Which other airlines can lay a claim to being history’s most influential ... race to operate the first passenger jets, but it was Pan American Airways – Pan Am – that put the glamour ...

"FIRST CLIPPER CUTIES: First Pan American Airways Stewardesses were hired in 1944 to relieve men for war duty." UM Libraries Digital Exhibits The image of the early flight attendant was the result ...

But the business didn't last long. Getting a new airline off the ground can be the easy part, but many struggle to stay above the competition. Take Pan Am. America's premier airline boasted the ...