was among the worldwide leaders in passenger travel in the 1960s and '70s. In this photo from August 1958, a Boeing 707 receives the final touches at the aircraft maker's plant in Renton, Wash. This plane made history when Pan Am inaugurated the first trans-Atlantic jet service between New York and Paris in October 1958.
Pan American World Airways, or Pan Am, was an international airline that was in business from 1927 through 1991, when it ceased its operations after over a decade of mounting financial losses and declared bankruptcy. The company, despite being defunct for 17 years, is still well remembered in pop culture. The blue circular logo has made such an impression that it is put on designer travel bags to signify traveling in luxury today.