Pan Am Menus

Below are two Pan Am menus from the Flying Boat ear. These menus were often prepared just prior to flight and included the flight date, the aircraft registration number and the Captain's name. Service on the flying boats was all First Class.

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The menu from Pan Am's Inaugural flight from the United States to New Zealand on September 11, 1940

Pan Am had a very popular restaurant on the rooftop of its Dinner Key Flying Boat Base in Miami, Florida. Below is a wine & beverage list dating from the late 1930s or early 1940s from the Dinner Key restaurant where customers paid a la carte.



A standard First Class menu from the 1950s aboard a Boeing 377 "Stratocruiser." Pan Am had a long standing relationship with the famous Parisian restaurant "Maxim's." For many years Maxim's chefs prepared all of Pan Am's Atlantic catering. Meals were flash frozen and stored at many different locations.

Another standard First Class menu from the 1950s featuring a Boeing 377 "Stratocruiser."



On the left, another version of the above First Class menu with a white cover.









Below a similar menu cover from the 1950s but the inside "Rainbow" markings indicate an Ecomony Class meal service.

To the left a Pan Am First Class menu from the 1950s featuring the "President" service eagle & stars logo on the cover.





During the 1950s on flights between the United States Mainland and Alaska Pan Am offered 'postcard' menus. The back sides were standard postcards with address lines. Pan Am crews would mail the postcards free of charge if turned in before landing.



Below are sample lunch & dinner menu postcards.



A First Class menu from the early days of jet service. Notice the "Maxim's" logo in the lower left artwork.

An Economy Class menu from the early days of jet service

An Economy Class menu from the early 1960s.

Below a sample 'charter flight' menu from 1960. The inside cover has a special greeting to the afinity group.

Below are 12 First Class menu covers from the 1960s featuring art work of the original Clipper Ships for which Pan Am's aircraft were named.

A 1970s Economy Class menu with two meals on Pan Am's New York - Fairbanks - Tokyo service.

Below, Pan Am's "International Flag Service" menus from the early 1970s. Top left is the front cover. Top right is the back cover.

Below, A Pan Am Christmas Dinner menu from the 1980s.

In 1980 Pan Am introduced Business Class on International flights. Pan Am called the product "Clipper Class. Below is a Clipper Class menu, smaller than the First Class menus above and with less selection.

Below, Pan Am's "International Flag Service" menus from the early 1970s. Top left is the front cover. Top right is the back cover.

Another style of menus from the 1970s was the calligraphy motif. These First Class menus, seen below, listed cities served on Pan Am's 'Round the World' Service.

Famous water color artist, Dong Kingman, created First & Business Class menu artwork in the 1980s. Below is a sample First Class menu with all the offerings.