The Clipper Portsmouth
Pan American Airways unveiled its vision of what airline travel is like for those who choose Pan Am flights to Orlando/Sanford or, in the future, Gary/Chicago when its “Clipper Portsmouth” was dedicated at a special ceremony in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on September 29, 1999. The gleaming white plane with the bright blue globe and lettering was the first in a line of reconfigured Boeing 727-200 jet aircraft which will feature a single class of service, the “Clipper Class”, and a flight crew augmented by an additional attendant. The 727-200 is redesigned to have 149 seats instead of 173, which will provide all passengers with extra leg room equal to or greater than many first-class seats on other airlines.
