Pan American Boeing 314 American Clipper Preview Flight Scrapbook
Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Charles R. Page was one of a number of guests invited by Pan American Airways to make the preview flight of Pan American Airways Boeing 314, American Clipper, from San Francisco, California, to Auckland, New Zealand. This preview flight took place from August 24 to September 7, 1940. At the time, Page was president of the Fireman's Fund group of fire and casualty insurance companies.
Identifier
NASM.1988.0110
Creator
Page, Charles R.
Date
1940
Provenance
Charles Page, Gift, 1988, 1988-0110, not NASM
Extent
0.1 Cubic feet ((1 scrapbook))
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Certificates
Clippings
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a scrapbook continuing the detailed personal account of Page's flight. Page recorded daily his impressions of this flight and then supplemented his writings with photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates, and Pan Am publicity materials. Also included is a copy of Wings to the Orient by James G. Stahlman, which is inscribed to Page.
Genre/Form
Certificates
Clippings
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Names
Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Page, Charles R.
Topics
Aeronautics Air travel Boeing 314 Clipper Family Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States Aeronautics, Commercial Transpacific flights