[Band performing as passengers board Boeing Model 707 aircraft]

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Identifier2018-00-00-23_image_192SourceThe Commercial Airlines Collection (2018-00-00-23), Pan American World Airways FolderCreatorPan American World Airways, Inc.DescriptionPhotograph of the 42nd Infantry Division Band performing as passengers board a Pan American World Airways Boeing Model 707 aircraft (fuselage number N711PA, aircraft designation "Clipper America"), Idlewild Airport, New York, October 26, 1958.

Typed caption: "PAN AM JET CLIPPER AMERICA . . . a Boeing 707 . . . awaits passengers at Idlewild Airport, New York, on Oct. 26, 1958 to begin the first regular scheduled U.S. jet transport service. While the 42nd U.S. Army Division band played the Star Spangled Banner in the background, 111 passengers and 11 crew boarded the Clipper America for the inaugural flight to LeBourget Field in Paris. To mark the 25th anniversary of the event Pan Am reenacted the inaugural with a flight in a 707 sistership. The anniversary flight on Oct. 26, 1958 [sic] carried 84 passengers -- several of whom had been aboard the original flight 25 years ago."
Creation Date1958-10-26SubjectJohn F. Kennedy International AirportBoeing Model 707 FamilyCommuter aircraftPan American World Airways, Inc.Bands (Music)AirportsUnited States. ArmyPlaceNew York (State)United StatesExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in.Original Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Commercial Airlines Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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