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The inscription on this bag may not mean much to most, but the P.A.A. stands for Pan American Airways, and Mark S. Pyle was the captain of the last Pan Am flight operated by the original airline - a 727 flight from Barbados to Miami on Clipper Goodwill . A pilot named Scott Gallardo spotted it in a thrift store in Kansas City, and used it until his employer replaced paper charts with iPads. It’s been donated to the Pan Am Museum (it’s housed at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island).
Capt. Pyle wrote about the last trip - the story is well worth reading:
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It was
originally in the Miami Herald and the ALPA magazine, and the final paragraph
in the article was somehow omitted from the version above:
Upon returning to my home, our 13-year old son presented me with a letter. Through his own tears, he named me Pan Am’s greatest pilot. For one brief moment, on one tearful occasion, I was.
Link to the Facebook post below:
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atfsgeoff
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02/14/2019 at 22:42 |
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Damn, found at a
thrift shop?
I’d buy that for a dollar!
Steve in Manhattan
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02/14/2019 at 22:48 |
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That is a great story.
WilliamsSW
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02/14/2019 at 22:53 |
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What a great story (2 of them actually). Thanks!
Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
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02/15/2019 at 07:17 |
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That’s a great find. No one wants to collect my flight case, even though it was passed down to me by my father when his airline went paperless and I was still at the regionals. That thing has been around the planet between him and I (planet him, US and Canada me) . I count the day I stopped having to carry that damn thing as one of the best of my professional life. Had to go out with a hurt back twice from wrangling it into and out of the cockpit.
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> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
02/15/2019 at 09:31 |
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Ha yes, it’s probably a good thing they’re gone
, but as a connection to the old times they are pretty cool.
CaptDale - is secretly British
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02/15/2019 at 12:50 |
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That is awesome!