Wings to Brazil
Documentary (1960)
Production:
Robert Hertzberg (Writter)
Ernest L.Foss (Producer)
Geraldo Junqueira de Oliveira (Photographer)
Jean Oser (Editor)
Murillo Neri (Narrator)
Also from this series:
Pan Am's Wings to series
Pan Am's promotional touristic documentary about Brazil and different areas: Iguazu Falls, Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo, Porto de Salvador, Amazon River, Manaus...
Boeing 707-321
Pratt & Whitney JT4A clearly visible on n°3 and 4 engines.
Douglas DC-6
Several Douglas DC-3 in the far background. Boeing 707-321 landing behind to the right.
Boeing 707-321
Landing allegedly in Rio de Janeiro, but the identity of the airport is not certain.
Foreground right an unidentified Douglas DC-4 or Douglas DC-6.
Boeing 707-121B
Registration N710PA, c/n 17589/4. First flight in May 1958. Delivered new to Pan Am-Pan American World Airways in September 1958, named Jet Clipper America. Bought by Pan Ayer in January 1974, leased to THY-Turkish Airlines, registered TC-JBB. Returned to Pana Ayer, registered HP-760 in December 1977. Leased to Bouraq Indonesia
in October 1978, re-registered HP-792, then HP-793 in 1979. Bought by E-Systems Inc. Dallas TX in January 1984. Broken-up at,Chiang Kai Shek International, Taipei (RCTP/TPE) in August 1984.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas DC-3
Children's merry-go-round in the foreground.
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Registration PP-PCY, c/n 242. Delivered to Eastern Air Command, registered 5 in October 1943. Sold to Panair do Brasil in November 1947, registered PP-PCY in January 1948, named Bandeirante Antônio Dias Adorno. Written off from use in April 1962.
Boeing 707-321
Pictures closing the film. Position of 'Pan American' title on the fuselage suggests a 321 series.
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