By the end of WWII, Pan American World Airways’ infamous fleet of flying boats became rapidly obsolete as the aviation industry transitioned to landplanes and as more runways were built. Increasing demand for air travel led to continual aeronautical innovations, many of which were established or introduced by Pan Am. Their constant modernization not only transformed commercial aviation, but impacted the world socially, politically, and economically, thereby changing world culture forever. Whereas in its early days, the company had focused on connecting the world through new air routes, their primary goal in later years would be to carry even more people and do it bigger, better, and faster than ever before. Truly, Pan Am helped “shrink the world.”
- Subject:
- History
- U.S. History
- Material Type:
- Primary Source
- Provider:
- Digital Public Library of America
- Provider Set:
- Primary Source Sets
- Author:
- Joshua Larkin Rowley
- Leah Tams
- Date Added:
- 10/28/2022
