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By Ko Im April 7, 2015 Original Story Being a flight attendant in the modern age of cranky passengers and tight quarters is no easy task. But what if you could turn back time to the glory days of flying? Being a flight attendant in the modern age of cranky passengers and tight quarters is no easy task. But what if you could turn back time to the glory days of flying? Air Hollywood makes those high-flying dreams come true every other Saturday night. The studio started offering simulated Pan Am flights last fall, and so far, every seat has been taken on a refurbished Boeing 747. The plane is decorated in vintage style, every dish is from the era, […]

By Avishay Artsy April 3, 2015 Original Story Want to relive the golden years of aviation? In a warehouse miles from Hollywood, you’ll find a high-class tribute to the beloved airline Pan Am. Every other Saturday night, customers line up outside a warehouse in Pacoima to relive a nostalgic experience. As a small boy, said Anthony Toth, “I started collecting airplane models, and small things like timetables and luggage tags. But as I got older, the desire to have more and more aircraft things became greater and greater.” ‘Tears came to my eyes, because it was so real.’ So much so that Toth visited so-called airport graveyards in the deserts that sold larger pieces of fuselage … “sidewall panels, and overhead […]

By Sam McManus March 28, 2015 Original Story PACOIMA Anyone can grouse and moan about his perfectly hideous airline experience, his personal flight from hell, replete with tales of woe concerning cancellations and delays, TSA body-cavity searches, cramped seating next to a hirsute man in a tank top and flip-flops, surly peanut-hurling cabin service, added charges for everything from baggage to, seemingly, the very ions of the air you breathe. Where’s the originality in that? Me? I’m here to tell you about the obverse. I’m going to describe a perfectly lovely flight I took recently, one that even the most devout atheist would call heavenly. From the moment I stepped into the terminal, on through the check-in process, boarding lounge […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

by Jean Trinh Nov 21, 2014 Original Story Airlines aren’t what they used to be. With the cramped seats and having to pay to check our luggage, we can’t help but long for those good old days—like the kind of experience you would get from a Pan Am flight. For the nostalgic types, there’s the “Pan Am Experience” in Pacoima that lets you pretend for a few hours that you’re a passenger on a Pan Am flight from the ’70s (without ever taking off), complete with cocktails, a four-course meal and stewardess service. Air Hollywood, a production studio with aviation-themed film sets, is housing the four-hour “Pan Am Experience” that runs from about $300 to $350 a ticket. It comes […]

By Brian Sumers November 20, 2014 Original Story On Saturday, for the first time in decades, Rick Collins put on his Pan Am captain’s uniform with four gold epaulettes on the shoulders and boarded one of his airline’s Boeing 747s. The jacket was a bit snug but Collins hardly minded, given the evening’s nostalgia factor. Collins met his wife, a Pan Am flight attendant, on a 747 flight from New York to Los Angeles. Back in 1988, he was trying to be helpful, stowing a stroller for a passenger. “She was a little annoyed a rookie pilot would take her closet,” he said. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I pissed her off.’?” Chagrined, he left for the plane’s upper […]

By EC Staff November 19, 2014 Original Story The Pan Am Experience promete llevarte a le época más lujosa de la aviación comercial pero sin dejar la tierra. Antiguamente abordar un avión no era tan habitual como ahora. Solo las personas adineradas podían costearse un pasaje aéreo y volar era sinónimo de estilo: vestirse con los mejores trajes, lucir las joyas más extravagantes, disfrutar de un elegante menú y de un servicio insuperable. The Pan Am Experience es una atracción que te permitirá volver al pasado durante unas horas y disfrutar de todo este lujo. Pan Am es la abreviación de Pan American World Airways, la aerolínea más importante de Estados Unidos que trabajó desde 1930 hasta inicio de los […]