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So glad you enjoyed this, Abel!
Nov 04, 2019,05:34 AM
Hope you're able to pay a visit one of these days!
Cheers,
Jim
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In the Shadow of the Pan Am Clippers...
By: Moana43 : November 3rd, 2019-14:51
Last weekend I was in NYC to attend the WatchTime event, which was fantastic. On the way home, I built in some extra time at LaGuardia, so that I could visit the Marine Air Terminal -- the terminal used for the Pan Am Clipper flying boats starting in 1940...
Those were the days (captured by Reyn Spooner)
By: cazalea : November 3rd, 2019-17:04
Hawaii was reached by PanAm Clippers - in the Thirties and Forties before we lived there 60 years ago. I was amazed to read no more than 25 were built, including Sikorsky, Martin and Boeing versions. Cazalea ...
Those were, indeed, the days!
By: Moana43 : November 4th, 2019-05:31
Reyn Spooner did such a nice job amalgamating several of the old Clipper travel posters into its "Trans Pacific 40's" shirt. I love this shirt, and, truth, be told, have several of these. ;-) While we're at it, Tori Richard also pays homage to that era, a...
Great stuff, Nico!!!
By: Moana43 : November 4th, 2019-05:37
I always enjoy the Pan Am memorabilia shots you do with your Master GMT. You must have quite the collection! Incidentally, I still have a smaller version of that bag as a memento of traveling on Pan Am as a boy in the 60's. ;-)
You’re most welcome!
By: Moana43 : November 5th, 2019-05:01
It’s great that you are able to use the Marine Air Terminal so frequently — such a nice reminder of the Golden Age of air travel.