Juan Trippe

JUAN TRIPPE d1981. American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan American World Airways, one of the iconic airlines of the 20th century. He was involved in the introduction of the Sikorsky S-40, which opened trans-Pacific airline travel / the Boeing 307 Stratoliner which introduced cabin pressurization to airline operations /the Boeing 707 which started a new era in low cost jet transportation and the Boeing 747 jumbo jets. His signing of the 747 contract coincided with the 50th anniversary of Boeing