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8 ARPO May 2011<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> replica <strong>of</strong> the Spirit <strong>of</strong> St.<br />
Lou<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> the actual pl<strong>an</strong>e that<br />
was used by the actor Jimmy<br />
Stewart in the movie where<br />
he played the part <strong>of</strong> Charles<br />
Lindbergh <strong>an</strong>d h<strong>is</strong> flight across<br />
the Atl<strong>an</strong>tic Oce<strong>an</strong>.<br />
A d<strong>is</strong>play <strong>of</strong> <strong>an</strong> airpl<strong>an</strong>e<br />
mainten<strong>an</strong>ce h<strong>an</strong>ger during WW I<br />
In the h<strong>is</strong>tory <strong>of</strong> Americ<strong>an</strong> commercial<br />
aviation, there <strong>is</strong> no airline more influential,<br />
import<strong>an</strong>t, <strong>an</strong>d better known th<strong>an</strong> P<strong>an</strong><br />
Americ<strong>an</strong> Airways, establ<strong>is</strong>hed in 1927. It<br />
was not the first Americ<strong>an</strong> passenger airline,<br />
nor did it ever meet with much success in<br />
the domestic market, but P<strong>an</strong> Am (as it was<br />
more commonly known), represented a new<br />
adventurous image <strong>of</strong> the United States<br />
to the world. P<strong>an</strong> Am's heyday was in the<br />
1930s when it operated its famous Clipper<br />
Ships service—<strong>an</strong> oce<strong>an</strong>-wide network with<br />
a fleet <strong>of</strong> 25 flying boats that cr<strong>is</strong>scrossed<br />
both the Pacific <strong>an</strong>d the Atl<strong>an</strong>tic oce<strong>an</strong>s.<br />
<strong>The</strong> service flour<strong>is</strong>hed in the late 1930s,<br />
delivering both mail <strong>an</strong>d passengers, <strong>an</strong>d<br />
gained a reputation as one <strong>of</strong> the most<br />
dependable <strong>an</strong>d eleg<strong>an</strong>t air services in the<br />
world.