Editing Merian C. Cooper (section)

===Pan American Airways===
From 1926 to 1927, Cooper discussed with John Hambleton the plans for [[Pan American Airways]], which was formed in 1927.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|180}} Cooper was a member of the board of directors of Pan American Airways.<ref name="flyinf to rio">{{cite book|last1=Schwartz|first1=Rosalie|title=Flying Down to Rio: Hollywood, Tourists, and Yankee Clippers|date=October 2004|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-1-58544-421-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JD-9X8dDaikC&pg=PA18|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> During his tenure at Pan Am, the company established the first regularly scheduled transatlantic service.<ref name="american polish" /> While he was on the board, Cooper did not devote his full attention to the organization; he took time in 1929 and 1930 to work on the script for ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''. By 1931, he was back in Hollywood.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|182,183}} He resigned from the board of directors in 1935, following health complications.<ref name="living dangerously" />{{rp|258}}