The Pan Am stratocruiser Clipper Good Hope made its maiden flight in 1949. Three years later — two years after it flew Louis and Sol from San Francisco — it crashed over the Amazon basin, killing all 50 people aboard.
Inside… …the luxurious… …Clipper Good Hope
Honolulu Traditional lei greeting
Royal Hawaiian Hotel gardens Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Ala Moana boulevard Ala Moana Park Fort Derussy
Leis Hibiscus
Bedroom at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
The hula
Waikiki Beach Surfing off Waikiki Beach
Outrigger Club beach, Moana Hotel in the background Canoeing off the Outrigger Club beach
Moana Hotel Banyan trees Eucalyptus
Aloha Tower Yacht Harbour
Torch fishing
Lounge at the Niamalu Hotel Don the Beachcomber’s
Punchbowl Crater National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl,
Waikele Country Club golf course Nuuanu Avenue
The DC4
Cockpit Canton Island from the air
Canton Island Canton coral reef
George Bernard Shaw
Fijian archipelago Viti Levu Island from the air
Nandi Airport Viti Levu Island
Mocambo Hotel Mocambo Hotel
Tontouta International Airport
Noumea, New Caledonia
Women in Mother Hubbard dresses Casino at Noumea
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