Dictionary of Meaning

<<Back
Please select a letter:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-9

Juan Trippe

*** Shopping-Tip: Juan Trippe
Image:Time-juan-trippe.jpg thumb|Trippe, ''Time'', 1933 '''Juan Terry Trippe''' (June 27, 1899 – April 3, 1981) was an airline entrepreneur and pioneer. Trippe graduated from Yale University Yale in 1921 and began working on Wall Street, but soon became bored. After receiving an inheritance he started working with New York Airways, an air-taxi service for the rich and powerful. Along with some wealthy friends from Yale, Trippe invested in an airline named Colonial Air Transport. Interested in operating to the Caribbean, Trippe created the Aviation Company of the Americas. Based in Florida, the company would evolve into the fledgling Pan Am, then known as ''Pan American Airways''. Pan Am's first flight took off on October 28, 1927, from Key West, Florida Key West to Havana, Cuba Havana. Later, Trippe bought the China National Aviation Corporation to provide domestic air service in the Republic of China, and became a partner in Panagra. In the 1930s Pan Am became the first airline to cross the Pacific Ocean Pacific with the famous ''Clipper'' planes. Trippe's airline continued to expand worldwide throughout World War II. Pan Am was one of the few airlines that was largely unaffected by the war. Trippe is responsible for several innovations in the airline world. A firm believer in the idea of air-travel for all, Trippe is credited as the father of the ''tourist class'' in the airline industry. Trippe quickly recognized the opportunities presented by jet aircraft and ordered several Boeing 707 and McDonnell Douglas DC-8 airplanes. Pan Am's first jet flight was operated in October, 1958 by a Boeing 707 flying from JFK International Airport Idlewild International Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport New York City's JFK) to Paris, France Paris. The new jets allowed Pan Am to introduce lower fares and fly more passengers. In 1965, Trippe asked his friend William McPherson Allen Bill Allen at Boeing to produce an airplane much larger than the 707. The result was the Boeing 747. Pan Am was the first customer of the large jet. Originally, Trippe believed that the 747 would ultimately be destined to haul cargo only and would be replaced by faster, supersonic aircraft which were then being developed. The supersonic airliners failed to materialize with the exception of the Concorde and TU-144 and the 747 became the iconic image of international travel. Trippe gave up presidency of the airline in 1968. He died in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles in 1981, and is buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. In 1985, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom Medal of Freedom by United States President Ronald Reagan. Although it is commonly believed that Trippe was Cuba Cuban in whole or part, he was actually Northern European in ancestry. Trippe was played by Alec Baldwin in the movie ''The Aviator'', a biopic of his rival, Howard Hughes. fr:Juan Trippe Category:American entrepreneurs Trippe, Juan Category:1899 births Trippe, Juan Category:1981 deaths Trippe, Juan

*** Shopping-Tip: Juan Trippe