Pan Am Series

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...

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...

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 &...

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...

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...

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...

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...