Comments on: Pan Am Across the Atlantic

By: Ed Martin

Ed Martin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:38:44 +0000

Just finished reading Follett’s book. I have an early memory of seeing a Clipper taking off at the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia. Follett writes of leaving and arriving at Port Washington. As I grew up on Long Island, I thought perhaps my memory was wrong. On your site I found the picture of a flight at LaGuardia, so my memory was right. My dad worked in Astoria at that time so we went right by LaGuardia on his way to work.

Did the service operate exclusively from Port Washington after a certain date? My recollection is probably from 1938 or 1939

By: Jose Guedes

Jose Guedes — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:13:43 +0000

Hi, Tommy

I am a former TAP Portugal A340 captain, now retired (like you) and at the moment I am researching the crash of the Yankee Clipper on the Tagus river, Lisbon, back in 1943.
I wonder if you could help me on a few technical details. If the answer is yes, I will proceed with the questions, either in this site or directly by email, if I can have your adress.
Thank you very much
Best Regards
Jose Guedes

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:33:37 +0000

I too would like to read the article about the Yankee clipped crash. I think one of my relatives was part of the crew. Thank you for letting us know when it will be available.

By: John Potts

John Potts — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:33:21 +0000

Geoff,
Sorry to have taken so long to reply. The book still requires much information before publishing but alas, much is still slow to obtain or very near impossible. We have spent years looking for various information and non-existant birth records to fill the gaps between the lines, as one might say.

By: Magge Gates

Magge Gates — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:10:42 +0000

I see I am in a group wanting to read the artcle promised about the Yankee Clipper crash.
Are you still working on it? If done, is it on this site or another? Thanks.

By: Magge Gates

Magge Gates — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:03:47 +0000

Mail was always carried in bulk on Clippers but I suppose a separate letter was not allowed;
censors checked mail during those times. My courier dad was responsible for the delivery of
those bags of mail and other more confidential stuff during wartime 40s.

By: Magge Gates

Magge Gates — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:58:48 +0000

Check on ancestry.com subject: travel/transportation and click on Passengers
Arriving NY ports, fill in with name of passenger, dates 1940-1945 as I did and
like me should get list of clipper flights or just enter Clipper flights in search
box. Good luck.

By: Gerry McMahon

Gerry McMahon — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:47:29 +0000

I found the book below a great read on the setup of Pan Am’s global flying-boat network. William Masland was naviagator on the first test flight to Foynes in 1937 and had a long and distinguished carreer with Pan Am. I remember hearing this strikingly eloquent man interviewed in the 1980s about the 1937 flight.

Anyone who hasn’t visited the Foynes Museum has a treat in store!

best regards

Gerry

“Through the Back Doors of the World in Ship that had Wings”
Vantage Press, New York, 1984
ISBN: 533-05818-X

By: Gerry McMahon

Gerry McMahon — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:46:15 +0000

Anyone who hasn’t visited the Foynes Nuseum has a treat in store!

best regards

Gerry

“Through the Back Doors of the World in Ship that had Wings”
Vantage Press, New York, 1984
ISBN: 533-05818-X

By: Gid Jones

Gid Jones — Sun, 08 May 2011 21:17:17 +0000

My parents and I flew a Pan Am clipper from Lisbon to Miami in early 1942. We had been living in England. I remember little about the flight starting in London. We made several stops between Lisbon and Miami. I was quite young and only remember odd bits about the flight. Any info?