Quiz – Pan Am by Sergio Ortega | published in April 1998 updated in January 2009 1. Who is generally considered as the “father” and 6. What is the major event in Pan Am’s history that founder of what would later become took place on October 26, 1958? Pan American World Airways? A. Oldest passenger on board A. Herb Kelleher B. First regular trans-Atlantic jet service B. Juan Trippe C. First female pilot on regular flight C. T. E. Braniff D. First male flight attendant on regular flight D. Donald Trump 7. In the eighties, it was the beginning of the end 2. True or False: The “father” of Pan Am (see for Pan Am. The airline sold its trans-Pacific previous question) started his experience in routes and part of its fleet to another U.S. airline. aviation by creating the first air club at Which one? Yale University. A. American A. True B. Northwest B. False C. TWA D. United 3. What was Pan Am’s radio callsign? A. Clipper 8. Which aircraft, built by Boeing and introduced in B. Ferry 1947, was widely used by Pan Am on trans- C. Galleon Atlantic routes? D. Pan Am A. 707 B. Constellation 4. Which aircraft was used by Pan Am later in the C. Stratoliner seventies for non-stop trans-Pacific routes? D. Stratocruiser A. Boeing 747-400 B. Boeing 747SR 9. What was the name of Pan Am’s subsidiary in C. Boeing 747SP South America, based in Peru? D. Airbus A300 A. Panagra B. South American Airways 5. One of the sad moments in Pan Am’s history was C. Pam Am Bridge the Lockerbie bombing on December 21, 1988. D. Panair What was the christened name of the 747 involved in the crash? 10. A Venezuelan airline wore a color scheme similar A. Clipper Spark of the Ocean to Pan Am’s final color scheme and even its old B. Clipper Victor logo. What was its airline? C. Clipper Goodwill A. Viasa D. Clipper Maid of the Seas B. Avensa C. Aeropostal D. LAV This content is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. For more quizzes, visit http://airodyssey.net/quizzes. Send your comments to . .