The Pan Am Podcast

Episode 14: Panamac Computers, the Dawn of the Information Age, and Global Trailblazing Women

January 14, 2022 Pan Am Museum Foundation Season 1 Episode 14
The Pan Am Podcast
Episode 14: Panamac Computers, the Dawn of the Information Age, and Global Trailblazing Women
Show Notes

In this episode we will be exploring another innovation of the early 1960s, Pan Am’s worldwide reservation and communications system called Panamac. 

Then we are joined by Julia Cooke, the author of the best-selling book Come Fly the World which was recently nominated for the Goodreads Best Books 2021 Choice Awards.

To purchase this book and support the museum, click here.

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More about Panamac:

  • Check out this 1962 Pan Am film titled "Across the World in 3 Seconds" showing communications in the "modern" world, and includes a behind-the-scenes look at Pan Am's complex, computer-based reservation and logistical systems. It presents a fast - moving history of communications from cave drawings to the jet age of electronic computers.

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