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But then, just eight years later, the groundbreaking airline Pan American changed everything. Flying to Hawaii was no longer a fantasy, as long as you had the time, money and chutzpah to do so.

There's a good reason the legendary opening theme of the original "Hawaii Five-O" features a jet airplane flying overhead. More than anything else, the jet age brought mass tourism to the Islands.