“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 ...

With that unmistakable hump, the 747 entered service with Pan Am Airlines in early 1970, according to a fact sheet provided by the company. Boeing rolled out its 500th 747 nearly 10 years later in ...