THE HISTORY OF PAN AM AIRWAYS

 

  I remember this famous airline,

PAN AM.  I used to ride this airplane, Boeing 747

with    for one way

from Los Angeles International Airport, California to

Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii on my first time,

April 1988.

Let me share this history….,  I took Christmas Break ‘90

from National Technical Institute for the Deaf in a campus

of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

when I took the Amtrak Train when a group of deaf college

students were residents of New York City and I rode together.

Amtrak ran from Rochester Station to many city stations via

Albany Amtrak Station to final destination, famous Grand

Terminal Station, Manhattan, New York City, NY. 

  Our Amtrak Train arrived there after I told

and asked deaf Puerto Rican-American for an assistance so I

was scared to see strange world.  He smiled and guided me with

him when we wait for his white hearing girlfriend to come and

meet us in few minutes.  Then, she arrived at us, he told her

about me.  She understood me and asked us to walk with her

to the MTA Window Booth where we stop and got free map of

the subway.  She explained me about how to get my Youth

Hostel International from the Grand Terminal Station.  I felt

confidence and get ready to get a train from the Grand Terminal

Station to my hostel.   See this photo:  I did not know about

the PAN AM Building is behind the Grand Terminal Station.

 

I arrived my hostel from the 103rd Subway safely.  I checked in

and got a room for one night.  

Until morning rain was here, I

checked out of the hostel and got back to the Subway via the

Yellow Cab to the La Guardia Airport where I got in the USAir

Terminal.  I flew with USAir airplane to Miami International

Airport, Florida and checked in the Youth International Hostel

in Miami Beach, Florida for one night.  Until Early Morning,  I

checked out of the hostel and rode in the taxi back to the

Miami International Airport again.  I arrived the USAir Terminal

before I took the USAir jet aircraft to Key West Airport, Florida.

See 2 photos:

 Miami International Airport

 Key West International Airport

On Beautiful Sunny Day,  I enjoyed viewing the beautiful island

of Key West on my first time.  USAir airplane was flying down

and touched on the runaway safely.  I walked out of the airplane

beautiful outside and entered the gate and baggage area where

picked up my luggage.  I asked the taxi driver to take me to

the Key West Hostel.

I walked outside the hostel and enjoyed looking around the

on Duval Street in Downtown.  I found a historic sign and place.

See a photo:

See and read this links:

http://www.keywestinternationalairport.com/history.html

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_World_Airways