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Talk:Pan Am

Unofficial "flag carrier" of the United States
The introduction to the article asserts that Pan Am was the "unofficial flag carrier of the United States," but this statement does not appear to be supported in the body of the article or by appropriate citation. Not intending any offense to a fine company or the people who worked for it, this sounds like mere boosterism, which should not have a place in a featured article. I don't want to remove that language, since this article has been through peer review, but will any editors step forward to substantiate that claim, or at least qualify it? (For example, if Pan Am marketing material spoke of the "unofficial flag carrier," then the phrase needs an "according to.")

Thanks, --Craigkbryant 02:48, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This description had been used in several sources that I used in writing this article, mostly because in the beginning the US government gave a lot of support to the airline (note that the article mentioned the US government's seeing the airline as the "chosen instrument" for foreign flights). Also, Pan Am had a very large presence in international flights (the article mentioned Pan Am was focused on dominating the international air travel market and its attempts to "enhance" its position as the nation's prominent international airline). If you still have any questions, feel free to ask. Pentawing 03:32, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Pentawing,

Appreciate the response. I'd still be happiest to see a cite specific to the words "unofficial flag carrier" in the article. Without it, this still sounds like sloganeering and boosterism. Would you be willing to add such a citation?

Best, --68.19.72.220 05:24, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. Pentawing 06:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Further to the comments above, Pan Am was the de facto flag carrier for the US. As the US has never had a government-owned flag carrier, Pan Am was used to transport diplomats and US government personnel. This persisted until at least the 70s and deregulation; I'm not sure about their status afterwards. Having seen this article featured on the front page, I should really add some more info, especially on Pan Am's decline and fall, seeing as I spent a summer at the Smithsonian working on Pan Am's history... Jakob 22:19, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Richard Robins (talk) 20:23, 20 May 2008 (UTC)Richard_Robins. I was disappointed to read the first paragraph above the photo of Juan Trippe. My father was a Pan Am flight crew member from 1942 to the 1970s. Sadly, the opening paragraph places unnecessary emphasis on the events after the Company's demise at the expense of all its achievements, e.g. first to offer 'economy seating,' first to fly round-the-world, important global airline in the postwar years. The paragraphs below do a reasonable job, but the top paragraph could do a much better job. Regretably, there's no mention of promoting Boeing to build the B-367 at the end of WWII, and no mention of the Co. being the launch customer for many important aircraft, e.g. Douglas DC-6, DC-7C. Pan was the first Company to place an order for the Boeing 707 that made the "jet set" possible. Pan Am was an early contributor to the design of the Boeing 747 because Trippe wanted something very large. My main point here is to ask, Why does the first paragraph ignore Pan Am's major accomplishments?

Accidents?
'' The last fatal accident was Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. The plane, a Boeing 747 named the Clipper Maid of the Seas, exploded in mid-flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a bomb in its cargo hold.'' Speaking as someone who lost classmates to that one, let me remind you that was not an accident but a direct terrorist attack, as the subsequent sentence makes clear. Perhaps, in airlinespeak, "incident" was intended?

It rather reminds me of the awkward wording at Syracuse University's memorial, saying that all victims died "in a plane crash over Lockerbie, Scotland, caused by a terrorist bomb." (The last clause was added after the memorial was built, at the insistence of some of the victims' parents who wanted it absolutely clear they died due to malice aforethought on another's part, but even still since when do planes crash over places?)

Also, seeing as this made the main page today, I'm really disappointed that someone couldn't find a better way to phrase this: ''The airline was involved in the worst disaster in aviation history. A Pan Am 747, named the Clipper Victor, was involved in the Tenerife disaster on March 27, 1977.'' I'll fix these, but still ...Daniel Case 03:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I changed the wording concerning Pan Am 103 from "accident" to "incident" (noting that the word accident wasn't used beforehand, though it wasn't caught in the first place). As for the second passage, I can't think of a better way to say this. Any idea is appreciated. Pentawing 03:52, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

In true Wikipedia fashion, I went ahead and fixed it myself. Daniel Case 04:44, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Much appreciated. Pentawing 05:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

 * For future editors, in United States airlinespeak "incident" has a specific meaning under statute: an occurrence to an aircraft that didn't result in loss of life or serious injury or substantial damage to an aircraft. ICAO has a similar definition. A baggage cart bumping into an aircraft and denting its tail is an incident, if the dent isn't too bad. Flight 103 was a disaster and a criminal act under the laws of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany, but was absolutely *not* an incident. -- Charlene 23:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

''The airline was involved in the worst disaster in aviation history. A Pan Am 747, named the Clipper Victor, was involved in the Tenerife disaster on March 27, 1977." This sounds redundant with the repeats os invovled and disaster. How about, simply:

"The airline was invovled in the worst accident in aviation history - the Tenerife Disaster of March 27, 1977."

It says the same thing but is much less wordy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.67.140.42 (talk) 21:43, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

to the moon!
The article says: ''During the Apollo program, Pan Am sold tickets for future flights to the moon. These later became valuable collector's items.'' But my recollection is that they merely took reservations and kept a waiting list, but never actually sold tickets. Can someone verify or modify? --Keeves 15:21, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Waiting list tickets were given out; www.retrofuture.com/moontrip.html says by 1971, over 93,000 tickets were allocated. check out the page about 3/4 of the way down (near the 3rd picture) for more information --Rjcflyer@aol.com 00:38, 8 January 2006 (UTC)--Rjcflyer@aol.com 9:35, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The article has a picture of a waiting list certificate, and the text "... the air carrier established the First Moon Flights Club, which, in reality, was nothing more than a prioritized waiting list. ... the public was eager, too. By the time the airline closed out its list in 1971, Pan Am (whose name was emblazoned on the shuttle in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey") had a list of over 93,000 people, including future president Ronald Reagan." The website was last updated in 2002 and was written by a man called Eric Lefcowitz, who seems to be a failed author and failed guitarist. It would be more accurate to say that "Pan Am opened a waiting list for future flights to the moon. Over 93,000 places were allocated, and waiting list certificates later became valuable collectors' items." To win my respect an editor would have to determine (a) whether Pan Am seriously expected to schedule moon flights, and whether the waiting list had any legal weight and (b) if so, at what point did the company abandon the project, and if applicants were ever notified of this and (c) was the list, or the data on the list, sold as part of the company's assets? -Ashley Pomeroy 03:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

World Port
Hi to all, we need to write something about the World Port.

Greetings. simonlebon

Item is already started. Worldport (Pan Am)..BrandlandUSA 20:59, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Unsourced passage
To whoever inserted this passage, can you note the sources this is based on? Also, the wording borders on positive commentary instead of straight facts (please reword to tone down the language).

 * At its height during the early 1970's, Pan Am was known as the "World's Most Experienced Airline." It was highly regarded for its state-of-the-art aircraft and far-flung destinations. Pan Am's crews and cabin staff were respected for both their aviation experience and their multi-lingual ability. Pan Am flight attendants were poised and dedicated, and a high percentage of them were university graduates. American passengers in particular were proud to travel on this airline, which was known for its superb safety record. On board meal service was excellent, with filet mignon served in Economy Class on some flights. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis preferred to fly First Class on Pan Am even though her Greek husband owned Olympic Airlines. But serious challenges lay ahead.

PentawingTalk 16:48, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello, I am the author of the above paragraph. I have just inserted the book by Barnaby Conrad into the "References" in the main article for Pan Am. This is where I received information that the airline had used the trademark term "World's Most Experienced Airline" in its advertising, as well as the fact that the Pan Am flight attendants tended to be university graduates. I myself have flown on Pan Am to Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean and I own a souvenir menu that shows filet mignon being served in Economy Class on a flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles in 1970. It was a well known fact, frequently cited in many sources, that Jackie Kennedy Onassis preferred to fly on Pan Am rather than her husband's airline. It is true that the airline had a high reputation during its good years, before the economic problems and disasters of the 1980's injured its brand and led to its collapse. I am new to Wikipedia. Can you rewrite the above paragraph to your liking with this information in mind? Thanks, User:DennisJOBrien@yahoo.com.

OK, updated paragraph has been added with citations provided. User:DennisJOBrien@yahoo.com

Split "reincarnations"
Following the precedent from Frontier Airlines and Arizona Airways This section should be split off into two separate airlines -- they're different companies, not really connected except by name. —Cliffb 05:49, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree --Gnosbush 13:09, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I also agree. There is no similarity between these incarnations and the original airline except the name, the logo, and one aircraft type (the most common type in the world when Pan Am went bankrupt).  The current airline is mainly a charter service, the original was a schduled service carrier.  These are different airlines and should be listed separately.Elwood64151 16:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I also agree. The two other airlines basically purchaced the name and logo and have no relation other than that to the orignal airline. I think the old Pan Am Shuttle was more of an airline than these two. Spring3100 07:11, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I also agree. They're different companies with the same name. Incidentally, many people when they find they are flying Pan Am even now immediately think they are flying with the old, established airline, and not a charter airline that bought the name. -- Charlene 23:39, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Then just go ahead and do it. But it's really more of a scheduled commuter airline than a charter service. BTW, I live in Mercer County, NJ and flew on a "Clipper" to Hanscom a year ago. The Jetstreams are white with the Pan AM Globe and each have "Clipper XYZ" names. As far as I can see the livery is identical to the 707 I flew on to Amsterdam in 1964. The tugs, gate and terminal area are similarly marked. I haven't seen anything larger than a Jetstream in Pan AM livery in years. GCW50 15:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Finally done... Cleaning up that old list.. —Cliffb 04:35, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

It's a shame, bue at least the name hasn't died, and its ghost still flies. On the other hand TWA is really kaput. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Simonlebon (talk • contribs) 06:23, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

Pan Am Building
I guess the page still needs a little pic of the former Pan Am Building. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Simonlebon (talk • contribs) 06:18, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

Lockerbie disaster
I've added the following to that section just to highlight the impact of the disaster - "Two hundred seventy people from 21 countries died, including 11 people on the ground. With 189 of the victims being American citizens, the bombing was the worst terrorist attack against the United States until September 11, 2001 and remains the worst terrorist and aviation-related disaster on British soil." Kaenei 23:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I have added fact tags to this, as the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing killed more people and it was directed towards US forces (as well as French), and killed 299. But is it regarded as a war time attack or 'terrorist' attack? --Russavia 02:31, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It was a terrorist attack. Khadaffi had not declared war on the UK. 2601:647:4D81:4206:A544:5622:E8F7:778B (talk) 22:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Unless you can point to a source that made this assertion, I suggest that such a passage be left out in the meantime. PentawingTalk 01:13, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Clipper Flying Boats
Re the prewar Clipper period, no mention of the Martin (?) flying boats between the Sikorskys and the Boeings! 202.154.140.176 09:50, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Not sure where to place my suggestion, but this article would be visually improved by the inclusion of the famously beautiful and exotic poster of a Pan Am clipper in the "South Seas". http://123posters.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/1_hawaaii_south_seas_pan_am_ntrtp.jpg?w=730  or another source.  Ka'upena Kuahewa (talk) 18:10, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

 * If that's a poster from the 1930's, it's probably still within copyright. We wouldn't have valid "fair use" criteria to use it. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 18:44, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Pan Am in film
I am placing this list here in the talk page, given that some of the entries do not appear very significant. PentawingTalk 01:15, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

The airline appeared in other movies, notably in several James Bond films. The company's Boeing 707s were featured in Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and the well-known parody Casino Royale, while a Pan Am 747 and the Worldport appeared in Live and Let Die.

Other mentions include:
 * The 1969 film Bullitt features a chase scene at San Francisco International Airport, where Steve McQueen's character runs after the villain on the tarmac while dodging several Pan Am 707s.
 * Also in 1969, Argentine actress Isabel Sarli checks in and boards a Pan Am 707 flight from Panama City, Panamá, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in Armando Bo's Desnuda en la arena.
 * The airline's logo was also seen in the film Blade Runner. Subsequently, Pan Am became one of the victims of the supposed Blade Runner curse on large corporations whose logos were featured in scenes from the film.
 * Pan Am also figured prominently in Scarface (set in the city of Miami, one of Pan Am's major hubs), where the airline's logo and slogan were adopted by criminal overlord Tony Montana.
 * In the I Love Lucy episode "Home from Europe," Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel fly from Europe back to New York on a Pan Am flight.
 * In the 1988 film High Spirits, a family of American tourists travels to Peter Plunkett's (Peter O'Toole) Irish castle on a Pan Am 747. The film was one of the last in which an audience would see a 747 in Pan Am's new colors.
 * The airline was also featured in an opening scene of the Robin Williams's film Hook, in which the family is aboard a Pan Am 747-100 to London. Ironically, the movie opened just a week after the airline ceased operations.
 * In The Phantom (1996) a Pan Am Clipper, probably a Sikorsky S-42, tried to make a "non scale" trip between New York and the fictional country of Bengala in Africa, before an attack of air pirates stopped it. Also in the New York Port are ads: "Pan Am Clipper Cargo" and "Via Pan American", both of them with the old Pan Am logo.
 * The airline's logo was also featured in the opening sequence of The Family Man, where Nicolas Cage checks in at the Worldport for a Pan Am 747 flight from New York to London. Some years later his character finds the old Pan Am boarding passes.
 * The battle between Juan Trippe and TWA owner Howard Hughes over Pan Am's transatlantic monopoly was featured prominently in The Aviator.
 * In the television series The Simpson's in the episode Rome-old and Juli-eh grandpa metioned that if things didn't work out with him and Selma "Pan Am would have a job waiting for him".

Joke or truth?
PA had a hub in Guatemala? I knew they flew there, but a hub? See infobox. Archtrain 16:02, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Removal of Pan Am Flight 103 debris picture
Im showing the picture of "Clipper Maid of the Seas" is scheduled to be deleted. While trajic, this picture is highly associated with this incident. Removal of the picture has no merit and drasticlly takes away from the soul of this article. That picture has to be one of th most enduring images of the late 80's early 90's. It's historical value to this article is highly relevant. Kcuello (talk) 05:53, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree the image should be retained if possible. However, it does need to be sourced on Wikimedia Commons.Phase4 (talk) 11:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

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Exposed to be falling apart
"The airline was exposed to be falling apart". What is that supposed to mean? That someone revealed the unknown fact that the airline was falling apart? If so, who? --Lambiam 08:53, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

FA Status
I'm unsure why this article is featured, seeing as it's lacking inline citations in many areas. Please let me know if I'm mistaken about this criteria, or if it's simply referenced someplace else. --Resplendent (talk) 05:30, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It was promoted to FA back in September 2005; requirements are much tougher now. See also WP:FAR for when an article may not meet current FA criteria.  JGHowes   talk  17:40, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This article needs a LOT of help - Pan American World Airways has little sourcing. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:22, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Introduction
Can I propose re-writing the introduction? It currently has three paragraphs, two of which are about stuff after Pan Am World went out of business.

Can I suggest moving those paragraph to a section on “successor companies” or something, and writing a couple of paras with a digest of PA’s progress between for the 60 years prior to that. opinions? Swanny18 (talk) 12:47, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with Swanny18. I also note that we've had a fight before about the use of that word "flagship". I was going to revert 9014user's use of "major" until Cenpacrr changed the whole tone of the beginning. I think the opening paragraph should emphasize PanAm's role as the world's leading international airline in the history of flight. Who can forget the opening scenes in the movie Casablanca when you realize that those desperate refugees' dream was to catch the Clipper from Lisbon. GroveGuy (talk) 00:35, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with that approach. Pan Am was not only the the most widely known US airline internationally from the early 1930's through its demise in 1991, for much of that time it was arguably also the world's "flagship" international air carrier as well. Centpacrr (talk) 01:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Pan Am Building photo?
Is it possible to get a photo of the building with the old Pan Am logo for the article instead of the current MetLife logo currently shown? 69.132.221.35 (talk) 05:04, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

 * There is a free-use photo of it here: SynergyStar (talk) 20:15, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

First airmail flight from NZ
Is this worth mentioning somewhere? First airmail flight to San Francisco Includes reference to the crash on 11 January 1938 that killed Capt Musick and his crew. Jamie Mackay (talk) 00:38, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Guided Missile Range Division
The Guided Missile Range Division (GMRD) was part of Pam Am for many years. Headquarted at Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa Beach, Florida, this Division served the Air Force by operating the Eastern Test Range, from Cape Canaveral around the world including tracking stations (many former fixed base stations of the airliners), tracking ships, and operational groups at the Cape. Documentation of this Division is scarce and hard to find, but some of your references do speak of it, and your brief words do not do justice to the thousands of employees of Pan Am in this Division. Block1945 (talk) 19:34, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

"Astral navigation"?
Hello folks, I've just read the article and noticed that it uses the words "astral navigation" in a couple of places. I think that by "astral navigation" the author might have meant that they were trained to navigate by the stars; however, I don't believe that there's such a word in the English language. I've replaced "astral" with "celestial navigation to make the meaning more clear for the readers. Clear skies to you 24.23.197.43 (talk) 02:28, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

redirect...
Why does Pandemonium Scareways redirect to this article? --96.32.139.209 (talk) 03:17, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Vandalism by some anti-PAA nut, perhaps? 146.74.230.104 (talk) 20:26, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page not moved. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:40, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Pan American World Airways → Pan Am — I am aware that abbreviations are generally to be avoided, but is there any other reason for not calling the article Pan Am? That seems to be the name by which the airline is generally known and many pages already link to that page. The abbreviated form is used for KLM, for instance. Cjc13 (talk) 22:39, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose there is Pan American World Airways, Pan American Airways (1996–1998) and Pan American Airways (1998–2004) and for disambiguation purposes I believe both should be used. likewise, we don't call Pan American Games the Pan Am Games even though that is the common name in colloquial speech.--Labattblueboy (talk) 00:48, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It's more than just "colloquial speech." Look at what's written on the planes and buildings here and here.  —   AjaxSmack   02:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose for the reasons stated above. As it is, "Pan Am" redirects to Pan American World Airways anyway, and the hatnote links the reader to Pan Am (disambiguation) for the others. The very first sentence in the Lead says, "Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am". Seems fine to me now.  JGHowes   talk  01:47, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Your arguments seem to support a move → WP:UCN (use common names) and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. —   AjaxSmack   02:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support as idiom. We should title articles as the subject is commonly known. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 03:04, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose Pan Am has been gone for almost twenty years now. So, it's commonly known to fewer and fewer people. Keep Pan American World Airways. GroveGuy (talk) 07:31, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose I much prefer accuracy in titles. To me, "Pan Am" is slang, a popular name, but not what I would want to count on for an accurate web search. Pan Am now also means a small railroad operation. Mark Sublette (talk) 09:31, 16 April 2010 (UTC)Mark SubletteMark Sublette (talk) 09:31, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. Pan Am is a registered trademark. The subsequent use of the name is covered by the article. Cjc13 (talk) 14:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support usual name. —innotata 17:27, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose As noted above, "Pan Am" already redirects to Pan American World Airways which was the actual name of the carrier. That seems more than sufficient to deal with the issue of finding the page. Centpacrr (talk) 20:07, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose Disambiguation is required in this case, as there are articles on three companies, any one of which could be under Pan Am.  Skinsmoke (talk) 01:06, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Then why does Pan Am currently only redirect to one of them? —   AjaxSmack   02:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support for the same reasons User:JGHowes opposes it. "Pan Am" already redirects to this article and the hatnote links the reader to Pan Am (disambiguation) for the others.  Move per WP:UCN (use common names) / WP:PRIMARYTOPIC.  —   AjaxSmack   02:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose - as this is no longer the clear primary topic. However, if that as true, as pointed out by the 2 previous comments, Pan Am should not redirect here, per the given guidelines. Instead, it should host the DAB page. I'll propose that move if this one is kept here. - BilCat (talk) 02:31, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Why is it no longer the primary topic? Even though it died before the internet era, it monopolizes almost all of the top Ghits.  —   AjaxSmack   02:54, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose. There is nothing wrong with the current tile.  The article was created at this title in September 2002.  So this title has worked almost since the beginnings of Wikipedia.  Leave it alone! Vegaswikian (talk) 23:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Manila out of order?
"For almost 40 years, Pan Am westbound round-the-world route was Flight 001 originating in San Francisco with stops including Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Manila, Kolkata, Delhi, Beirut, Istanbul, Frankfurt, London, and finally New York. "

It is difficult for me to believe that Pan Am would fly westward to Bangkok, then reverse eastward to Manilla. Can anyone verify that this is the correct flight order? Cwelgo (talk) 21:52, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Following up, I can't find a consistent list of stops for Flight 001, Let alone the order. Here, here, here, and here all agree on San Francisco, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Delhi, Beirut, Istanbul, Frankfurlt, London, and New York, but some add Tokyo, Manilla, and/or Calcutta. None strike me as authoritative. Does anybody know? Cwelgo (talk) 21:54, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

 * If you pick a year I'll give you a list of stops for a year close to it. You're right, they didn't go east to Manila. Tim Zukas (talk) 16:56, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

 * By the way: I'm guessing it was usually flights 1/2, not 001/002. Certainly the public timetables didn't show the zeros.

Reuse of name - Flight training
I think some mention should be made of the PanAm International Flight Training Academy. It was founded as part of the original PanAm airline and even claims, on its web site (http://www.panamacademy.com/index.cfm) that it is the "only surviving division of Pan American Airlines". It still uses the colours and logos. Mesdale (talk) 11:27, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

More sources

 * Pawlowski, A. "Iconic Pan Am may fly again in TV drama." CNN. February 28, 2011. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:01, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Record-setting flights
Added notation on record setting airframe N533PA that was sold to UAL and eventually scrapped in 1997. Irassassin (talk) 10:01, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Flag carrier
Have removed "unofficial" ahead of sentence "... flag carrier of the United States" because I think some readers do not know that any airline designated as a certain country's flag carrier in bilateral aviation agreements is a flag carrier of the country where its headquarters are located and whose citizens/corporations have effective control over it, regardless of whether it is government-owned or not. Say, for example, easyJet were to start a regular scheduled service from Gatwick or Luton to a non-EU/EEA country in Europe, such as Russia or Ukraine it would become a designated UK flag carrier under the respective bilateral agreement between the UK and Russia/Ukraine. Similarly, when UK-US air services were still governed by Bermuda II, British Caledonian, Laker and Virgin Atlantic were all designated UK flag carriers at various times although none of these airlines was ever owned by the UK government (unlike British Airways). This is the correct meaning of the term "flag carrier" in an aviation context; the way it is often used in the press to refer to a particular country's government-owned airline is not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.114.168 (talk) 13:51, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, you;ve changed cited information without (apparently) checking the wording inthe source first, or providing a new source. Your definition also disagrees with the definitions found at Flag carrier, which has several definitions for the term, not all of them cited. I am thus reverting your changes. - BilCat (talk) 18:33, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

 * Please don't change "U.S." to "US" - this is American usage, which is allowed on WP on US-related topics. Also, see WP:OVERLINKING for WP's guidelines on overuse of wikilinks. - BilCat (talk) 19:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Formation
The Formation section is very confusing, may I suggest this reading? Yosef1987 (talk) 04:48, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Pan Am logo
There is no reference in the article to who designed the iconic Pan Am world logo. Does anyone know the designer and do you feel it should be included within the article? Regards to all, David J Johnson (talk) 19:51, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

 * That would definitely be some useful information to include in the article. It's one of the most recognizable logos of all time. –BMRR (talk) 17:20, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

 * Typing "who designed the pan am logo" into Google yielded a few interesting pages, several of which claim that the logo was designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes. –BMRR (talk) 17:28, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for the info. Best regards, David J Johnson (talk) 11:39, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Looking at some of these sites Barnes is indeed mentioned, but then a different associate - Charles Forborg on one; Joseph Montgomery on another. Can anyone confirm the actual designer(s), so that the correct person can be included in the article? Many thanks, David J Johnson (talk) 15:08, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

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Pan Am's first South American service
The article was in error. The Commodore, not the S-40, "started" Pan Am's South American service. The S-40 did not start service until over a year after Pan Am bought the New York, Rio, Buenos Aires Line on 19 August 1930.

The NYRBA had been operating S-38s and Commodores on the run from Miami to Buenos Aires for a a year before it was bought out. Pan Am used the same airplanes that NYRBA had been using.

The S-40s worked Miami-Havana and Miami Panama. The S-40 and Commodore had very similar performance. The S-40 had a slightly higher cruising speed, the Commodore had greater range.

Mark Lincoln (talk) 22:11, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Widebody jets
Could someone delve into this ? Pan Am didn't just buy the first 747's, they were instrumental in forcing Boeing to design and build them. Or Juan Trippe was, at any rate. There is a decent biography of Trippe which goes into this at length, but I read it years ago and my brain she ain't what she used to be ... 210.22.142.82 (talk) 05:39, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

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Curiosa
CBS news has a page that has this title:

"Jeffrey Epstein worked at financial firm that engaged in massive Ponzi scheme in 1980s and 1990s"

A fraudster firm tried to take over Pan AM. (that's how I read it) 2001:8003:A02F:F400:3D55:FD34:F9D3:9F26 (talk) 07:59, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Separate accident page
Seeing how Pan Am has had plenty of accidents and how some are in the main article and some are in a different article (List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline (P–Z)) I was thinking that we should just put them all into a separate article and have them based on decade, like how List of Japan Airlines Incidents And Accidents is laid out. Just a thought CZ3699 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:26, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 27 April 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. Since the airline is already the primary topic of "Pan Am" (which redirects to the airline), it is only a question of how to best title the article, rather weighing the importance of different topics with that name. Those opposing the change have not successfully refuted the argument that Pan Am is the WP:COMMONNAME of the company. Repeating that it is the "name of the company" is an appeal to WP:OFFICIALNAME, which we do not follow when there is another name which is clearly used more frequently in common parlance. "Long-term significance" is a red herring, as that is used solely to determine the primary topic, and is irrelevant to determining the ideal name of an article when multiple choices are unencumbered. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:07, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Pan American World Airways → Pan Am – Per WP:COMMONNAME the most commonly used name should be used. I checked the Google Ngram viewer, and Pan Am seems to be more commonly used, see here Afvalbak (talk) 23:45, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Support. It clearly is/was the common name. Rreagan007 (talk) 01:08, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Support, though "Pan American" seems far more common than "Pan Am". Admittedly that could include uses of "Pan-American" at the starts of sentences since I think the ngram viewer treats hyphens and spaces identically, but the curves have the same shape. Even if it were, I'd prefer "Pan Am" as a common name since "Pan American" is ambiguous ( currently targets the DAB at Pan-American). 94.21.253.28 (talk) 02:53, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose "Pan American World Airways" was the name of the company. "Pan Am" already redirects to the page.Clipper471 (talk) 10:26, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Citing WP:COMMONNAME: "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used". Pan American World Airways is the official name, but Pan Am is most commenly used. Therefore, Pan Am should be used. Pan American World Airways should become a redirect to Pan Am, instead of the other way around. Afvalbak (talk) 11:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

 * Oppose "Pan American World Airways" is the company. Similar to "Coca-Cola" in which that page is not "Coke". 104.54.216.202 (talk) 10:29, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * That's a false analogy. Coke is a disambiguation page at which Coca-Cola is the first of many meanings listed: there was a rejected request to make it an RPRIMARY in 2014. The airline founded in 1927 is clearly the primary topic for, so the other meanings are at Pan Am (disambiguation). and this discussion is limited to whether "Pan Am" or another title is better. 94.21.253.28 (talk) 06:24, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

 * Comment Um, there was a similar proposal about this back in April 2010, a decade ago. Lemonreader (talk) 10:48, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Clear common name. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:32, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose, this was the principal airlines of the United States from 1927 to 1991, and is a major historical topic of both air travel and corporations of the 20th century. The comment above captures the essence, that 'Coca-Cola' is not encyclopedically called 'Coke'. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:44, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * "Coca-Cola" is very often seen. Who on earth ever referred to the airline as Pan American World Airways? Absolutely everybody called it Pan Am. Its own logo called it Pan Am. It had Pan Am prominently written on the side of its aircraft. What more evidence do you need that its overwhelmingly common name was Pan Am? -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:03, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Although Pan Am is the common name, the historically long-term significant name would be the full corporate title. After this company failed two other companies used the shortened names 'Pan American Airways' and 'Pan Am'. This page is about the primary. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:11, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, so this is the very clear primary topic for Pan Am, which already redirects here. WP:OFFICIALNAME and WP:COMMONNAME clearly support Pan Am. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:19, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Just the opposite, per long-term significance. The words 'Pan Am' were used by six other companies after Pan American World Airways ended as a legal entity. Pan American World Airways remains the long-term significant topic for its accomplishments from 1927 to 1991. Major accomplishments. The words 'Pan Am' lived on in other unrelated projects after 1991, the legal entity 'Pan American World Airways' did not. This is an important difference, which is why I said 'Strong oppose' instead of 'Oppose'. Randy Kryn (talk) 20:32, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Just the opposite, per long-term significance. I don't get what you mean. Clearly the company we're discussing here has the most long-term significance by a long, long way. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:08, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, and the companies name is Pan American World Airways. The term 'Pan Am' was used by several companies. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:13, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Of which this is by far the most notable, thus qualifying as WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:04, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Please take note of the failed 2010 renaming attempt and its discussion. Randy Kryn (talk) 20:55, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , you linked to the article not the discussion, so I fixed it. 94.21.253.28 (talk) 06:13, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

 * Weak Support It does seem more logical to move it to Pan Am but the other folks out here have a point. Augend  (drop a line) 17:01, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Pan Am is clearly the common name and the article itself uses the term Pan Am. – Brandon XLF  (talk) 05:03, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose More encyclopedic to include the full name. 109.158.239.84 (talk) 13:32, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
 * "encyclopedic" is an empty phrase without referring to specific Wikipedia policies or guidelines. As already pointed out, WP:COMMONNAME and WP:OFFICIALNAME supports using Pan Am as the title. Afvalbak (talk) 15:32, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

"Pan Am Smile"
''' A term used in popular psychology is "Pan American (or Pan Am) Smile." Named after the greeting stewardesses supposedly gave to passengers. It consists of a perfunctory mouth movement without the activity of facial muscles around the eyes that characterizes a genuine smile.[163] '''

Never head of this, and it is a dead link. Seems safe to remove, unless someone has another source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.31.241.140 (talk) 18:01, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

It has a lot of hits in Google Books (dating back to the 1940s), as well as a few journal articles in Google Scholar. It's kind of trivial, but a legitimate term. I'll find a decent replacement citation for the dead link ... —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 12:55, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Duplicate Paragraph
The paragraph beginning “Trippe and his associates planned to extend Pan Am's network” in the “Formation” section appears to be duplicated in the subsequent “Clipper era” section. I leave the decision of which one to remove to the experts of the panel… Mr Larrington (talk) 01:24, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

 * While reading the article today I came across that section and removed the second instance, since it fits better with the chronology of the first section. Didn't check the talk page for this beforehand, though. KiraLiz1 | she/her 11:27, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Tenerife disaster
Looking at the history of the talk page, it seems that the Tenerife airport disaster was at least mentioned in this article in 2007, but no longer appears anywhere in the article. It seems like the airline's involvement in the worst air disaster in history bears mention here, even though KLM was at fault for the crash. KiraLiz1 | she/her 20:10, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

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Innoko River

The Innoko River ((Deg Xinag: Yooniq) is a 500 mi tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows north from its origin south of Cloudy Mountain in the Kuskokwim Mountains and then southwest to meet the larger river across from Holy Cross.

Most of its upper portion flows through the Innoko National Wildlife Refuge. The entire river is within the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area.

Innoko is a Deg Hit’an name for the river. The Russian colonial administrators also called the river Shiltonotno, Legon or Tlegon, Chagelyuk or Shageluk and Ittege at various times in the 19th century.

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List of Texas state parks

This is a list of state parks and state natural areas in Texas, United States, managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Several state historic sites that used to be managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife are now managed by the Texas Historical Commission.

A

 * Abilene State Park
 * Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area - under development
 * Atlanta State Park

B

 * Balmorhea State Park
 * Barton Warnock Visitor Center
 * Bastrop State Park
 * Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site
 * Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
 * Big Bend Ranch State Park
 * Big Spring State Park
 * Blanco State Park
 * Bonham State Park
 * Brazos Bend State Park
 * Buescher State Park

C

 * Caddo Lake State Park
 * Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway
 * Cedar Hill State Park - includes Penn Farm Agricultural History Center
 * Chinati Mountains State Natural Area - not open to the public
 * Choke Canyon State Park - includes Calliham Unit and South Shore Unit
 * Cleburne State Park
 * Colorado Bend State Park
 * Cooper Lake State Park - includes Doctors Creek Unit and South Sulphur Unit
 * Copper Breaks State Park

D

 * Daingerfield State Park
 * Davis Hill State Park - not open to the public
 * Davis Mountains State Park
 * Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area - access by reservation only
 * Devils River State Natural Area - includes Dan Allen Hughes Unit and Del Norte Unit
 * Dinosaur Valley State Park

E

 * Eisenhower State Park
 * Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
 * Estero Llano Grande State Park

F

 * Fairfield Lake State Park
 * Falcon State Park
 * Fort Boggy State Park
 * Fort Leaton State Historic Site
 * Fort Parker State Park
 * Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site, and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway
 * Franklin Mountains State Park

G

 * Galveston Island State Park
 * Garner State Park
 * Goliad State Park and Historic Site - includes Mission Rosario State Historic Site and Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site
 * Goose Island State Park
 * Government Canyon State Natural Area
 * Guadalupe River State Park

H

 * Hill Country State Natural Area
 * Honey Creek State Natural Area
 * Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site
 * Huntsville State Park

I

 * Inks Lake State Park

K

 * Kickapoo Cavern State Park

L

 * Lake Arrowhead State Park
 * Lake Bob Sandlin State Park
 * Lake Brownwood State Park
 * Lake Casa Blanca International State Park
 * Lake Colorado City State Park
 * Lake Corpus Christi State Park
 * Lake Livingston State Park
 * Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway
 * Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway - includes Birch Creek Unit and Nails Creek Unit
 * Lake Tawakoni State Park
 * Lake Whitney State Park
 * Lockhart State Park
 * Longhorn Cavern State Park
 * Lost Maples State Natural Area
 * Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site - includes Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm

M

 * Martin Creek Lake State Park
 * Martin Dies, Jr. State Park
 * McKinney Falls State Park
 * Meridian State Park
 * Mission Tejas State Park
 * Monahans Sandhills State Park
 * Mother Neff State Park
 * Mustang Island State Park

O

 * Old Tunnel State Park

P

 * Palmetto State Park
 * Palo Duro Canyon State Park
 * Palo Pinto Mountains State Park - under development
 * Pedernales Falls State Park
 * Possum Kingdom State Park
 * Powderhorn Ranch - not open to the public
 * Purtis Creek State Park

R

 * Ray Roberts Lake State Park - includes Isle du Bois Unit, Johnson Branch Unit, Jordan Park Unit, Ray Roberts Greenbelt Corridor, and Sanger Marina Unit
 * Resaca de la Palma State Park

S

 * San Angelo State Park
 * Sea Rim State Park
 * Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site
 * Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center
 * South Llano River State Park
 * Stephen F. Austin State Park

T

 * Tyler State Park

V

 * Village Creek State Park

W

 * Wyler Aerial Tramway

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John Simpson

John, Johnny, or Jock Simpson may refer to:

Politicians

 * John Simpson (Parliamentarian), politician of the post-English Civil War period, see Thomas Kelsey
 * John Simpson (Kentucky politician) (died 1813), American attorney and politician
 * John Simpson (MP for Wenlock) (1763–1850), English member of parliament for Wenlock
 * John Simpson (Lower Canada politician) (1788–1873), government official and politician in Quebec
 * John Simpson (Niagara politician) (1807–1878), Canadian businessman and politician
 * John Simpson (Ontario politician) (1812–1885), Ontario banker and member of the Senate of Canada
 * Sir John Hope Simpson (1868–1961), British Liberal politician and administrator in India
 * John A. Simpson (1854–1916), Canadian politician
 * John Thomas Simpson (1870–1965), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
 * John Simpson (died 1803), British member of parliament for Mitchell
 * John Simpson (Kansas politician) (born 1934), former Kansas state senator

Cultural figures

 * John Simpson, bassist in the American R&B band The S.O.S. Band
 * John Simpson (artist) (1782–1847), British painter who painted The Captive Slave
 * John Simpson (actor/producer), Canadian actor
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 * John Simpson (architect) (born 1954), British modern-day classical architect
 * John Palgrave Simpson (1807–1887), Victorian playwright
 * John L. Simpson (born 1963), Australian film and theatre producer, writer and distributor
 * John Simpson (journalist) (born 1944), BBC journalist, foreign correspondent and author

Academic figures

 * John Simpson (fine arts academic), former head of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury
 * John Baird Simpson (1894–1960), Scottish geologist
 * John B. Simpson (born 1947), former president of the University at Buffalo
 * John Wistar Simpson (1914–2007), American electrical engineer
 * John Simpson (lexicographer) (born 1953)
 * John Alexander Simpson (1916–2000), physicist
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Sports figures

 * Jock Simpson (1886–1959), England and Blackburn Rovers footballer
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 * John Simpson (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1993), English footballer, played for Lincoln City and Gillingham
 * John Simpson (boxer) (born 1983), Scottish featherweight boxer
 * John Simpson (English cricketer) (born 1988), Sussex County Cricket Club
 * John Simpson (New Zealand cricketer) (1907–1980), Auckland cricket team
 * John Simpson (fencer) (1927–2016), Australian Olympic fencer
 * John Simpson (basketball), professional basketball player
 * John Simpson (American football) (born 1997), American football offensive lineman
 * Johnny Simpson (1922–2010), New Zealand rugby union player
 * John Simpson (rugby union) (1872–1921), Scottish rugby union player

Military figures

 * John Simpson (soldier) (1748–1825), American Revolutionary War soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill
 * John Simpson (VC) (1826–1884), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892–1915), Australian World War I war hero (who enlisted as "John Simpson")
 * John Simpson (RAF officer) (1907–1967), senior RAF officer in the mid-1950s and eighth Commandant Royal Observer Corps
 * John Simpson (British Army officer) (1927–2007), British Army officer and Director SAS

Miscellaneous figures

 * John Simpson (journalist/consumer advocate) (born 1948), American consumer rights advocate and former journalist
 * John Simpson (Presbyterian) (1740–1808), of South Carolina, in the American Revolutionary War
 * John Simpson (Unitarian) (1746–1812), of Bath, English Unitarian minister and religious writer
 * John Woodruff Simpson (1850–1920), American lawyer and founding partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
 * John D. Simpson (1901–1988), Canadian businessman in the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
 * John Milton Bryan Simpson (1903–1987), American judge
 * John Simpson (police official) (1932–2017), director of the U.S. Secret Service and Interpol
 * John Simpson (priest) (1933–2019), Anglican clergyman

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Yuliang Zheng

Yuliang Zheng is the Chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is best known for inventing the Signcryption cryptographic primitive that combines the digital signature and encryption operations into one single step. He also invented the HAVAL hash function, SPEED cipher, and STRANDOM pseudo-random number generator.

Zheng is Chief Technology Officer of Calyptix Security Corporation, a company he co-founded in 2002.

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User talk:Gwalarn

Welcome
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~ ~ ~. Four tildes (~ ~ ) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!
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 * You will need a user account for each Wikipedia. Though they share a name, each is a separate project with separate user account systems. Whosyourjudas (talk) 11:32, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Welcome to the Wikipedia 1.0 Review Team!
Hi Gwalarn, Thanks for signing up for the review team. We just released our test CD, which received a surprising amount of press coverage - this indicates that there is a lot of interest in what we're doing. Please help to make the next release even better! Let me know what you're interested in, or if you want some guidance. If you prefer, just take a look at the FAQ page and get started. Thanks! Walkerma 02:21, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting in contact. Yes, I use User:Cacycle/wikEd for editing, and I use Outriggr's tool to see assessments.  I also see you're also on the French Wikipedia - do you know fr:utilisateur:Kelson? We're good friends - and he is involved with the 1.0 project on fr.  Cordialement, Walkerma 03:06, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Official status of Breton language in Brittany and beyond right now
Hello, I noticed you wrote a reaction here : . I myself am a Flemingand I was interested in the current French policies with regards to the Breton language. I understand that there are schools where kids are taught in Breton or at least in Breton and French? Do these schools get money from the government right now? And what happens to them after that? Do they have to do their exams in French or in Breton (or can they choose?). Do they have to do a test in an official francophone school to prove their skills in the French language? (Vous pouvez aussi me répondre en français, si vous préférez cela.) Evilbu 19:06, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Your questions are very interesting and cover a vaste subject. I am not personaly involved in the schools in Breton. So in order to be concise and exact, I can only give you some tips.
 * Breton has no official status in France (as any other local languages in France), it is a matter of private choice and must stay private (like any foreigner can teach his mother tongue language to his children, in private). Consequently, teaching Breton is not state-fonded, all the schools ask fees to the parents. In France, Breton is no more than "yet another foreign language".
 * Even being educated in a monolingual school like Diwan, a child will speak and learn French, which is everywhere out of the school (newspapers, ads, TV, radio, shops, etc.). In fact nowadays in France, it is hard to have Breton as your mother tongue (the majority of Breton people turned to educate their children in French before WWII) and it is impossible not to know French. France is not like Belgium, with an official linguistic border. Once again, Breton has no official status. We just recently gained the right to put some bilingual road signs. Anyway, in Diwan schools, French is a normal course, and every pupil learn French and its literature.

I hope this answer helps you. For more relevant information, you may ask directly to the Diwan schools (see their site on the Internet). ''Kenavo ! :-)'' Gwalarn 12:38, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Council/Proposals
This culture, which has influenced literature, farming, navigation and so much of European life, for 4,000 years, and covers places as diverse as Portugal and Asia Minor, would be worthy of its own project. Modern areas still Celtic include Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales. Please weigh in at the proposal Chris 04:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Celts
You had indicated on the WikiProject Council/Proposals page that you would be interested in working with a project dealing with Celts. The project is now active at the page linked to above. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 17:59, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

The Celts as Barbarians?
Your thoughts and/or comments are requested here. Thanks. —Aryaman (Enlist!) 14:07, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Red Link Recovery
Hello. As a French-speaking WikiGnome, I'd like to solicit your help in testing a new tool. For a few years now, the Red Link Recovery Project has been using the Red Link Recovery Live tool to track down and fix unnecessarily red links in articles. Recently, the tool has been expanded to work on non-English Wikipedias. A small set of suggested fixes for red-links on the French-language Wikipedia have been prepared and I'm hoping to interest some French-language speakers (such as yourself) to work through them.

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Although I'm really very new to this, I think that maybe this may need some work. It sounds as if the word "cantina" originated in the movie Star Wars, but that isn't the case...at least according to the etymology in the dictionary.

I believe the word "Cantina" existed well before Star Wars. Hopefully you are joking...

It certainly did. I have included textual references and etymologies to demonstrate that this is so. --Polylerus 15:37, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not an expert in Latin but I speak Spanish and can say that Latin (and its Spanish analogue) word "canto" has very little to do with "corner". Its meaning is rather "to sing". On the contrary, the English word "corner" is translated to Latin as "angulus" (Spanish "ángulo"). You can easily check both word here: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html Please check this and correct the page if necessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.14.88.108 (talk) 16:31, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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Merged with Player verus player article. Original text of this article:

PKKers are typicaly seen as "Good" Player Killers by the victims of a PK. They usually do not attack players unless they are attacked first, and they tend to hunt PKs that kill innocent players. Anti PKs are for the most part nonexistant in the modern MMORPG. The only game that they were ever truly prevalent in was Ultima Online, however since the creation of Trammel, the no PvP zone in Ultima Online, there has been no need for them.

This is usually done by equipping weak armor (If possible) and waiting for a PKer to try to PK them. Then they'd suddenly equip stronger armor and suprise the PKer.

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Briza

Briza is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family, native to northern temperate regions of Eurasia, North Africa, and certain islands in the Atlantic.

The group is generally referred to as the quaking grasses because the flowers and seedheads shake on their stalks in the slightest breeze. Some of its members are grown as ornamental plants.

Briza species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella.

 * Species
 * Briza humilis M.Bieb. – from Albania to Iran
 * Briza marcowiczii Woronow – Turkey, Caucasus
 * Briza maxima L. – Mediterranean, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands; naturalized in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and certain oceanic islands
 * Briza media L. – Europe, Asia, North Africa, Azores, Canary Islands; naturalized in New Zealand and parts of North America
 * Briza minor L. – from Azores + Canary Islands to Iran; naturalized in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and certain oceanic islands

Over 100 species formerly included in Briza are now placed in other genera, including Agrostis, Airopsis, Chascolytrum, Desmazeria, Desmostachya, Distichlis, Eragrostis, Glyceria, Halopyrum, Neesiochloa, Poa, Tribolium, Trisetum and Uniola.

Folklore
In certain Scottish folklore, a patch of briza, dawdle, or quaking grass indicated the location's previous use in fairy dancing (similar to a fairy ring). The passerby who walks through the tainted grass was said to come down with an immediate drowsiness, worsening to the point of death. Through the action of cursing the victim, quaking grass is similar to hungry grass, both falling under the category of fairy grass.

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Dunnington

Dunnington is a village and civil parish in the City of York and ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 3,230 at the 2011 Census. The village is approximately 4 mi east from York city centre. The parish includes the hamlet of Grimston.

The village was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It was then a part of the Selby District in North Yorkshire from 1974 until 1996. Since 1996 it has been part of the City of York unitary authority.

History
Dunnington village was an Anglo-Saxon settlement, and was listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Donniton", which, according to Mills, translates as an "estate associated with a man called Dun(n)a". The fields around the village became the country's major area for growing chicory. On 1 April 1935 the civil parish of Grimston was abolished and merged with Dunnington.

Between 1913 and 1926 Dunnington was served by passenger trains on the Derwent Valley Light Railway, and the remaining goods-only railway was withdrawn in stages following the Beeching Axe. Steam trains ran to Dunnington on this line between 1977 and 1979, but following the closure of a crop drying facility the last tracks covering the route to York via Murton and Osbaldwick were lifted.

In 2006 Dunnington published a village design statement (VDS) as part of a national scheme introduced by the Countryside Commission in 1996. This describes the history, visual characteristics and local setting of the village and surrounding landscape. The VDS forms part of the Parish Plan.

Dunnington was the category winner in the small town category (for settlements with population over 3,000) of the 2014 Britain in Bloom competition.

The original Victorian village school was demolished, but a doctors' surgery building that sits on the site was built using a complementary construction style and reclaimed materials.

Community
The village has a historic centre, part of which is a conservation area.

According to the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 3,194. Before 1996 it had been part of the Selby district, and before 1974 the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Dunnington is connected to York by the A1079 York to Hull, and the A166 York to Bridlington roads. The village is on the FirstGroup bus company's number 10 route through York as well as East Yorkshire Motor Services number 45 route which runs from Bridlington to York.

A monthly magazine for the village and neighbouring communities, The Grapevine, is published by the local church, and contains news from village organisations and feature articles.

Since 2017 Dunnington has had an online community network—known as This is Dunnington—for communicating, sharing and commenting on events, news, developments and activities in the parish and village.

Recreational areas within or around Dunnington are Hagg Wood, Hassacarr Nature Reserve, Julia's Memorial Garden and a play park. Hassacarr Nature Reserve has attracted some 5,000 visitors over the past 20 years, and has recently been awarded Local Nature Reserve status. Dunnington has one public house— The Cross Keys. Dunnington Sports Club is also open as a bar. The village also has a library, a doctors' surgery, a dental practice and a reading room at the Village Hall. The village school is Dunnington C of E Primary School.

Dunnington retains a small independent retail area mainly in and around York Street. Services include a newsagent, florist, hairdressers, a beauty salon, fast food, a bistro and a bakery. On the location of the old Dunnington railway station, the modern industrial estate is the home of wide range of light industrial businesses and services.

The Grade: II*  listed St Nicholas' Church dates in part from the late 11th century with later additions and alterations to the 19th, when it was rebuilt by C. Hodgson Fowler.

Village sport facilities include those for bowls, cricket, football, tennis, squash, and ladies hockey. There is also a gymnasium.

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Hi all, I added a brief piece on the development of the concorde. I will be making further edits, and plan to include more modern developments in in atmosphere aircraft. I may add pieces on jumbo and superjumbo aircraft, and the more recent increase in composite materials in aircraft (787,A350,777X).Thovanec (talk) 18:46, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Boeing 747
Hi all, I added a section regarding the introduction of the Boeing 747, as it was the first ultra-high capacity aircraft to be introduced into commercial aerospace engineering. I think it is relevant for the history section, as it was the first of its kind, and paved the way for the A380 later down the road.

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A380
Hi all, To relate to my 747 edit, I added a small section about the Airbus A380 and its takeover as the highest capacity commercial airliner. I thought it was relevant due to its more recent production relative to the rest of the history section. Now, the history section shows a much wider range ofdevelopment throughout the aerospace engineering industry over time. Thovanec (talk) 10:46, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

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Hari Singh

Maharaja Sir Hari Singh (September 1895 – 26 April 1961) was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hari Singh was the son of Amar Singh and Bhotiali Chib. In 1923, following his uncle's death, Singh became the new Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. After Indian Independence in 1947, Singh wanted Jammu and Kashmir to remain as an independent kingdom. He was required to accede to the Dominion of India to get the support of Indian troops against an invasion by tribal armed men and the Pakistan Army into his state. Singh remained the titular Maharaja of the state until 1952, when the monarchy was abolished by the Indian government. After spending his final days in Bombay, he died on 26 April 1961.

Singh was a controversial ruler. He faced an agitation in Kashmir in 1931 and successful rebellions in Poonch and Gilgit-Baltistan. He was complicit in 1947 Jammu massacres.

Early life

Hari Singh was born in September 1895 at the palace of Amar Mahal, Jammu. He was the only surviving son of Raja Amar Singh, the brother of Maharaja Pratap Singh, then the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. Since the Maharaja had no issue, Hari Singh was heir presumptive to the throne of Jammu and Kashmir.

In 1903, Hari Singh served as a page of honour to Lord Curzon at the grand Delhi Durbar. At the age of 13, he was sent to Mayo College in Ajmer. A year later, in 1909, his father died and the British took a keen interest in his education, appointing Major H. K. Brar as his guardian. After Mayo College, Hari Singh went to the British-run Imperial Cadet Corps at Dehradun for military training.

He was appointed the commander-in-chief of the State Forces in 1915 by Maharaja Pratap Singh.

Reign

Following the death of his uncle Pratap Singh on 23 September 1925, Hari Singh served as the second Prime Minister (1925–1926) of Jammu and Kashmir. Hari Singh ascended the throne of Jammu and Kashmir in February 1926 under British intervention, who overruled Pratap Singh's choice of an adopted son, Raja Jagat Dev Singh of Poonch.

Hari Singh's coronation from 22 to 28 February 1926 was divided into two separate ceremonies - the first few days for the religious ceremonies and official programme in the latter part was set aside for hosting the European attendees. After becoming the ruler, Hari Singh conducted free elections and formed the Praja Sabha Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly to rule with laws implemented under Ranbir Penal Code (R.P.C) which Praja Sabha decreed. In April 1932, as per recommendations of the Glancy Commission, the Praja Sabha was established, made up of 75 members – 12 government officials, 16 state councillors, 14 nominated, and 33 elected (21 Muslims, 10 Hindus and 2 Sikhs). By September 1934 the elected members started making laws under the Praja Sabha which made Jammu and Kashmir a forerunner state for other Princely Indian States. On 7 September 1939 Maharaja Hari Singh and his law and Revenue Minister, Justice Sir Lal Gopal Mukherjee, a former judge of the Allahabad high court (1926–1934) who had served the state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1935 to 1940, produced a written constitution for Jammu and Kashmir which was the "pioneer" in the annals of Asia's constitutional history; despite the fact that it was anything but a people-friendly "Magna Carta" for the state. He made primary education compulsory in the state, introduced laws prohibiting child marriage, and opened places of worship to low caste subjects.

In 1930, Hari Singh attended the First Round Table Conference in London. He suggested that the Indian Princely states should join an “All India Federation” and pleaded for equal status for Indians in the British Commonwealth of Nations. While replying to the inaugural address by King-Emperor George V, Hari Singh said: "I must express our deep gratitude to His Most Gracious Majesty for the cordial welcome tendered to us and I pray that providence may grant us the vision and the will to realize the hopes expressed in the inspiring words uttered this morning by our beloved Emperor. This is the first occasion on which the Princes of India meet in person at a Conference Table along with the representatives of British India and His Majesty's Government to discuss the political future of India. ... I feel deeply gratified at the progress which has been made with the scheme of an All-India Federation as worked out in the Report of the Federal Structure Sub-Committee. But ever since the idea of a Federation was taken up in this Conference, some surprise has been expressed in various quarters in India and in England at the willingness of the Princes to join an All-India Federation. It is said that Princes have forced the pace and that in any case they should have opposed a Federation with British India. I have never disguised from my friends, my warm support of the idea of an All-India Federation."

Partition and accession

In 1947, after India gained independence from British rule, Jammu and Kashmir had the option of joining one of the new dominions, India and Pakistan, or remaining independent. Hari Singh opted to remain independent for the immediate future since the dominions were beset with partition violence and he needed time to weigh the options in the context of his Muslim-majority population. In October 1947, he faced an armed uprising in Poonch instigated by the Muslim Conference party, followed by Pakistan-backed Pashtun tribal invasion.

Hari Singh appealed to India for help following the invasion. India's British Governor-General, Lord Mountbatten, advised the Maharaja to accede to India before India could send its troops. The Maharaja signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947, joining the princely state to the Dominion of India. India sent troops to repel the invaders, which soon evolved into the first Indo-Pakistan War.

Pressure from Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel eventually compelled Singh to appoint his son and heir, Yuvraj (Crown Prince) Karan Singh, as Prince Regent of Jammu and Kashmir in 1949, although he remained the titular Maharaja of the state until 1952 when the monarchy was abolished by Nehru's government. He was also forced to appoint the popular Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah as the prime minister of Kashmir. He had a contentious relationship with both Nehru and Abdullah. Karan Singh was appointed 'Sadr-e-Riyasat' ('Head of State') in 1952 and Governor of the State in 1964.

Final years and death
After signing the instrument of accession with India, Hari Singh was banished from Jammu and Kashmir. He spent the rest of his life in Bombay. He died on 26 April 1961, after fourteen years of banishment. As per his will, his ashes were brought to Jammu and spread all over Jammu and Kashmir, and immersed in the Tawi River at Jammu.

Tributes and memorials

 * In 2007, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad inaugurated the 'Hari Singh Janana Park' for women. It is landscaped by the Gardens and Floriculture Department at New Secretariat.
 * On 1 April 2012, the occasion of Ram Navami, Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and MP Karan Singh unveiled a statue of Hari Singh near the Tawi bridge in Jammu.
 * Sh Kavinder Gupta Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation erected a statue of Maharaja Hari Singh in standing posture near Bagh-e-Bahu Police Station adjoining junction crossings linking Gujjar Nagar Tawi Bridge, Jammu University, Bagh-e-Bahu, Narwal
 * On 16 May 2018, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti along with Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh inaugurated 'Maharaja Hari Singh Park' wherein statue of Maharaja Hari Singh in sitting posture is the main attraction of this park.
 * On 23 September 2019, the Amar Kshatriya Rajput Sabha (AKRS) installed a life-sized statue of Hari Singh on his 119th birthday at Samba district, near Veer Bhoomi Park.
 * On 23 September 2020, an audio-video song album in Dogri was released highlighting social reforms introduced by Hari Singh from 1930 onwards.
 * On 23 September 2021, Sh Ravinder Raina BJP Jammu President unveiled a statue of Hari Singh at Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Bhawan, Sec. 3 Extn, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, the party headquarters.
 * 23 September 2022 is declared as public holiday on the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh under Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (Central Act 26 of 1881) across Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Blackmail case
In 1921, Singh paid £300,000 (approximately £ in today's value) to a prostitute who blackmailed him. The issue resulted in a court case in London in 1924 during which the India Office tried to keep his name out of proceedings by arranging for him to be referred to as Mr. A. India Office in Britain decided to close the files for a hundred years rather than the usual thirty years as the case involved espionage.

Personal wealth
Hari Singh was known as a lavish spender of money. In the funeral of his uncle and former ruler, Pratap Singh, he is believed to have spent excessive gold and jewellery in the funeral pyre.

Marriages

Singh married four times as his first three wives failed to give birth to his heirs. Each of them died within a few years of childlessness, allowing Singh to immediately take a new bride. With his last wife, Tara Devi Sahiba of Kangra, he had a son, Karan Singh.

Title and style

As Maharaja, Hari Singh's full style was:

"Lieutenant-General His Highness Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Shri Hari Singhji Bahadur Indar Mahindar, Sipar-i-Saltanat-i-Inglishia, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, LLD"

Honours

 * 1903: Med.DelhiDurbar1903.png Delhi Durbar Medal
 * 1911: King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.svg Delhi Durbar Medal
 * 1922: Prince of Wales Visit Medal
 * 1929: Order of the Indian Empire Ribbon.svg Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) (KCIE in 1918)
 * 1930: Cavaliere di Gran Croce OCI Kingdom BAR.svg Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
 * 1933: ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI)
 * 1935: King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
 * 1937: UK King George VI Coronation Medal ribbon.svg King George VI Coronation Medal
 * 1938: Legion Honneur GO ribbon.svg Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur
 * 1945: 39-45 Star BAR.svg 1939-1945 Star
 * 1945: Africa Star BAR.svg Africa Star
 * 1945: War Medal 39-45 BAR.svg War Medal 1939-1945
 * 1945: India Service Medal BAR.svg India Service Medal
 * 1946: UK Royal Victorian Order ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) (KCVO in 1922)
 * 1948: Indian Independence medal 1947.svg Indian Independence Medal

Honorary degrees

 * 1938: Hon. LL.D from Punjab University

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Saint-Victor-la-Coste

Saint-Victor-la-Coste (Provençal Occitan: Sent Victor de la Còsta) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region in Southern France.

Built against a hill overlooking a plain covered with vineyards with the Rhône Valley in the distance, the town was once part of the medieval domain of the Sabran family, vassals to the Count of Toulouse.

Sights
Interesting sights include an 11th-century church and a 13th-century fort, known locally as Le Castellas, and which was restored by the French volunteer organization La Sabranenque.

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Takhallus

In Persian, Turkic, Hindustani and Punjabi, the word takhallus (from Arabic تخلّص, lit. 'to get liberated or to become secure';  ; təxəllüs; taxallus; تخلّص, तख़ल्लुस) means a pen name. Pen names were widely adopted by Persian, Turkic, Urdu and Punjabi poets.

The takhallus is often included in the maqta', the last couplet (bayt) of a ghazal.

History
While ghazal originated in Arabia evolving from qasida, some of the common features of contemporary ghazal, such as including the takhallus in the maqta, the concept of matla, etc., did not exist in Arabic ghazal. It was Persian ghazal which added these features.

Common takhalluses
List of takhalluses of some Persian poets:
 * Suman
 * Hafez
 * Jami
 * "Khamushn" (Rumi)
 * 'Sadi''
 * "Ashfaq Attari" (Fani Badayuni)

List of takhalluses of some Urdu poets:
 * Faiz – Faiz Ahmed Faiz
 * Fani — Fani Badayuni, Shaukat Ali Khan
 * Ghalib – Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan
 * Hali – Altaf Hussain Hali, Altaf Hussain
 * Jigar - Jigar Moradabadi, Sikander Ali Moradabadi
 * Kaki - Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar
 * Mir - Mir Taqi Mir, Mir Muhammad Taqi
 * Zafar - Bahadur Shah Zafar, Bahadur Shah II

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