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I came to the U.S. on a PanAm 747, and the blue globle means everything to me. Alas, the logo is being used by a railway company (Pan Am Railways) in New England. At least it's still moving.
Deek
Thursday, January 14, 2010 07:57

I was a flight attendant with Pan Am in the late 60's and I miss the whole experience very much. I don't understand why someone hasn't made more use of the logo. I would like to see it stay alive.
Jennifer Alexander, National Receptionists Assoc
Thursday, October 29, 2009 16:38

Why GM and not Pan Am the number ONE in aviation?
Bob Weber, Pan Am
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 09:29

Well my dad worked at Pam Am in Argentina, each time I see logo make me remember him1
Victor Roldan Jr, Turner
Saturday, April 25, 2009 09:50

Pan American truly was the best... Gone but not Forgotten
The Pan Amigo Newsletter
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 16:04

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER AIRLINE LIKE THE ORIGINAL PAN AM
ROSIE ROSENSTEIN, PANAM RET.
Monday, September 22, 2008 00:41

Gone but not fogotten !!! I spent the most wonderful 18 years of my life while working for PanAm. It was the best civil aviation school that I have ever attended. It was an honor to work for PanAm. ''You can't Beat The Experience'' slogan of PanAm proved it ! ''The Blue Globe will always remain in my heart and soul.
Canel Kankat, retired airline executive
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 09:22

RIP joseph
georges sarkis
Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:58

Gone only as a company, not as an ideal. It stands for Americana, ingenuity, and freedom for women.
Francine McGinnis, Pan Am
Monday, January 21, 2008 23:08

When i was a child, the first plane i got was a little 747 with PAN AM stickers and i never forget, how difficult it was to place the stickers on the plane. But since that time, PAN AM was the only Airline i remember and when i see that logo now, it makes me cry, so much emotions from (big times in the 60´s) and also the hard times later coming to my mind. But that Logo makes me feel sad and proud and started my love for airtraffic and planes. PAN AM - lives on in our hearts!!
Wolf, NOORG
Sunday, November 25, 2007 22:38

I pass the old Pan Am often, usually approaching from the southern face, towering over Grand Central. Not a single time do I look up at that brutally unimaginative MetLife logo & not miss the power & elegance of the Pan Am logo. I miss the airline as well (not counting it's struggling last years).
Terry Sanders, Blazing Pixels
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 22:11

I have spent fabulous 18 years working for PanAm. It was the best aviation school in the airline industry. I miss PanAm very much and I pray that one day a miracle will happen and there will be PanAm again. We the PanAm people used to say the color of the blood in our vains was blue! PanAm is a Legend.
Canel Kankat, ex PanAm
Thursday, March 23, 2006 22:15

though i never had the chanse to fly with them, i am a huge Pan Am fan....in my flight simulator (x-plane) i have started and nearly completed a project to recreate all of Pan Am's jets sence the 707....for each plane ive done an example of each livery style..... RIP Pan Am...Never will you be forgotten..... -Andrés
Andrés Brown-Ewing, FreeWorld Airways (virtual airline)
Friday, November 25, 2005 06:14

May be Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott were on to something.
JTT
Sunday, September 18, 2005 07:02

I am proud to have worked for PA . . . Its men and women were a bread of their own
Mark Dagher
Sunday, August 28, 2005 19:40

hello i`m alex, a son from an ex pan am emlpyee in germany. my dad worked for pan am since the 60`s... he and PA gave me the chanc to see many beautiful city`s and countrys in this world!!! I thank you dad Both are gone but not forgotten
alexander krieg
Saturday, August 06, 2005 01:18

I grew up with Pan Am. I remember having their light blue tote bags with the beautiful white logos. I am desperately looking for on now. They are so hard to find! Pan Am R.I.P You are missed!
Jasmine Christian, jetgraphics.net
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:12

I did not have the chance to fly Pan Am but it lives for me in a small collection of model aircraft & every time that I hear Mark Lindsay's 'Silver Bird' God Speed Pan Am
Paul Colley
Sunday, March 06, 2005 09:16

It's hard to believe that this pioneering logo is no longer here. It's simplicity made it so easy to remember and allowed it to be adapted to so many uses, both practical and decorative. I will never forget its big blue heart and beautiful, smiling curves. I will keep every memory close. I love you PanAm. R.I.P.
Dana Sanford , Camarillo, Ca USA
Tuesday, February 08, 2005 15:43

The Pan Am Blue Globe is not gone or dead. Guilford Transportation Industries bought what was left of Pan Am in the 1990s and operates New England to Florida routes and charters. GTI also owns Guilford Rail System and slaps the Blue Globe on their boxcars as they see fit.
Alex
Sunday, February 06, 2005 16:11

I still love this logo every time I see it in giant neon on a building in Blade Runner. Many of the companies in that film have ceased existing or have undergone many changes. Except for Coca-Cola of course.
Sebas "Howling" van den Brink, Iflogic digital design & art
Saturday, October 02, 2004 16:09

pan am ruled. best damn logo ever!
Mi Naim, alcatel
Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:32

fly pan am ! it will never be the like in the good old days! peace and respect!
bola
Sunday, August 22, 2004 21:12

I grew up in Miami, FL where PanAm had their beautiful amphibias port and repair facility, My neighbor told srories of wearing roller skates while chaseing parts in the huge warehouses in Coconut Grove. PanAm gave sleepy Miami it's first taste of cosmopolitan glamour and site of the "blue globe" will always serve up a special warm-and-fuzzy felling to this Miami native.
modestmike, MM
Sunday, August 22, 2004 01:11

I have a deck of Pan Am cards but I never play them cause they are too precious...
Mike Watt
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 20:52

PanAm was great not because of the Logo but because of the great people that worked for the company. I have fond memories of numerous trips and many friends. Rhodes, Rio, etc. 201-601-4947
William Galipo, PanAm
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 15:23

I worked for Pan Am in New Jersey from 1982 to 1984. Fabulous time in my life, the flying benefits were magnificent (maybe that contributed to the demise bigtime, Lockerbie finished them off). The favourite item I still have with the wonderful logo is a First Class wine glass from a flight from New York to Rio for a stag weekend!
John Ball
Saturday, May 01, 2004 00:29

PAN AM still alive in "Robotech" toons TV serial, in a panoramic shoot of N.Y.
Mister Rubin
Monday, April 19, 2004 20:13

New managing-directors, strategy-fuelled design companies, diversification and, in the case of this beauty, Colonel Gaddafi are the gravediggers of design icons.
Jason Heathcote, Leicestershire
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 15:48

I guess the tragedy of Lockerbie doomed the image of Pan-Am forever... Oh - Blue Globe R.I.P.
Jaap van Beek, Rotterdam
Saturday, March 06, 2004 22:07

Have you http://www.flypanam.com/? The spirit may have changed but... is it that different?
Alex
Sunday, February 22, 2004 09:58

Forty years ago this week, The Beatles were greeted in New York by thousands of screaming teens and the iconic 'Blue Globe'.
Jay, M&C Saatchi, London
Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:13

- isn't it funny that this wonderful piece has gone as an result of globalisation? When the world was a place to be explored, the symbol of an airline was standing for progress - nowadays we have cheap products and services...from China and Ireland... -> culture seems developing (what direction?)
bredlander, bredland
Friday, January 09, 2004 18:25

PanAm I miss you! Recently, I watched 'Catch Me If You Can' and there you were: the glamour, the heritage, the sexy uniforms...
Johnny G, Hackney
Tuesday, January 06, 2004 13:54

At one time, the PanAm 'Blue Globe' was as ubiquitous as Coca-Cola - it was the first truly global airline. The present reincarnation is not! PanAm (as we knew it) RIP
Joost Scholte
Monday, December 22, 2003 11:52

resurrection: www.flypanam.com
Martijn Oostra, Martijn Oostra
Monday, December 22, 2003 06:01

According to the fantastic book, it was developed in two stages: first by Edward L. Barnes and then in the early '70s by Joseph Montgomery.
Steven Grauls, Uitgeverij Balans
Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:25

One of my all-time favourites. Isn't this by Paul Rand? My first international flight was with PanAm and I've always been a big fan of that bright blue color. So much so that I still have my blue PanAm bag (the ones they used to give out) with me.
Manny del Rosario, BBDO
Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:08

Always dies the good ones.
OttoDietrich, DietrichDanzig
Tuesday, December 16, 2003 09:48

a great logotype that now has found its way to hipsters carrier bags. but it will live through that too. amazingly to the point
Arild Eriksen, www.soundfiction.net
Sunday, December 14, 2003 12:42

Altough Pan Am is no longer with us and gone to the place in the sky, it gave birth to the comedienne Pam An - the hostess whose day is made when she spills coffee over first class passengers!
Paul Maguire, DBA
Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:19

I've always loved this logo - I'm glad I managed to collect so many spoons, glasses and carry-on bags with the logo on it, but the rumours that theft of pan-am things eventually bankrupted pan-am are unfounded. Honest.
dabitch, http://ad-rag.com
Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:21

This mark stood for romance and glamour. Are all airline brands going to go down the cheap and cheerful, but disposable route of Easyjet and Ryanair?
Alan King, The Stone Twins
Monday, December 08, 2003 19:08

Wow, this iconic mark is deeply missed... even visionaries like Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott never foresaw the death of this logo.
Svetlana Veen, Veen Design
Tuesday, December 02, 2003 23:21