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Pacific Western Airlines
Pacific Western Airlines was a Canadian airline operating from 1946 to 1987, which grew from bush flying in British Columbia and merged with CP Air to form Canadian Airlines International.
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314
Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 was a Boeing 737 that crashed at Cranbrook, British Columbia, on February 11, 1978, after a failed go-around killed 43 of 49 aboard.
Package tour
A package tour, also known as a package holiday or inclusive tour, combines travel services like flights and accommodation at one price, pioneered by Thomas Cook.
Packard V-1650 Merlin
The Packard V-1650 Merlin, also called the Packard Merlin, is the American-built version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine, made under license during World War II.
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
The Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) is the air arm of the Pakistan Army, headquartered in Rawalpindi, operating attack and transport helicopters since independence in 1947.
Pakistan International Airlines (پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایئر لائنز)
Pakistan International Airlines, commonly known as PIA, is the flag carrier of Pakistan, headquartered in Karachi. Founded in 1955, it flew Europe again in 2025 after safety bans and was privatized in 2026.
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 was a domestic flight from Lahore to Karachi that crashed on 22 May 2020, killing 97 of the 99 aboard.
Pakyong Airport
Pakyong Airport, also known as Gangtok Airport, is an airport in East Sikkim, India, inaugurated in 2018 as the state's first airport, about 33 km from Gangtok.
Palm Beach International Airport
Palm Beach International Airport, officially President Donald J. Trump International Airport since 2026, is Palm Beach County, Florida's commercial airport, with the IATA code DJT, formerly PBI.
Palma de Mallorca Airport
Palma de Mallorca Airport, also known as Son Sant Joan Airport, is Spain's third-busiest airport, located about 8 km east of Palma on the island of Mallorca.
Palmdale Regional Airport
Palmdale Regional Airport (PMD) is a public-use airport in Palmdale, California, sharing its runways with the Air Force's Plant 42, with no scheduled passenger service today.
Pan Am
Pan Am, formally Pan American World Airways, was an American airline founded in 1927 to fly mail to Havana; it pioneered transoceanic flight and the jet age before going bankrupt in 1991.
Pan Am (2026)
Pan Am (2026) is the revival of Pan American World Airways, which flew from 1927 to 1991 and since 2025 has operated private-jet journeys while pursuing FAA certification.
Pan Am (TV series)
Pan Am is an American period drama television series on ABC, airing 2011 to 2012, about Pan Am stewardesses and pilots at the start of the Jet Age in 1963.
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103, also known as the Lockerbie bombing, was a London to New York flight destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing 270.
Pan Am Flight 214
Pan Am Flight 214 was a Boeing 707 that crashed near Elkton, Maryland, on December 8, 1963, after a lightning-triggered fuel tank explosion, killing all 81 aboard.
Pan Am Flight 806
Pan Am Flight 806, the Clipper Radiant, was a Boeing 707 that crashed on approach to Pago Pago, American Samoa, on January 30, 1974, killing 97 of 101 aboard.
Pan Am Flight 914
Pan Am Flight 914 is an urban legend about a 1955 airliner that supposedly vanished and landed in Caracas decades later, invented in the Weekly World News tabloid in 1985.
Panavia Aircraft
Panavia Aircraft GmbH is the tri-national prime contractor company based in Munich, Germany, founded in 1969 by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy to manage the Panavia Tornado combat aircraft.
Panavia Tornado
The Panavia Tornado, known in early planning as the NATO MRCA, is a twin-engine, variable-sweep-wing strike aircraft built by the United Kingdom, West Germany, and Italy, entering service in 1979 with nearly 1,000 delivered.
Panavia Tornado ADV
The Panavia Tornado ADV, or Tornado F3, was a long-range interceptor derived from the Tornado strike aircraft; 194 were built, serving the RAF and Saudi Arabia until 2011.
Paper plane
A paper plane, also called a paper airplane, is a toy glider made by folding a sheet of paper, typically thrown by hand and flown without an engine.
Pappy Boyington
Pappy Boyington, born Gregory Boyington, was a US Marine Corps fighter pilot and the highest-scoring Marine ace of World War II, with 28 Japanese aircraft credited.
Parachutist Badge (United States)
The Parachutist Badge, commonly called jump wings, is the United States Army's oldest special skill badge, awarded for parachute qualification, designed by William P. Yarborough and approved in 1941.
Paragliding
Paragliding, also known as parapente, is a recreational and competitive air sport in which a pilot flies an engineless, foot-launched fabric wing suspended from a harness.
Paramotor
A paramotor, also called a powered paraglider, is a backpack engine and propeller worn while flying a paraglider wing, foot-launched from a short strip of grass.
Parasite aircraft
A parasite aircraft is a smaller aircraft carried and launched in flight by a larger mothership, a concept dating from 1931 and revived with air-recovered drones.
Parata Air
Parata Air, formerly Fly Gangwon, is a South Korean low-cost airline based in Yangyang, relaunched in 2025 by appliance maker Winix as a hybrid carrier.
Paris Air Show
The Paris Air Show, formally the Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, is a biennial aerospace, space, and defense trade show at Paris-Le Bourget Airport, founded in 1909.
Parrot AR.Drone
The Parrot AR.Drone is a consumer quadrotor drone made by the French company Parrot, controlled over Wi-Fi from an iPhone or iPad and released in 2010, credited with starting the consumer quadcopter craze.