Pan American
Airways Boeing 737-222 N69AF (c/n
19059)
In 1982 Pan American
purchased a modest fleet of 16 or so Boeing 737's, mainly from Pacific
Western, Quebecair and the ex-Air Florida fleet. The above shot,
taken by Anthony Best in the
mid-1980s shows one of the latter on short finals into London
Heathrow. The 737s were acquired
primarily to service the London to Berlin route and, as such, had
Teutonic Clipper names. N69AF
was "Clipper Charlottenburg". This aircraft
actually began life with United Airlines as N9021U
before
going to Air Florida. After Pan Am disposed of it in 1988 it led
a varied life on the registers
of Guatemala, Peru and Chile,
finally winding up in storage in Santiago having served with Aero
Continente of Chile. Whether it is still there or not is unknown.