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Word: panamerican (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...might have started winging the Atlantic a year ago had it not been for the relentless opposition of PanAmerican Airways and the desire of some Congressmen to "economize " Am Ex will still have rough flying. If the maximum load of 40 passengers pays $525 each, a one-way trip will bring in $21,000, actually $600 less than Pan Am gets for toting just mail on two of its three weeklyflights (mail pay for the third flight: $13,800). Thus Pan Am revenuesstart where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Transatlantic Daredevil | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

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