????泛美世界航空公司

????在20世紀(jì)的相當(dāng)長時間里，紐約中央車站附近那座位于公園大道的地標(biāo)性建筑，也就是現(xiàn)在的大都會人壽保險公司大廈，一直是泛美航空的總部。泛美曾經(jīng)是全美最大的航空公司。

????但泛美航空的誕生地其實在佛羅里達(dá)州基韋斯特市。早在1927年，它就在那里提供來往古巴的客運(yùn)和貨運(yùn)服務(wù)。這項服務(wù)使它成為“美國第一家有固定航程的國際航空服務(wù)公司”。1928年，泛美航空在邁阿密修建了泛美機(jī)場，后者現(xiàn)在是邁阿密國際機(jī)場的一部分。

????泛美航空在基韋斯特的木結(jié)構(gòu)建筑，現(xiàn)在變成了凱莉加勒比烤肉啤酒吧，它的老板是曾出演過《壯志凌云》女影星凱莉?麥吉利斯。酒吧的機(jī)翼造型象征著此地在航空史中的重要地位。

????Pan American World Airways

????For much of the 20th century, the iconic office building spanning Park Avenue above Grand Central Terminal in New York, now the MetLife building, was the Pan Am building, home to what was once the largest air carrier in the country.

????But the Pan American company’s origins are in Key West, Fla., where beginning in 1927 it provided passenger and delivery service to and from Cuba. That service made it “the first United States international air service in scheduled operation,” according to the historic sign marking the spot. In 1928, Pan Am opened Pan American Field in Miami, on part of the land now occupied by Miami International Airport.

????The Key West wood frame structure is now Kelly’s Caribbean Bar Grill and Brewery, owned by Top Gun star Kelly McGillis, with its wing-shaped bar nodding to the spot’s place in aviation history.