- I'm looking forward to my first
Pan Am flight experience.
- Welcome aboard.
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- We are in our final stages of boarding.
- For you.
- Sam Chui showing you sitting in 4c.
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- But I'm a captain,
a captain doesn't need a boarding pass.
- Completely replicated version of a Pan Am
747 200.
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- This is what people do back in the 70's
flying here.
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- Duty free, no taxes.
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- An suddenly a moustache came.
(laughing)
- Welcome back, I always wonder
what's flying Pan Am like?
50 years later we still able to fly
there's a Pan Am experience
at Los Angeles here.
Let's check it out guys.
- Welcome to the Pan Am experience.
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- Oh, darn it am I really..
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- I am glad to have found United,
my childhood favourite.
Look at this uniform here,
this beautiful uniform.
- Thank you.
- Awesome.
- I love it.
- Brings back my childhood memories
here at United.
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- Ladies and gentleman
we are in our final stages of boarding
flight 445 to Miami.
We are boarding the L10 11 today.
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- [Sam] Hello there.
- Hi, there.
- [Sam] Hi.
- Hello, welcome to Pan American
how are you this evening.
- [Sam] I'm here to check in
my flight tonight.
- Okay, may we have your last name please.
- [Sam] Chui, Sam Chui.
- Okay, let me find your boarding pass.
- Actually I was able to find a seat
for you in first class.
- So we did find a boarding pass for you.
- Wow.
- Let me validate that first for you.
- There you go.
- We're going to stamp this?
- Yeah, we'll stamp it for you
and make it official.
There you go.
- Mr. Sam Chui your sitting in 4c,
it's the best seat in the house.
We made sure it's clear for you.
So it's fantastic.
I'm really delighted to give you
your boarding pass.
And it's..
You're going to have an amazing time
with us.
- [Sam] Well thank you.
- We're looking forward.
- Thank you so much.
- [Sam] Thank you so much.
- Enjoy.
- [Sam] I'm flying Pan Am
for the first time in my life.
- Oh, congratulations.
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- Wow, this is definitely not an ordinary flight.
I'm looking forward to my first Pan Am
flight experience.
Hi, my name is Anthony Toth.
I'd like to welcome you to the
Pan Am experience.
We're about to board a vintage Pan Am
747 restored from the 1970's.
And replicate what is what like to fly
Pan Am back in the era.
Come aboard and I will show you exactly
what I'm talking about.
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- You're now standing in a completely
replicated version of a Pan Am 747 200
back in the 1970's.
This is actually my favourite zone of the 747.
And we've actually restored every
single thing is this aeroplane
to look exactly like it did on Pan Am
back in the era.
Even the seat fabric has been replicated
to look exactly like how Pan Am's
first flight seat fabric looked.
And the curtains, the wallpapers.
Even the wallpaper on the side wall panels.
All restored to look exactly like Pan Am
back in the era.
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- We're now in what Pan Am referred
to as clip or class.
A lot of people don't realise it
but it was actually the very first
version of business class that existed.
- Clip or class came
in a lot of different forms,
and the era that I chose
to replicate was actually the 80's
and so this seat fabric, this light blue
with these nickel size globes were meant
to reflect the sun and the moon eclipse.
And I love again how they put thought
into even the seat fabric on Pan Am.
- These were my favourite head rests
of the time period too.
And so I replicated all of these
to look just like it did when I was a kid.
Let's go up the winding stair case on the 747.
This was actually exclusively for the people
who bought tickets in the first class cabin.
Pan Am used this upper deck as a lounge.
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- Just after take off, the cabin crew
would invite any interested passengers
seated in the first class cabin
to come up here to the upper deck lounge.
And drinks were served up here,
passengers could smoke and play cards.
But about an hour and a half into the flight
this would actually turn into a dining room
and so first class passengers on Pan Am
would actually have a choice to either dine
down stairs in the nose or up here
in the upper deck.
And it always worked out
because some passengers just wanted
to stay downstairs and others
just wanted to be up here in the social
environment.
They would open up these tables
and literally lay down white table linens,
and china, and serve a five course
gourmet meal.
And that's what we're going to replicate
tonight.
The experience of what it was like to
fly on this magnificent airline
known as Pan Am
right here at the Pan Am experience.
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- Hello
- Welcome aboard Pan Am,
I can help you to your seat.
You'll be in our first class
if you look to the left,
the ladies will help you find your seat.
- But I am a captain,
a captain doesn't need a boarding pass.
I can sit anywhere I want right?
- Sure.
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- I have tremendous luck tonight,
I have a beautiful young lady,
that's sitting next to me,
so, they gave the captain the best seat.
- On behalf of myself and the entire
crew we would like to welcome you
on board this Pan Am 747 jet clipper.
[Announcer]
all of our carry on items should
be securely stowed underneath
the seat in front of you
or in the overhead bin.
Leaving the aisles clear at all times.
We will show you how to fasten a seat belt.
(laughing)
Take the metal end and insert it in
through the buckle,
tighten by pulling on the strap
to unlatch the seatbelt
simply lift the buckle.
Unless we have friction tonight
you shouldn't expect any movement
of the aircraft.
So your seatbelt isn't really
that necessary.
In the event of one of our stewardess'
spills water on you (gasps)
or you personally drink to much
having an inflatable vest around
your neck seems like a good solution
this is how you would wear it.
Despite all of that
the life vest is pretty much useless here
because there is no reason
any of you will actually
need to float in this aeroplane.
As your Pan Am experience begins
we invite you to sit back, relax,
and enjoy the hospitality and service
in traditional Pan Am style.
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- [Sam] Oh, my God.
This is like a regional Pan Am.
(laughs)
- they're not that old. They're new.
- [Sam] They're not that old.
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- Cocktail menu.
- Thank you.
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- Hi, folks.
Can I interest anyone in some light reading?
We have a people magazine.
If anyone's interested.
Yeah, oh we have a taker.
All right.
I wonder what's going to happen
in Moscow?
Whoever.
(laughing)
USSR right?
- Sam, may I offer you a cigarette
tonight?
- [Sam] Usually I don't smoke.
- Well this is more of a Hollywood cigarette.
- [Sam] Hollywood cigarette?
- Yeah?
I think you'll find it much to your liking.
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this is what people do back in the 70's
flying here in the smoking row.
Enjoy a fine cigar and a cocktail.
- Would you care for a hot towel?
[Sam] Thank you.
- Hot towel for you?
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- [Sam] Is this the menu today?
- Of course.
- [Sam] Wow.
- So for our first course we have
a selection of seared myan prawns
with cocktail sauce.
As well as a buffalo mozzarella
with a pesto glaze.
Followed by the classic
Chateaubriand carved table side
on the trolley.
With seasonal vegetables.
Moving on to our cheese and fruit course.
We have a danish brie.
A blue, and a Camembert followed by
a wonderful dessert course,
with dessert liquors of course.
Many dessert liquors.
- Look at this glass here?
It's so Pan American isn't it?
It has the Pan American logo everywhere.
Cheers everybody.
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- And now it's the caviar portion
of our upper deck service.
- Amazing with a shot of vodka as well.
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- Caprese salad with a pesto and a lemon wedge
or a prawn cocktail with cocktail sauce.
- Here we go.
Caprese with pesto.
- Enjoy.
- Thank you.
- When one of client comes in
to really taste the Chateaubriand
with what wine
the 1974 a private collection
reserve from Napa Valley.
It's a Georges De Latour
it's one of the best wines
in the world.
and he loves our Chateaubriand.
and he brought his own wine with him.
it's an awesome idea.
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(laughing)
(screaming with joy)
- Dinner is served.
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- Centre is going to be a little bit more rare,
end cut is going to be a little bit more
well done.
- [Sam] I prefer centre.
- Centre cut, all right.
- And are all the vegetables okay for you?
Green beans, carrots and potatoes.
- [Sam] Yeah, all good.
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- And would you care for both horseradish
and chateau sauce?
- [Sam] What sauce do you have?
- This is a red wine reduction,
and then we have horseradish.
- It was the ife on the 70's flight like this
I can tell you Chateaubriand,
eating a huge meal
that is the Ife.
No individual screens at that time.
I like the Chateaubriand here
because it's cooked exactly the way it is
rare and it also has the more well
done on the end.
So you have a choice
which is very nice.
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- Duty free, no taxes.
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- [Sam] So what are the last courses here?
- We have blue cheese, we have sharp cheddar,
and we have brie, with dried pears
and prunes.. figs.
- [Sam] That's a lot of fruit and cheese.
- Beautiful.
- This is the new trend
after Pan Am experience,
after the main course,
after the Chateaubriand,
an suddenly the moustache came
(laughing)
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- Would you care for a fruit tart?
Red velvet or chocolate cake?
- What a service here.
Ending with desserts and all the wine,
tea, coffee.
And all the stewardess' in the retro uniforms
here.
You have to tell me which airline retro uniform
you like the most?
Well after three hours Pan Am experience
I got to tell you this is the greatest
airline experience I ever had,
and I have not even take off yet.
(laughing)