Vance's Experiences as a PAA Flight Radio Officer
Vance Gildersleeve PAA FRO 1941
The Daily Routine of a Flight Radio Officer
These pictures are from a brochure handed out at the 6/23/2001 rollout of the Clipper Flying Cloud.
Pan American Stratoliner Fleet
This one is from Claude Hudspeth.
Pilot and Flight Radio Officer on Duty
This one is from Boeing Image Gallery.
Copilot and Flight Engineer on Duty
Read about the June 2001 rollout of the Clipper Flying Cloud here.
Tour the restored Pan Am Clipper Flying Cloud
Some more pictures of Clipper Flying Cloud
The Pan American Heritage Web Site (requires java to be running)
Boeing S-307 Stratoliner Restoration Photos (with java running, click on the thumbnails for a chance to see the larger version)
The Aviation History Online Museum article on the Boeing 307 Stratoliner.
Boeing's article on the B-307 Stratoliner.
Oshkosh AirVenture 2001 article on the restored Clipper Flying Cloud and the Boeing Stratoliner.
Go to Vern's Pan Am Page.
Read about the crash of the Clipper Flying Cloud on March 28, 2002.
Read about plans to repair Clipper Flying Cloud.
Learn what happened to the nine other Boeing Stratoliners. Go here, here, and here.
Read about the Clipper Flying Cloud's namesake here and here.
Search the web for mor information about the Clipper Flying Cloud by clicking here
Go to Vance's K5CF Ham Radio Page
email Vance Gildersleeve, PAA FRO 1941-1949
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