Pan Am made air travel cool—from chic crew uniforms to exotic locations to square-jawed flyboy pilots. But a couple of bad business deals, massive deregulation, and a devastating terrorist attack sunset the airline for good.

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GUESTS

Jeri Zurhost/Beth Sarno — Pan Am enthusiasts

Jacob Trevino/Greg Newman — faux Pan Am crew, actors at Gorilla Cinema

Ed Trippe — son of former Pan Am head Juan Trippe 

Janet Bednarek — Professor of History at the University of Dayton, aviation expert

Safi Bahcall — entrepreneur and author

Robert Gandt — former Pan Am pilot, writer

Wendy Sue Knecht — former Pan Am flight attendant, author

Ahmed Abdelghany — Professor of Operations Management and associate dean of Research at Embry-Riddle University’s O’Malley College of Business

Paul Stephen Dempsey — director emeritus of the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University

SELECTED SOURCES

Life, Love, and a Hijacking: My Pan Am Memoir — Wendy Sue Knecht

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries — Safi Bahcall

Sky Gods — Robert Gandt

JUST FOR FUN

The Experience: the original Pan Am jingle


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