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A Conn 'Pan American' alto saxophone, manufactured circa 1948. This saxophone has a similar body to a Conn 6M and keywork which is reminiscent of a Conn New Wonder. The company was founded in 1917 by Carl Dimond Greenleaf, (July 27, 1876, Wauseon, Ohio - July 10, 1959, Elkhart, Indiana) who was president of C.G. Conn. Greenleaf was expanding ...
In 1930 the Pan American company was absorbed by C. G. Conn, with C. G. Conn retaining and utilizing the Pan American brand for its second-line instruments until 1955. By 1920 C. G. Conn was producing a complete line of saxophones. In this area they had stiff competition from other big saxophone makers such as Buescher and Martin. Around 1917 C ...
Drawing from the skills learned at his previous jobs, he invented a cornet mouthpiece with a rubber rim, which began his career in the manufacture of band instruments [1] Conn was an important innovator in the development of modern wind instruments, and established the C.G. Conn Company, a major instrument manufacturer, in Elkhart.
The missing aircraft was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–29 with serial number 15960 and registered with tail number N90944. [1]: 15 It first flew on August 30, 1949, as Flagship Ireland for American Overseas Airlines (AOA), and was transferred to Pan Am on September 28, 1950, after Pan Am's acquisition of AOA. [1]: 7 [22]: 146
Dan-Air played a significant role in the fleet's later history and, at one time, owned all 49 remaining airworthy civil Comets. [146] On 14 March 1997 a Comet 4C serial XS235 and named Canopus, [147] which had been acquired by the British Ministry of Technology and used for radio, radar and avionics trials, made the last documented production ...
Earlier TriStar 500s were delivered with the standard wing; these were later retrofitted with ailerons and extended wingtips. Pan Am was the first customer to order the -500 with the extended wingtips and active ailerons. Aircraft serial number 1176, the first for Pan Am, was the first TriStar 500 to be fitted with them as standard.
In January 1950, Pan American Airways Corporation officially became Pan American World Airways, Inc. (The airline had begun calling itself Pan American World Airways in 1943.) [59] [60] In September 1950 Pan Am completed the $17.45 million (equivalent to $175.32 million in 2023) [15] purchase of American Overseas Airlines from American Airlines ...
Rogers was born in Delphi, Indiana, and learned to play the violin and then the cornet as a child. He studied violin with Henry Schradieck at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, [1] and paid for his study by playing in bands and orchestras in the Indianapolis area, where he also met his future Sousa Band colleague and lifelong friend Herbert L. Clarke when the two young men played in the ...