Pan Am Flight 7 was a westbound round-the-world flight operated by Pan American World Airways. On November 8, 1957, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-29 serving the flight, named Clipper Romance of the Skies, crashed in the Pacific Ocean en route to Honolulu International Airport from San Francisco. The crash killed all 36 passengers and eight crew members.
A Pan Am Stratocruiser, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident.
Pan Am Flight 6, whose aircraft was named the Sovereign of the Skies, ditching in the Pacific Ocean on October 16, 1956
Pan Am Flight 7 memorial monument
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, itself a derivative of the B-29 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser's first flight was on July 8, 1947. Its design was advanced for its day; its relatively innovative features included two passenger decks and a pressurized cabin. It could carry up to 100 passengers on the main deck plus 14 in the lower deck lounge; typical seating was for 63 or 84 passengers or 28 berthed and five seated passengers.
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
The Boeing 377 production line
Berths and seating aboard a 377
A United Airlines 377 over the Golden Gate Bridge