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March 17, 2015
By Stefan G. Bucher March 17, 2015 Original Story Pan Am may have collapsed in 1991, but that doesn’t mean vintage air-travel enthusiasts can no longer enjoy what was once the largest air carrier in the country. Air Hollywood’s “Pan Am Experience” offers a simulacrum of the Jet Age—and in a style convincing enough to make their “flights” sell out months in advance. I signed up the minute I heard about these events from a designer friend. I’ve always loved flying, even in its current denatured state, and the thought of experiencing the heyday of jet travel was too good to pass up. After walking the red carpet, past a scale model of the giant LAX letters that welcome tourists from […]
March 1, 2015
By Erika Thomas March/April 2015 Original Story Take one part aviation geek, one part Hollywood production, combine them with chateaubriand and manhattans served up by stewardesses decked out in powder blue uniforms and you’ve got the Pan Am Experience. “I became obsessed with aviation at a very young age. I took my first Pan Am flight in 1971 at four years old, going from J.F.K. to Zurich. The minute I walked on board and saw the giant winding staircase, red carpet and two beautiful girls in matching outfits, that was it,” says Anthony Toth, Founder and CEO of Pan Am Experience. “Before I could really put it into words, the glamour of the Pan Am brand had resonated with me, […]
December 1, 2014
By AFP December 1, 2014 Original Story Un studio hollywoodien offre la possibilité de revivre l’âge d’or de l’aviation américaine à bord d’un Boeing 747, lorsque prendre l’avion était encore réservé à l’élite, dans les années 1970. Avec un souci très poussé du détail, le studio Air Hollywood a entièrement recréé l’expérience de vol à bord d’un avion de la compagnie américaine Pan American World Airways – plus connue sous le nom de Pan Am – en offrant un voyage dans le temps dans les années 70. A noter que la Pan Am a cessé toutes activités en 1991. La soirée “Pan Am Experience” débute par un faux comptoir d’enregistrement, où chaque invité se voit remettre une carte d’embarquement datée […]
November 29, 2014
By AFP RelaxNews November 29, 2014 Original Story A Hollywood film studio has recreated the glory days of air travel for aviation enthusiasts by replicating the dining experience aboard a Pan Am Boeing 747 when flying was still a sophisticated affair. Before no-frills airlines made air travel accessible to the masses, and before passengers boarded flights in sweatpants and shorts, air travel used to be a glamorous affair, when flyers donned suits and skirts and flying was reserved for the world’s elite. With meticulous detail, Los Angeles film studio Air Hollywood has recreated the flying experience aboard a Boeing 747 from one of the airline industry’s most iconic and fabled carriers, Pan American World Airways — better known as Pan […]