Clipper Friendship trip to South America

Title
Clipper Friendship trip to South America
Creator
Pan American World Airways, Inc. Latin American Division
Institution
TCU
Link
https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/54591
Description
Photo of Brazilian President Eurico Dutra greeting Juan T. Trippe. On reverse: "Brazilian President Greets PAA Head President Eurico Dutra of Brazil greets Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan American World Airways, at the reception given by the former in honor of the party of U.S. publishers, editors and government officials visiting Brazil. The group arrived aboard a PAA double-deck Clipper on a pre-inaugural flight, prior to the commencement July 5 of regular El Presidente service - a super deluxe, speed flight linking New York; Port of Spain; Rio de Janeiro; Montevideo, and Buenos Aires. Shown left to right Trippe; Congressman Carl Hinshaw of California; Dutra; and U.S. Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado."
Date
1950-07-22
Decade
1950s
Subjects
Aviation
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Air travel
Clipper flights
Trippe, Juan T.
Brazil
Source
Box 264, Pan American Airways - World Airways Clipper Friendship to South America, 1950 Folder, Item 026
Type
Image
Formats
10x8 Photo
Rights
Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph

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