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Early
Days of Pan Am ’28 to ‘29
Pan
Am began life in Key West with headquarters in a building
that now houses a restaurant named Kelly’s Caribbean
Restaurant. After a meal there last May, I decided we could
fly these early routes.
The
first route operated by Pan Am was the Key West –
Havana service. They were awarded the contract in 1927 before
Juan Trippe had actually set up the airline.
The
first flight between Key West and Havana was flown on 19th
October
1927 using a borrowed Fairchild 71 floatplane, as the Key
West airfield was waterlogged and failure to make the flight
would have lost Pan Am the contract. The Fokker FVIIb/3m
aircraft started a regular service from 28th
October
1927.
The
times for these flights are taken from the 1928 timetable
available at the excellent www.timetableimages.com
,
and also from the February 1929 timetable in the Official
Airline Guide.
Key
West – Havana 1928
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Heading
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Distance
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City Name
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ICAO
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Heading
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Distance
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203
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0
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0800
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Key West
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KEYW
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1715
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101.3nm
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101.3nm
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0915
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Havana
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MUHA
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1545
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022
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0
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Palm
Beach – Miami – Key West – Havana
(Proposed)
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Heading
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Distance
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City Name
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ICAO
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Heading
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Distance
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195
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0
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Palm Beach
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KPBI
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54.5nm
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230
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54.5nm
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Miami
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KMIA
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015
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108.9nm
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203
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108.9nm
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Key West
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KEYW
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048
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101.3nm
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101.3nm
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Havana
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MUHA
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022
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0
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Miami
– Nassau (Proposed)
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Heading
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Distance
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City Name
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ICAO
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Heading
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Distance
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109
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0
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Miami
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KMIA
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159.7nm
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159.7nm
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Nassau
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MYNN
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292
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0
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Miami
– San Juan (Feb ‘29) {*Overnight stop Santiago}
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Heading
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Distance
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City Name
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ICAO
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Heading
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Distance
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218
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0
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0915
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Miami
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KMIA
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1715
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204.3nm
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110
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204.3nm
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1215
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Havana
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MUHA
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1500
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035
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270.3nm
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131
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270.3nm
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1545
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Camaguey
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MUCM
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1015
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295
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142.5nm
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142.5nm
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1725
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Santiago
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MUCU
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0800*
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312
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0
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117
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0
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0700*
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Santiago
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MUCU
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1700
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217.1nm
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100
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217.1nm
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1030
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Port au Prince
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MTPP
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1400
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300
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149.7nm
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097
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149.7nm
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1300
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Santo Domingo
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MDSD
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1130
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282
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202.8nm
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202.8nm
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1600
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San Juan
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TJIG
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0800
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281
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0
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Flight
Simulator Files
The
Pan Am Fokker FVIIb/3m is available for both FS9 and FSX by
Jens Kristensen in file f7_pa_ v2.zip from flightsim.com.
Fairchild
71 landplane and floatplane models are available from
flightsim.com in fc71.zip, fc71float.zip and gauges from
FC-2W2.zip
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