Wings to New York
Documentary (1948)
Production:
Charles D.Beeland (Director and Photographer)
Phillip C.Bangs (Sound recorder)
A.F.J.Almand (Music)
William H.McCain (Narrator)
Clifford W.Thomas (Special effects)
Also from this series:
Pan Am's Wings to series
Pan Am's promotional touristic documentary about New York: the city you must visit from all over the world thanks to Pan American Airways' global network.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Lockheed L-149 Constellation
Registration N88868, c/n 2067. Built in 1946 as L-049. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in May 1946. Registered N90616, named Clipper Peerless. Converted to L-149, registered N88868 and renamed Clipper Golden Fleece. Sold to Delta Air Lines in June 1956, named 502. Sold to American Flyers Airline in April 1960. Sold to Tex Hou Inc. Houston TX in January 1970. Broken up in Scholes International, Galveston (KGLS/GLS) in 1974.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Registration N88836, c/n 2036. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in January 1946, named Clipper Yankee Ranger. Renamed Clipper Mayflower. Sold to Cubana de Aviación in June 1953, registered CU-T-547. Sold to El Al Israel Airlines in 1955. Wfu in 1968 at Ben Gurion International,Tel Aviv (LLBG/TLV).
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Registration N88847, c/n 2047. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in March 1946, named Clipper Hotspur. Sold to Panair do Brasil in July 1953, registered PP-PDE and named Estavao Ribeiro Baião Parente. Written off in December 1962 after a crash near Manaus(PLL/SBMN), Brazil.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Registration N88855, c/n 2055. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in April 1946, named Clipper Undaunted. Renamed Clipper Invincible. Sold to Delta Air Lines in September 1956, named 501. Sold to American Flyers Airline in April 1960. Sold to California Airmotive Corp. Los Angeles CA in June 1967. Broken up in 1970.
Seen later after having landed at LaGuardia Airport. See discussion tab
PAA's Douglas DC-4 to the left background.
Various Aircraft
At LaGuardia Airport.
1 - Lockheed Constellation.
2 - Douglas DC-3.
3 - Douglas DC-6.
4 - Lockheed Constellation.
5 - Several Douglas DC-6.
6 - Douglas DC-3.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Landing at LaGuardia Airport. See discussion tab.
On the ground, a Douglas DC-3 from unknown airline.
To the left on the ground, Douglas DC-3 of Northwest Airlines.
To the left on the ground, Consolidated LB-30
Unknown aircraft to the left on the ground.
Lockheed L-749 Constellation
Registration N86530, c/n 2528. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in June 1947, named Clipper Monarch Of The Skies. Sold to Air France in July 1950 L-749A, registered F-BAZY, named Ville de Lumière. Leased to Air Vietnam in October 1955, then to CGTA-Air Algérie in October 1959. Returned to Air France in October 1960. Transferred to EARS 99 in March 1961, converted to SAR aircraft for Service Aérien de Recherches, registered F-SSFY. Wfu in January 1970 at Charolais Bourgogne Sud,Saint-Yan France (LFLN/SYT). Broken up in October 1971.
Douglas C-54A-15-DC Skymaster
2 of them to the right, a closer view below. Another one to the left.
Registration N88928, c/n 10384. Delivered new to USAAF, registered 42-72279. Return to Douglas Aircraft Company in 1946, registered NC88928. Sold to PAA-Pan American World Airways in 1947, registered N88628 named Clipper Union. Sold to Canadian Pacific Air Lines in 1951, registered CF-CUL. Sold to Transocean Air Lines in 1954, registered N9941F. Leased to Iran Air in January 1955, registered EP-ADK. Returned to Transocean Air Lines as N9941F. Sold to Iran Air re-registred EP-ADK. Written off in April 1961 en route Beirut - Tehran on a cargo flight landed at a beach in Soviet territory of Caspian Sea after being damaged by mortar.
Same model of aircraft in the background.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
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