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Mysterious Crash in the Pacific / The Search for Pan Am Flight 7

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Flying Around the World With Just One Ticket

In 19 forty seven, pan american air offered the first flights around the world. The aircraft used was a bowing three 77 strata cruiser with the nickname clipper. It could carry up to 100 passengers on the main deck and then had capacity for another 14 in lower deck lounge. This particular flight only had t forty four people on it, that includes the crew. A little over eight years old. First flew august of 19 forty nine and had about 23 thousand 690 hours. Second officer william p Wingant, who was 37 and had seven thousand threehundred 55 hours of flight time. And they also had flight engineer albert pinataro, who was 26 wit

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