It was a few minutes before 6 a.m. and still very dark on January 6, 1942, when the control tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport received a radio message: “Pan Am Pacific Clipper, inbound ...

Nestled in a historic Art Deco building at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the Marine Air Terminal is a throwback to the golden age of aviation. It was the home of the flying boat, the Pan Am ...

Before boarding my New York–Chicago flight I stepped into the past, or, to be exact, into the small Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport. Opened in 1939 for Pan American's fleet of Boeing ...

Pan Am's Pacific Clipper, Boeing 314, ... The flying boat touched down briefly in the Caribbean before resuming its journey to LaGuardia Airport in New York City, where it landed on January 6, 1942.

The Cradle of Aviation’s new Pan Am exhibit about the Boeing 314 takes you back to an era when every airline seat was first class, your coffee and tea were served by an all-male flight crew and ...