“They weren’t that bad,” insists Tom Stringer, who flew on a Pan Am 747 on his honeymoon in 1980. “Although it was delayed because of an oil leak we eventually got under way to Los Angeles.

As Monica Molinaro and I make our way to the upper deck bar of the two-story refurbished 747 that hosts the Pan Am Experience deep in the San Fernando Valley we are greeted by a smiling crew ...

On Jan. 21, 1970, Pan American World Airways operated the first commercial flight – New York to London. Continental operated its first 747 flight in June 1970 and United operated its first in July.

Scottish judicial authorities have referred the case of the Pan Am Boeing 747-100 bombing over Lockerbie to a court of appeal, 19 years after the only conviction for the attack was secured.