creahard on April 14th, 2012
DC-6 over Miami

courtesy of Gustavo Vidal collection

Gustavo Vidal was Panagra’s first comptroller and also a Panagra vice president.  He was with Panagra from its inception in 1929 until November of 1950.  Not too long ago, Gustavo Vidal’s grandson contacted me with the news that he had found a photo album that his grandfather had kept with over 100 photos from his time at Panagra!

Sr. Gustavo Vidal’s grandson has created a website to honor his grandfather and the early years of Panagra that includes all of his grandfather’s photos.  He has graciously allowed me to share the link to his site with all of you.

There are many priceless photos in this collection and I know you will join me in thanking him for making these photos available for all of the Panagra family to enjoy.  This fabulous collection is available for viewing by clicking on “The Early Days of Panagra.”

 

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creahard on April 9th, 2012

Here are some new Panagra aircraft photos that have been added to the Douglas Aircraft gallery.

Check out the Texaco fuel truck parked by the DC-6 in the first photo below.  Click on each thumbnail below for a larger image.

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creahard on April 4th, 2012

Captain Ben Traverse in the cockpitWe have found a photo of Captain Ben Traverse and created a gallery for him. Click on his name to go to the Gallery.

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jreahard on April 4th, 2012

pag_dc6_miaWelcome to the home of Panagra on the web.  If you’re a long-time visitor, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been down for maintenance for a few months.

We had to move to a new web host, and we took the time to streamline the back end of the site.  We’re still working hard to roll out all of the picture content, and we also have a complete archive of all the posts, stories, and videos from the old site (all the way back to the beginning in 2008).  We’ll be rolling that out over the next few weeks.

Thanks for your patience.

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