Clippers

Clipper Monsoon was a Pan Am 707.  Shown here in Melbourne, Australia.  March 1976.

Clipper Great Republic was a Pan American World Airways 747SP.  Similar to a full-sized 747, the SP was somewhat smaller but more capable.  SP means Special Performance. (shown here taking off from SFO, 03 July 1979)

Clipper Stargazer, one of many DC-10s Pan Am acquired in the merger with National Airlines.  Tri-jets are becoming more and more rare and soon these elegant jets will be gone.

 

The China Clipper.  The original Martin M-130 was named the China Clipper, but this name soon referred to all three Martin flying boats as well as the later Boeing B-314s.  See my post on the home page about this incredible aircraft.

The Lockheed Constellation is considered by many to be the most beautiful airliner ever built.  I has great art deco lines, just like the Golden Gate Bridge.  This is Clipper America over San Francisco.