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By Jessica Plautz November 18, 2014 Original Story If you have flown economy class on an airline recently, you don’t need to be reminded that the standard of service has plummeted in recent years. Complimentary items are few and far between; the space between seats keeps shrinking; the actual seats are getting smaller as airlines remove that pesky padding to make room for even more seats. Some airlines now charge for a soda and space in the overhead bin. But it wasn’t always this way. One Los Angeles-based company is playing into travelers’ nostalgia for a more stylish era of air travel. For the first time since Pan Am ceased operations, you can now “relive the magic of this golden era […]

By Britt Bickel November 17, 2014 Original Story Longing for the days when air travel was once a glamorous experience? Nostalgic for the days when there was plenty of leg room on flights and you didn’t have to fight for the arm rests with your seat-mate?  Well, thanks to a new dining experience, you can transport back to this golden age of travel with Air Hollywood’s Pan Am Experience. The Los Angeles based studio, which is home to the World’s Largest Aviation-Themed Film Studio, has taken a replica Pan Am 747 and restored it to its 1970s elegance complete with actors in full ’70s-era uniforms serving up a four-course meal, according to Mashable. “For the first time since Pan Am […]

By Aubrielle Billig October 11, 2014 Original Story More than forty years ago, Anthony Toth began a life long love affair with Pan Am Airlines. Today that passion has turned into a thriving business. For Toth, it all started with a childhood fight to Europe back in the days when the majestic airline synonymous with luxury ruled the skies.  Over the last 20 years, Toth has spent tens of thousands of dollars recreating an exact replica of the aircraft he fell in love with back then. The hobby has paid off. Toth’s replica is now part of a business called Air Hollywood, a business offering services including aircraft interiors and other aviation related sets for the film and television industry. […]

By Sune Højrup Bencke October 8, 2014 Original Story Amerikansk firma har genoplivet flyvningerne med Pan Am i et studie i Los Angeles. Der var engang, hvor flyrejser var lig med noget eksklusivt, dekadent og luksuriøst, og langt fra alle forundt. Hvor maden blev serveret på tungt, klirrende porcelæn, hvor der var cocktails i lind strøm, hvor man måtte ryge på flyet, og hvor man blev opvartet af stewardesser med korte nederdele og jakker og hatte på sned. Sådan er i hvert fald historikken omkring flyvningen med det ikoniske amerikanske flyselskab Pan Am, der mellem stiftelsen i 1927 og kollapset i 1991 var selve billedet på det sorgløse liv i de højere luftlag. Nu genopliver det amerikanske firma Air Hollywood den […]

By Richard Guzman October 6, 2014 Original Story It was heart-wrenching for Anthony Toth to see his life dream slowly being dismantled into hundreds of pieces. The Pan Am enthusiast had spent upwards of $100,000 and more than 20 years of his life collecting authentic items to create a replica of a Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 cabin. First he set it up in his home. Later he moved it to a bigger space in a City of Industry warehouse where he had more room to fit the cabin, which included a cockpit, the economy and first class sections and an upper deck lounge. All were completed with original seats, tables and even smaller details like branded glassware, napkins […]

By Zuzana Mocková October 3, 2014 Original Story Mezi nabídkami leteckých společností se objevil let dnes již zaniklé společnosti Pan Am, který nabízí nadšencům aviatiky i starých časů čtyři hodiny vzpomínek a dobrého jídla. Los Angeles – Na palubu Pan Am Experience si cestující sice musí zakoupit letenky, jak je tomu u letů zvykem, nově zrekonstruovanýBoeing 747 se ale během své čtyřhodinové cesty ani na vteřinu neodlepí od země. Jedná se totiž pouze o atrakci, která se koná v Air Hollywood vKalifornii. Milovníci letectví a pamětníci si mohou vybrat mezi letenkami první a druhé třídy, které je vyjdou na více jak šest tisíc korun, levnější varianta stojí o dva tisíce méně. Společnost také požaduje, aby všichni dorazili na palubu letadla vhodně […]

By Ana Franca October 2, 2014 Original Story Flying wasn’t always the knee-defending, elbow-sparring, sad parade of casual attire it is today. Once there were spacious lounges, reclining chairs and meals served on real china. Fans of the period will be delighted that the vintage allure of the airline has been encapsulated at the largest airline mock-up studio in the world. Air Hollywood (airhollywood.com/panam) has built a replica of the interiors of one of Pam Am’s jets in impressive detail, and now offers a unique simulated dining experience ” on board” the airline’s Boeing 747. More or less the price of an actual plane ticket, your four-hour fantasy will cost you, in the lower deck of business class, £121 per […]

By Gabe Zaldivar September 30, 2014 Original Story Until wild-haired scientists perfect flux-capacitor technology, we are stuck with our own imagination to sate our time travel needs. Thankfully, Air Hollywood is providing all necessary imagination for their upcoming Pan Am Experience. Air Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)—a studio that provides airline and airport sets for film producers—is opening its doors for a peek at what airplane travel was aboard a Pan Am 747 with a dinner extravaganza. If that sounds interesting, you are not alone. According to the event’s page, four of the six remaining dates have been sold out. As of this writing, the Dec. 20 “Holiday Flight” has just a few tickets available. The demand seems to have caused organizers […]

By Sophie-Claire Hoeller September 26, 2014 Original Story If the idea of re-enacting the glory days of air travel (but in a fake plane that never leaves the ground) appeals your sense of nostalgia for an era that you have no recollection of, well then, insert the metal belt fittings into one another and tighten by pulling on the loose end of the strap. That’s right, buckle up, because we’re about to tell you about The Pan Am Experience: an immersive $297 dinner and movie event (set inside a perfectly recreated, 1970s Pan Am 747) that promises to recapture that aforementioned glamor. While the famous airline hasn’t existed for 23 years, some superfans are still weirdly obsessed with it. Enter: […]