It must be for nostalgic adults – I can’t imagine there are a lot of kids who would recognize a 747 anymore. But then again, every time I see a train pass somewhere near a kid, they still say “choo choo”, so what do I know? 😁https://askthepilot.com/747-toy/

No. Pan Am is not going to “fly again.” A wholly new company is recycling the old name, that’s all.

I could legally change my name to “Juan Trippe.” That doesn’t make me Juan Trippe.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1950s-pan-am-747-toy-airplane-495294729

It was one of the few ways to travel from Africa to the U.S. without going through Europe (old colonial connections die hard).

So on one winter trip our travel agent had screwed up the ticket pricing for my family, and by the time the agents had straightened it out, the only seats left were first class upstairs. In those days paying regular fares, somehow we still had enough credit to make that transition?

In any case, climbing the spiral stairs to such a speacial and “private” space still makes me giddy at the memory.

I flew the original 747-100 a few months after the inaugural flight in January 1970. I took PA100 JFK LHR June of 1970. I still have the coach menu – Cocktails were 50 cents, cigarettes 30 cents, a split of Champagne set you back one dollar. Most men wore suits and ties, woman dresses. When first saw it after flying on DC8’s and 707’s it looked like a flying cruise ship to me.

Yes, I remember it well!