Soaring to New Heights: Edward S

Winter - Spring 2019

www.panam.org NEWSLETTERCLI OF THEPP PAN AMER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION From The Chairman, Soaring to New Heights: Edward S. Trippe... The Records of Pan Am Take Flight in the Cloud By Gabriella Williams Digital Projects Librarian Richter Library, University of Miami

to Havana, Cuba transporting sacks of mail. The airline’s Dinner Key Terminal on Biscayne Bay now serves as Miami’s City Hall. Pan Am has captured the imaginations Where I live in Connecticut, it’s been of scores of travelers across the globe, a long winter and spring cannot come and the collection has become an invalu- soon enough! But your Foundation able source of information for scholars, has stayed busy moving ahead with students, and former Pan Am employ- several key projects. Here’s a brief re- ees, as well as generations of travelers cap of some of the initiatives we have researching fragments of their own and been working on: A Boeing 707 Clipper from brochure entitled Pan Am’s How-To Book of Group Travel, 1963. their families’ lives. In 2014, under a PAHF exhibits at the Marine Air Detailed Processing Grant awarded by Terminal, LGA he physical records of Pan American the National Historical Publications & Discussions with the Port Authority TWorld Airways, Inc., which have Records Commission (NHPRC), UM of New York and New Jersey on the been held at the University of Miami Libraries completed a project which planned PAHF exhibit at the Marine Libraries Special Collections since their included organizing and rehousing the Air Terminal (MAT) are again mov- acquisition in 1992, comprise one of the ing forward. Understandably the Port largest and most comprehensive collec- Authority has been totally focused tions of aviation history in the country. on the rebuilding of Terminal B, the Measuring 1,500 linear feet, these remain terminal building on the west cords document one of the world’s most side of the airport. The improvements iconic airlines, dramatically illustrating are part of a multi-billion-dollar the growth of commercial aviation in development to revamp LaGuardia, the United States and around the world. including six new concourses, 72 gates The collection distinctly chronicles the and two new arrival and departure life of a company which, along with halls. Other improvements include rail such legendary aviators as Charles Lind- Pan Am’s Dinner Key Base, Miami, circa 1936. From service between LGA and midtown bergh, forged new and important aerial routes to South America, the Caribbean, brochure entitled ‘For 50 Years America’s Airline to Manhattan, along with new roadways. the World. The project will be completed in 2022 Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. Its influence on aviation technology and collection, addressing long-term preser- and promises to position LGA as vation issues, cataloging various materi- one of the preeminent airports in the airport development is unparalleled, perhaps most notably for the Miami-Dade als, and creating a folder-level finding world. The MAT is on the north side aid. Additionally, a website entitled of the airport and includes Gate #6 area where Pan Am was once based and whose airport, according to www.miami- Cleared to Land was created to spotlight which was originally built as a tem- the newly transformed collection. porary gate to accommodate the Pan airport.com, is now the “third busiest Am Shuttle, subsequently the Delta for international passengers, as well as Seeking to build on the success of the Shuttle, and currently Jet Blue’s opera- the top U.S. airport for international processing project and further increase tion. The final re-development of Gate freight” – a rather befitting outcome access to one of its most used collec- profoundly kindled by Pan Am when tions, UM Libraries was awarded a Chairman cont. p. 2 it began operations with its first flight Digitization cont. p. 6 Chairman from p.1

#6 and the rest of the north side of LGA PAHF Salutes Al Topping is years off, but the good news is that the MAT has been given landmark status as a protected building so that important part of Pan Am’s heritage will forever be preserved. In the short term PAHF will be part- nering with the Port Authority on new exhibit space in the MAT. The proposed exhibits include: (i) a bronze plaque recognizing the landmark status of the building and its distinguished architects, Delano & Aldrich (also the architects of the After many years of service to the Pan Al was portrayed by James Earl Jones in Pan Am terminals at Key Biscayne, Am Historical Foundation in Miami, Al the movie. Miami, and Treasure Island, San Topping is retiring to Ocala, FL where Francisco); he will be near family and enjoy golf as Jeff Kriendler, another well-known well as the many attractions of central Pan Am colleague and PAHF board (ii) descriptive plaques recognizing the Florida. member, will be stepping in for Al to importance of the rotunda mural supervise the AWARE store. He will be and its artist, James Brooks, which Well known to the Pan Am community, supported by Heike Greenwood, Betsy commemorate the history of flight Al was a board member of the Foun- Leder, and Sybille Holder, all former and Pan Am’s significant role in dation and did an outstanding job of flight attendants. aviation; stewarding the AWARE store in Miami, (iii) a series of audiovisual exhibits of Pan after the passing of Mary Goshgarian. AWARE has a variety of treasured Pan Am’s operations at the MAT; and Al also supervised the annual Dave Am memorabilia and new items for Abrams/Eugene Banning Research sale. AWARE is located at the Pan Am (iv) the expanding role of LGA during Grant Awards that support scholarly re- International Flight Academy at Miami the World War II years when it be- search using the Pan Am archives at the International Airport. You can visit the came a hub of air traffic connecting Richter Library, University of Miami. store at Pan Am West, 3814 Curtiss the United States with its allies in in Parkway, Miami Springs, FL 33166. Europe. A long-time Pan Am employee, Al was Tel: (305) 871-1028. The store is open perhaps best known as the Pan Am Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from The PAHF also proposes replacing the Director in Saigon. His role in the 1975 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Find out more B-314 model hanging from the rotunda evacuation of Pan Am employees in about AWARE on the PAHF website at with a larger, more impressive model, South Vietnam was immortalized in the www.panam.org. ✈ befitting of the MAT and Pan Am’s NBC-TV movie, The Last Flight Out. heritage. In this issue, you will find an interesting article on the Art Deco era of Pan Am terminals, specifically the MAT. The final decision on the length of the those funds would need to be raised program – a two-hour film or three-hour quickly so as not to delay the release Across the Pacific – series – is still pending and a decision of the film. If APT and the produc- a Pan Am documentary film will be made in the coming weeks, based ers recommend the three-hour version, Steve Lyons, the producer of the Pan in part on feedback from APT. The ad- PAHF and its members will be asked for Am documentary film Across the Pacific, vantage of the three-hour version is that additional contributions. The produc- advises that American Public Television it allows for further development of the ers will also seek additional grants from (APT) has agreed in principle to distrib- film’s principal characters (Trippe, Lind- foundations and potential corporate ute the film to the 350 stations of the bergh, Sikorsky, Leuteritz and Priester) sponsors. Decisions on the interna- PBS system. APT is the largest distributor and for the producers to develop Betty tional distribution of the documentary of programming to PBS stations beyond Trippe’s important role by drawing on are also underway. The producers and PBS itself. Virtually all PBS stations her correspondence with Trippe during PAHF believe the documentary will have subscribe to APT, which means all PBS their courtship. wide appeal internationally, particularly stations will have the opportunity to in those areas of the world where Pan broadcast Across the Pacific. Scheduling The production of a three-hour series Am was well known. should be known in the spring. would require additional funds, and Chairman cont. back cover 2 The Art Deco Era of Pan Am Terminals By James Trautman

Following is an excerpt from Hunting In 1930, Newark, New Jersey, was the The same architectural firm that had the Wind with permission from the major East Coast airport, but it was in- designed Dinner Key and the prefab build- editors and Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. compatible for flying boat operations. This ings for Midway and Wake once again was of little concern for Trippe. Across came on board, lending their art deco style Pan Am founder Juan Trippe insisted that the Hudson Bay was where he wanted his to New York’s terminal. The circular main traveling on board his Clippers would be terminal in – New York City. To this end, portion of the terminal rises into tiers like singular experiences; likewise, that Pan Am he would soon find himself allied with a wedding cake, forming an open two-sto- terminal buildings would create unforget- New York’s colorful mayor, Fiorello H. ry core with wings attached to each side. table memories of his company. He spared LaGuardia. Clad in brick and limestone, trimmed in no expense on either. Mayor LaGuardia had once refused to white marble with friezes of yellow flying During the age of the great flying boats, leave his aircraft when it landed at New- fish on the stonework, it is described as and prior to WWII, Pan American built ark. “I paid for a ticket to New York City, one of the hallmarks of the Delano & Al- three magnificent gateway buildings on and it clearly states that fact, not Newark, drich firm. Murals of marine and aviation the US mainland. In 1934, the first was New Jersey,” he told the press. motifs splendidly compliment the interior, opened at Dinner Key in Miami’s Coral and just as in Miami and San Francisco, an Elected in 1934, LaGuardia immediately Gables. The second was located at Treasure observation deck tops off the roof. Dis- began a massive transportation improve- Island in San Francisco Bay, completed in played in the lobby, Pan Am’s iconic world ment campaign, which included large 1939. The third was the Marine Air Ter- globe steals the show. amounts of Federal Works Progress Ad- minal (MAT) in New York, which opened ministration funds for highways, bridges, The oldest existing airport from the in 1940, at North Beach Field, the present tunnels and a mass transit system. In ad- “Golden Age of Architecture,” the Ma- site of LaGuardia Airport. All three were dition, LaGuardia understood the need for rine Airport remains part of LaGuardia representative of the classic elegance of the a major airport, not only to service a large Airport, albeit with limited use as a hub art deco period. Today, each exists in one metropolitan area, but also to stimulate for shuttle flights to Boston, Washington, form or another, but only the LaGuardia the economy. Toronto and Montreal. Nevertheless, it terminal remains functional in its origi- stands as a reminder of an exciting bygone nally intended use for transportation…. A few years prior, Trippe had used run- era – a time when high style blended with ways at the Glenn Curtis Airport at North efficiency and comfort – when impossible Marine Air Terminal, New York Beach on Long Island Bay when piloting dreams came true almost in the blink of Now with completed bases and new ter- his own aircraft to East Hampton. Trippe an eye. minals in Miami and San Francisco, Juan knew that airport, which closed in 1929, Just as Trippe envisioned, Pan Am’s mag- Trippe focused on his long-held dream would be the most ideal location. nificent Clipper terminals would each be – flying mail and passengers across the Trippe and LaGuardia joined forces, and singular, unforgettable experiences. ✈ Atlantic to Europe. on September 3, 1937, they broke ground The planned northern route would begin for the new airport after President Roos- Author James Trautman grew up in the early in Baltimore, continuing on to New York evelt approved the purchase and plans for 1950s in the shadow of Newark Airport. City; Shediac, New Brunswick; Botwood, the site. At $40 million, the LaGuardia He has maintained a lifelong love of avia- Newfoundland; and across the Atlantic Field and the Marine Air Terminal became tion history and is a regular contributor to to Foynes, Ireland. The Clippers would the most expensive airport in the world. magazines, newspapers, radio and television. terminate the Atlantic crossing at Imperial It would encompass 558 acres with nearly His book The Pan American Clippers, The Airways’ flying boat facilities in South- four miles of runways and facilities for the Golden Age of Flying Boats, is in its second ampton, England. giant Clippers to operate. printing. 333 Digitization from p. 1 Grant Awarded to Develop Re- second grant from NHPRC in 2016 to Pan Am’s extraordinary role as “America’s search Portal and Digitization of digitize one of the most frequently used second line of defense”, playing a crucial Pan Am Resources series in this collection. The Printed Ma- role in WWII and contributing greatly The Council on Library and In- terials series provides a unique perspec- to other military operations and the formation Resources (CLIR) has tive of Pan Am’s tremendous impact on Space Race. The third exhibit page enti- granted an award to the University commercial aviation and includes annual tled “Welcome Aboard” details Pan Am’s of Miami, Duke University, Histo- reports, brochures, directories, periodi- superior service, its high-class cuisine, ryMiami Museum, and the Digital cals, and timetables. These materials and the many luxuries that made Pan Public Library of America (DPLA) vividly detail both Pan Am’s internal Am stand out as a truly unique airline. in support of the project ‘Digitizing operations and its engagement with the The launch of the Pan Am digital collec- the World’s Most Experienced Airline: public, providing an in-depth account tion has been well received by research- Pan American World Airways’ The of the airline’s his- ers and its success 2018 Digitizing Hidden Special tory and culture, will be soaring to Collections and Archives award will its organizational even greater heights help fund the digitization of Pan Am structure and evolu- in the months to resources at the University of Miami, tion, personnel, air come. UM Li- Duke University, and History Miami, routes and airport braries is thrilled along with the development of an operations, as well to announce the Aviation Portal. as tourism, world award of a new cultures, and inter- digitization grant Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon national relations. Foundation, the CLIR award ensures from the Council that digitized content is made freely This 18-month on Libraries and In- available to the public. The $275,786 digitization project, formation Research grant enables the University of encompassing over (CLIR). During the Miami to digitize 121,000 pages of 60 boxes of mate- two-year project, archival records; Duke University to rial, yielded more the University of than 110,000 pages One of Pan Am’s first stewardesses aboard a famous Miami will digitize digitize 11,500 advertisements; and flying Clippers. From a brochure entitled “It’s a Pan Am HistoryMiami Museum to digitize of digital content, World”, 1952. 65 boxes of archival 500 objects. “These promotional which is full-text records, HistoryMi- materials, operational records, and searchable and openly available to the ami Museum will digitize 500 artifacts, artifacts highlight the complexity and public for browsing and research. While and Duke University will digitize 66 reach of Pan Am, a leader in globaliz- most of the materials were outsourced boxes of advertisements related to Pan ing aviation and shaping public per- to Creekside Digital for digitization, ap- Am, producing approximately 134,500 ceptions of air travel, whose impact proximately one-fourth of the series was digital images. Additionally, they will on global affairs, corporate culture, digitized in-house in the library’s Digital collaborate with the Digital Public and social history is still relevant Production Lab. All items in the library’s Library of America (DPLA) to develop today,” according to a statement repository are available as high-resolu- a curated portal on aviation. The DPLA released by University of Miami. tion images and may also be printed or portal will bring these Pan Am collec- downloaded as a pdf. Additionally, a tions together alongside other digitized “The three institutions are partner- landing page for the new digital collec- aviation materials, truly enhancing the ing with the Digital Public Library of tion was created, where users can easily connectedness and discoverability of America to bring these materials to- search for or browse by subject, location, resources that resonate with a global gether alongside other digitized avia- genre, creator, or time period. audience of scholars, students, teachers, tion materials via a curated aviation- and the broader public. themed portal. This will allow for Using the new digital content, the focused exploration of aviation his- Cleared to Land site was fully updated So feel free to “unfasten your seatbelts” and tory across multiple institutions, and and now features a new three-part digital enjoy these extraordinary records as they ✈ it will serve as an innovative model to exhibition showcasing the development take flight in the cloud. bring together disparate collections in of Pan American World Airways and The Cleared to Land site may be ac- a collective portal hosted by DPLA. its tremendous impact on the world. In cessed at scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/ The portal will foster discoverability “Legacy Aloft”, viewers may read about exhibits/show/panamerican. If you would and availability to researchers in both the evolution of Pan Am’s renowned like more information or to receive Pan public and academic domains and Clipper fleet and the company’s many Am-related library news, please email the across borders.” contributions to commercial aviation. Project Manager, Gabriella Williams, at The “Valiant Ventures” page illuminates [email protected] 4 In Memoriam Kathleen Clair 1919-2019 Kathleen Clair celebrated her 100th birthday in De- cember with family, friends and Pan Am colleagues

Kathleen M. Clair died peacefully on Kathleen joined Pan Am in December taking. The bankruptcy court was January 26, 2019. A month earlier, 1948 – 70 years ago. She remembers charged with disposing the Com- surrounded by family, friends and Pan her interview was short and it was pany’s assets and that meant selling Am colleagues, Kathleen celebrated her with the “Boss”. Trippe asked her three off the archives and memorabilia. To 100th birthday. Kathleen lived her life questions. One was could she keep a raise the necessary funds, we went to the fullest, and along the journey secret, a critical discipline in Trippe’s to Dad’s address book of friends and she touched so many people, who all office where national security affairs, business associates. Kathleen worked became her friends. global diplomacy, and strategic busi- tirelessly raising the necessary capital, Several years ago Kathleen wrote a ness decisions like acquiring the next and in the end, together with the journal for the Pan Am Historical generation of aircraft, or the first jets, University of Miami’s Richter Library Foundation about the day she joined were daily subjects. Fifteen minutes as our partner, the Pan Am Historical Pan Am and went to work for Juan later Trippe stood up to go back to his Foundation successfully acquired Pan Trippe. The memo provided a glimpse desk and Kathleen assumed she was Am’s archives and memorabilia. With into the Pan Am Executive Office with being dismissed. But then Trippe said, the archives secured, the Foundation all its intrigue and occasional office “Can you stay now?” And Kathleen undertook the task of sorting through scandal. She also wrote about her replied briskly “No, I have a job and 3,000 file boxes to salvage the histori- friendship with Pan Am’s senior execu- would have to give two weeks notice.” cally critical documents, photographs tives and the confidential relationship Trippe responded “How about one and archival materials. she shared with many of them. It was a week?” Kathleen replied “OK” and Kathleen had a unique gift, which close group of committed, loyal men: started a week later. made her an invaluable assistant to Harold Gray, Charles Lindbergh, John Kathleen recalled that first Christmas Juan Trippe. It was her photographic Leslie, Howard Dean, Henry Friendly, Eve, a week later, and having to work mind. She remembered everything Sam Pryor, John Gates, Willis Lip- until 10:00 PM. She was too new and and everybody. And for the Founda- scomb, Wilbur Morrison, John Pirie, intimidated to say anything, or to tion her memory of people, events John Shannon, Jim Montgomery, know there would be many other late and documents spanning the history Frank Gledhill, Tom Flanagan, Willis nights. But she remembers thinking of the Company were invaluable to Player, and many others. And there “what kind of a bunch of heathens did the Herculean task at hand. Her guid- was Al Ueltschi, who flew Trippe’s I get in with here.” She was going to ance and oversight sorting through B-23 and went on to found Flight quit. But before telling anyone she was the thousands of archival documents Safety International. Even today that quitting, two secretaries in the office was only exceeded by her passion for group of men stands out as pioneers in came back from a trip to Mexico and Pan Am’s history and preserving its aviation history, and they all counted were all sun-tanned. So she thought, legacy for future generations. themselves as close friends to Kath- well, maybe she should reconsider, and Kathleen was loved by many. She will leen. Her other close friend for many so she stayed for 32 years, and wrote be missed by many, and her passion years was my mother, Betty Trippe. In she never had one dull moment. for all things Pan Am will be remem- later years before her death, Kathleen Kathleen was an extended member of bered by many. helped my mother organize her letters the Trippe family. She was devoted to and memoirs. Kathleen subsequently Dad and fiercely loyal to his legacy. Edward S. Trippe edited the letters and memoirs, and In may ways we became closer after Chairman with R.E.G. Davies, Aviation Cura- Dad died and Pan Am went under, Pan Am Historical Foundation tor at the Smithsonian, published my and the work of the Pan Am Historical mother’s book “Pan Am’s First Lady, Foundation became an urgent under- The Diary of Betty Stettinius Trippe”.

5 MEET JOE KASIAK: A Special Gift for a 95th Birthday New Feature Film in Development: By Ruth Maron Docudrama Is Based on The Long Way Home Family and friends were planning a sur- By Ruth Maron prise celebration for Joseph Kasiak’s 95th birthday on January 30th. Now living in St. Augustine, FL with his wife Rita, Joe The Pan Am legacy lives on… in had been a Pan Am employee in the main- books, articles, film, and art. The tenance department at JFK for thirty years, latest project now in the works is a until his retirement in 1991. full-length feature film based on the true story immortalized in Ed Dover’s famous book, The Long Way Home. When Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941, Pacific Clipper, a Boeing B-314, was in the air between New Caledonia and New Zealand. When news of the attack flashed, Cap- tain Robert Ford, commanding a crew Captain Robert Ford of ten, landed in Auckland to await further instructions. In his flight bag Nancy is currently working on a he carried a sealed envelope labeled feature film that “takes pieces of the Plan A with instructions on how to puzzle and weaves them together in a proceed if war broke out. He was told story that may well have changed the to remove all insignia and remain in outcome of the war,” she said. “It is a His neighbor Lucy Muraca was looking for fictionalized account of true events.” a special gift for this important occasion. Auckland to await further instructions “I knew there were two things Joe loved— from Pan Am headquarters. Captain With a working title of Clipper, Nancy Pan Am and NASCAR,” Lucy said. “So, I Ford was soon told to try to get home is the creative producer of the film Googled ‘gifts for people who loved Pan Am’.” the long way in order to save his fly- along with her husband Sid Ganis. ing boat and his crew. Thus began a Their company, Out-of-the-Blue Among the many items that appeared, 23,000-mile journey that was the first Entertainment, acquired the movie one stood out—Pan Am: Personal Trib- round-the-world flight by a commer- rights to The Long Way Home and is utes to a Global Aviation Pioneer, Lucy cial plane. The Pacific Clipper eventu- collaborating with author Ed Dover explained. Commemorating the 90th An- ally landed at LaGuardia’s Marine Air on the film. The screenwriter is Chris niversary of Pan Am, the coffee table-size Terminal on January 6, 1942. Murphey; and the company is now in book seemed like the perfect gift for this the process of selecting a director. 95-year-old. Lucy contacted co-editor Jeff Nancy Hult Ganis began delving into Kriendler who promptly sent a book to this remarkable story. “It was a well- Though she declined to divulge fur- Lucy and put her in touch with Clipper to kept secret that Pan Am was involved ther details of this ‘adventure thriller’ tell Joe’s story. in working with the U.S. government she offered to hold a special screening when World War II broke out,” she for Pan Am colleagues when Clipper Joe grew up in Poland, near Lublin. said. Her research unearthed a tale debuts on the big screen. A member of During WWII, the Germans came to his of intrigue, secrets, espionage and the Pan Am family, Nancy joined Pan school looking for strong young work- harrowing adventures that took place Am as a flight attendant after college ers. The fifteen-year-old was shipped to behind the scenes. and flew from 1968-1976. ✈ a labor camp near Leipzig where he was detained for five years. After the War, Joe made his way to France to begin a new to begin a new life in America with our Their life in New York was sweet. Rita life. It was there that he met his future young son, Alain,” Rita said. “We became worked for Godiva Chocolates, opening wife, Rita, who was born in the South of aware that job openings were available their first store on Fifth Avenue in New France. After working in the coal mines, at Pan Am in the aircraft maintenance York. “Joe was very proud of his work he soon found work in the shipyard in area. Joe’s work history made him a good at Pan Am,” Rita said. “He received the La Seyne, the historic center of ship- candidate. He studied day and night for Maintenance, Engineering and Logistics building in Southeast France, where he weeks for the exam. He passed, was hired Award when he retired.” learned the trade. and worked at Pan Am for nearly 30 years Joe is still strong – in mind, body and until his retirement.” “In 1961, we made the huge decision to spirit, Lucy added. Happy Birthday, Joe! ✈ leave our family and friends in France 6

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Martin M-130 Clipper (1935) Clipper M-130 Martin (1934) Clipper S-42 Sikorsky (1928) Clipper S-38 Sikorsky (1927) Clipper F-7 Fokker Edward S. Trippe Chairman C.W. (Pete) Runnette President JUAN TRIPPE’S CLIPPERS Sally Andersen A Personal Collection Treasurer 2019 Darlene Laster Secretary VP, Asia & Pacific Richard Blair VP, Europe and Atlantic PAN AM HISTORICAL FOUNDATION Chair, Memberhip & Marketing, Lilian A. Walby There are still some 2019 calen- VP, Latin America & Caribbean dars available for sale at www. Chair, Archives & Memorabilia panam.org but when they’re John H. Hill gone they’re gone! Chair, Museums & Exhibits Note: A calendar is included Jeffrey Kriendler with your membership so Chair, Communications please renew online if you have Ruth Maron not done so already. Clipper Editor Doug Miller Webmaster

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WEBMASTER Berber traditional ksar Doug Miller [email protected] PAHF Tours The latest PAHF tour will go to For additional information see the ARCHIVES Morocco in late March and the trip is PAHF website or contact the tour opera- www.library.miami.edu/ now full. Given the popularity of this tor, Distant Horizons, attention: Melissa archives/panam/pan.html trip, we are planning a second Morocco Costa. Melissa’s contact information is: departure in September 2019 which [email protected], or by EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR has been scheduled to tie in with the telephone at 1-800-333-1240. We hope you can join us. Emilia J. de Geer World Wings International Reunion [email protected] in Stockholm (September 19-21). This ten-day program will include time in As we move forward with our work to Fez, a night in a luxury camp in the preserve the Pan Am legacy, we thank Sahara, as well as stays in Ouarzazate you for your continuing interest and and Marrakech. support for the Foundation.