This video, presented by Purser Celeste Evans, was filmed onboard N747PA "Clipper America" a Boeing 747121. This was the first commercial Boeing 747 off the assembly line for passenger service and the second 747 ever built (the first was a prototype aircraft for testing). It was also the first plane delivered to Pan Am in 1969. The plane would be renamed "Clipper Sea Lark" and finally "Clipper Juan T. Trippe." It was the last of the Pan Am 747 fleet when it was sold in the spring of 1992.

This aircraft served Pan Am between 1970 and 1991 with the exception of being temporarily taken out of the airline's fleet between November 1973 to March 1975 when it was leased to Air Zaire. The aircraft was also converted in 1988 for use in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) when activated.

Special thanks to Linda Reynolds for saving a collection of safety and training VHS tapes from the Pan Am Flight Academy in Miami, Florida after the airline closed on December 4, 1991.

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