Pan Am Officially Loses Its Right to Fly

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  mbmattis@...05/09/08 Report as spam
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  Heart Breaking

  Reading Brett's piece breaks my heart. My great uncle was Pan Am Master Pilot John Mattis. Called "Gerry" by his flying friends but "Jack" in the family, Captain Mattis was one of Pan Am's pioneering aviators, flying "clippers" to Alaska in the 1930s.
  
  http://www.webstart.com/jed/house/miami-alaska/miami-alaska.jpg
  
  Later, and for many years, he held the world record for the most miles flown, flying more than 500 transatlantic flights. In the 1950s, he served as Pan Am's public face and was featured in Pan Am ads that appeared in Life magazine, his portrait painted by Norman Rockwell.
  
  http://tinyurl.com/58agxy
  
  Well, I still have my Pan Am carry-on bag.

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  Nicholas Barnard05/10/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Pan Am Officially Loses Its Right to Fly

  Well, they're just grounded on trail now...