybe have long range 787 A350 and it will be fuel efficient thats kind of the same reason why pan am died or went bankrupt.
Rafiah Aspagi look at what’s happening to eastern. Doesn’t really work out too well.
@@Blkity77 well depends who does it and their strategy
IRRC ~ PanAm trademark & logo was purchased and used briefly on a failed domestic airline after the original PanAm went bankrupt.
A train company was also owner of PanAm famous logo rights. I was shocked to see it only on a train but it was a couple years ago. Hopefully we will see it in the near future.
The video dont mention how PanAmerican started.
The logic was Pan Am was the North Central & South American areas combining lifestyles.
@@MojaveDanthank you, and also, did you search to see it on a train company like I found? Not sure of this year.. hopefully we see it in the future.
I remember the night in 1988 when the plane went down in Lockerbie. I was a junior in college and it wad 2 days before Thanksgiving. I was flying out of DC National airport to New York. I was flying the old Pan AM DC shuttle which ran every hour from DC to NY. My mom was very nervous because she heard on the news about a Pan Am flight going down.
flying pan am back in the day must have been such a blast
15:43 Sam recorded what he enjoyed
That’s amazing
My friend’s mom was an FA for PanAm. Love this PamAm Experience. The only thing missing is the thrust of the engines!
I flew a Pan Am 747 from Paris to New York in First. several times in the early 80's. Flight was similar to the mock up, except the food trolley was graced with a huge Beef Roast during dinner service. Out of sight! The Stewardess' would carve the meat to your desire and serve the sides from Fine Chinaware. The best part for me was I would order my own bottle of Champagne with dinner, yes a whole bottle. And with predinner drinks and port after, I fell asleep after dinner . Time passed quickly. In 40 years of flight travel, never ever did I have better flying experience except for some domestic business jets. Only could do this on the way home, a biz meeting the next morning would have been a nightmare.
Sam chui I love planes I love your channel YOUR THE BEST YT EVER!!!!!!
I wonder what if Pan Am still exists,will they have suites(Clipper Suites) in First Class and Business Class?And will they operate 747-8 and A380?
They will not because they will learn not to use planes that ise alot of fuel so maybe they will use the A350 787 or even 777x
Rafiah Aspagi How about fully enclosed suites in First Class and Business Class?
they would have 747s guaranteed for the same reason BA still operates its 747s
@@maiden5427 Doubt it, the aviation industry in the US is very unique from the rest of the world. Frequency is prioritized over capacity in American aviation. Only two US carriers had 747's by the 2010's and the only reason they were retained for that long was because of the range, not capacity. If Pan Am was to survive today, they would've had to make dramatic changes in the 1980's and one of such changes was to jettison their 747's and order smaller widebodies like the 767 just like what American, Delta, and Continental did back then.
@@nightflyer3242 i dont care i guarantee they would have even 1 for special routes. you are forgetting boeing owe them for the success of the 747.
Thank you Sam. My grandfather flew for pan am and retired before they declared bankruptcy so this amazing to see and I always get teared up thinking of him when I watch this
Sam chui : This is so far the finest experience filled with moments of truth with PAN AM. Can't it be more real than this experience on ground. The show was presented with utmost real time experience.
Back when the airlines gave a💩 about the passengers
Didn’t this airline get blown up over England back in the 80’s? No fucking thanks!
Yes and it cost a months wages for a ticket
Yup
Ima go there im in la
And back when flying would cost you an arm and a loan...