To Write a Book or Not to Write a Book
Well, I did write the book - a few years ago, "Pan Am Captain, Aiming High", after this post was originally written. Today I'm updating...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 28, 2020
- 1 min
Copper Springs Theater Concert
Vocalist Bill Travis performed in a concert at the Copper Springs Retirement Community Theater with singers Patrick Cunningham, Mike...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
First Airline Pilot Job Interview
An airline pilot gets his training and experience from the military, or pays for training at local flight schools. After obtaining the...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
Get the Ants Out of Her Pants - Quickly
PROLOGUE In the late 1960's, while flying for Pan Am, we flew soldiers from Vietnam to exotic places for R & R. That means Rest &...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 4 min
The End of a Wonderful Career
Pan Am and all other Airline pilots are subject to having their flying careers ended rather abruptly for many reasons, and primarily due...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
Announcement I Would Like to Make
On every flight, for 28 years that I was an International Airline Pilot for Pan Am, I included this message in my passenger...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
Hong Kong and Victoria Harbor
I should complete part 2 "WORLD'S MOST EXCITING AND DANGEROUS APPROACH AND LANDING" this evening, but while I'm thinking about it I...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Celebrities - Nick Nolte
I was fortunate to have many Pan Am eastbound flights from London to New York on days that Greenland was visible from the air at around...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Celebrities - Marlon Brando
When I was flying for Pan Am, I had the pleasure of having many celebrities as passengers on our flights. Marlon Brando was one of...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
Famous Pan Am Pilots - Wayne Poulsen
Wayne Poulsen was a Pan Am pilot who was admired by his fellow Pan Am pilots both for his aviation skills, and all that he had...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
Famous Pan Am Pilots - Warren Simmons
Warren Simmons was a Pan Am pilot and an entrepreneur who developed many businesses and was a success at everything he decided to do....
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
Don Rees
Back in the late 1970's while flying for Pan Am, I was doing a lot of studying of photography. I bought a 4 x 5 camera and began doing...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
Bill Spence
Bill Spence, another Pan Am Professional Flight Engineer/Pilot is a very interesting person whom I met him when I first moved to...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 26, 2020
- 9 min
Kai Tak - Hong Kong's Dangerous Landing Airport
PAN AM, MOST EXCITING & DANGEROUS APPROACH & LANDING, One day I went out to try and find locations to take photos of the aircraft...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 25, 2020
- 1 min
Keith Woodmansee
Keith Woodmansee is another long time Pan Am pilot friend of mine, whom I met shortly after joining Pan Am. Keith was a professional...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 25, 2020
- 3 min
Bill Travis
The photos below are all "self portraits". They are part of the series of photos I took of several of my Pan Am Pilot friends who had...
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Bill Travis
- Dec 25, 2020
- 1 min
Dick Mayer
Pan Am pilot Dick Mayer is a very happy, fun loving guy and a great pilot. He has many interests including being a singer in a Barber...
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