JFK Pan Am Hangar 1981 Clipper Images

Here are some slides I scanned from a Pan Am Hangar tour I had while in Aviation High School, circa 1981.
It was a fantastic day as I remember- we observed maintenance ops in Hangar 19 and got to tour the 747-100 Clippers.
BTW, some of you may remember Hangar 19 from the Solar Impulse exhibit there earlier in the year.

Clipper Pacific Trader N652PA pulling into the hangar

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Flight deck on N735PA Clipper Spark of the Ocean. For old school "steam gauges" it doesn't get any better than this!

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Coach Class Cabin N735PA Clipper Spark of the Ocean

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Clipper Pacific Trader N652PA

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Clipper Air Express inside Hangar 19

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Don .... What a treat it must have been. Fantastic! BTW I do recall Clipper Pacific Trader and seeing her from the rooftop parking at the PanAm Worldport parked at her gate. Thanks for sharing.

Great Shots Don,

Must have been a great tour. Although glass cockpits are pretty impressive, theres nothing like the old guages in a cockpit - real flying

Cheers

Trevor

Ahhhh home! Thanks for the memories

my dream job when I was a kid was being a 747 captain for Pan Am, thanks for the memories !!!

Hey thanks all. It was a trip. I'll post more as I scan them.

can't wait

Wow, that was quite a treat!

Very nice, Don! In 1981, I was in college, and working weekends and summers as a security guard down at the Pan Am hangars.

Don very incredible!!! must of been a joy back then

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Very nice, Don! In 1981, I was in college, and working weekends and summers as a security guard down at the Pan Am hangars.

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That must have been a cool job Moose. Did you take any pictures at the time?

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Originally Posted by Delta777LR

Don very incredible!!! must of been a joy back then

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Thanks Sergio.

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Originally Posted by Aviation.High.Guy

That must have been a cool job Moose. Did you take any pictures at the time?

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Not as many as I wish I had...

Great Shots Don, nice memories...


Rich B

Thanks- I'm happy with them considering I had a Canon AE1, a 50mm lens and really didn't know how to use it yet. :tongue:

Wow, great Set of Pictures, like the Cabin Shot and the Steam Gauges :biggrin:


Markus

Thanks Markus

Great pics! They really bring back memories of my youth. My dad was a Pan Am pilot, and was fortunate to tour the Jet Center a bunch of times as a kid. He even organized a tour for my 6th grade class!

Back in the pre internet/cell phone days, my dad used to drive from Massapequa to crew scheduling at JFK to bid, trip trade etc. on a regular basis, often with me in tow. Nowadays, we do all that stuff via the web. My dream was to be a Whale Capt for PA. The closest I got was a Dash 7 Capt. for Pan Am Express!