Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am

by Robert Gandt

Overview

Originally published by Wm. Morrow in 1995, SKYGODS is the saga of America's most glamorous airline from its meteoric ascent to its plunge to extinction. Pan Am blazed the way across the world's oceans with its magnificent Clipper ships, launched the first international jet service, was the first to fly the behemoth 747, was the lead customer for America's SST and the Concorde, and was even taking reservations for the first commercial flights to the moon.
Told from multiple viewpoints--pilots, stewardesses, management executives--SKYGODS is the life story of an American icon.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013230750
Publisher:	Robert Gandt
Publication date:	10/05/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Robert Gandt is a former naval officer and aviator, an international airline captain, and a prolific military and aviation writer. He is the author of thirteen books, including the novels The Killing Sky and Black Star Rising and the definitive work on modern naval aviation, Bogeys and Bandits. His screen credits include the television series Pensacola: Wings of Gold. He and his wife, Anne, live with their airplanes in Spruce Creek, a flying community in Daytona Beach, Florida. You may visit his website at www.gandt.com

Editorial Reviews

Aviation journalist and pilot Gandt interweaves the complex and interesting story of Pan Am's rise under founder and visionary Juan Trippe with American business and politics. Trippe molded Pan Am from the glory days of flying boats and the opening of Pacific routes to new piston-driven airliners and the transition to jets. In 1965 Pan Am was the world's preeminent airline, boasting 40,000 employees, 143 airliners, and over $1 billion in revenues...

Library Journal - Wiliam McIntyre

Robert Gandt's book SKYGODS accurately depicts the demise of Pan Am with a depth and human element often missing from books of this type.

Aviation Week - David North

Robert Gandt is a Pan Am pilot who also happens to have the pen of a poet.

Christian Science Monitor - Gay Halverson