Tweets about Pan American Airways We've posted 350 Tweets about this airline

#Onthisday in 1970, the world's first ever scheduled #Boeing 747 wide-body jet service was flown by #PanAm. Named "Clipper Young America," it departed John F. Kennedy International Airport at 1:52AM. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 22, 2018.

The eight-passenger #Fokker F-7a/3m inaugurated #PanAm’s first scheduled passenger flight from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, on January 16, 1928. #avgeek #onthisday This tweet was posted on January 16, 2018.

#OnThisDay in 1946, the first #Lockheed 049 #Constellation was delivered to #PanAm. Nine days later, Pan Am opened North Atlantic Constellation service to Europe. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 05, 2018.

During World War II, #PanAm moved their operations from Treasure Island to #SFO. Do you remember this Pan American base? #ThrowbackThursday #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on December 28, 2017.

When introduced in 1949 by #PanAmerican World Airways, the #Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. #avgeek #panam #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 14, 2017.

#Onthisday in 1959, the first domestic #jet service took off from #Miami to #NewYork in a #Boeing 707 jet leased by #National Airlines from #PanAm. Did you ever fly on a 707? This tweet was posted on December 10, 2017.

In the 1950s and ‘60s, the Saturday Evening Post printed #PanAmerican advertisements promoting their in-flight services to different destinations around the world. #panam #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 06, 2017.

#Onthisday in 1991, the last #PanAmerican World Airways flight took off. What is your favorite memory of Pan American? #avgeek #panam This tweet was posted on December 04, 2017.

#Onthisday in 1935, the inaugural #transpacific #PanAm #Clipper service landed in Manila from CA, covering 8,210 miles with a flying time of 59 hours and 48 minutes. Today, a nonstop flight from #SFO to #Manila takes around 15 hours. #avgeek #chinaclipper This tweet was posted on November 29, 2017.

RT @panamhistory: Nov. 22, 1935: #PanAm M-130 China Clipper lifts off San Francisco Bay on her historic journey across the Pacific. https:… This tweet was posted on November 22, 2017.

#Onthisday in 1935, a Pan American Airways flying boat named #ChinaClipper lifted off the surface of SF Bay, and strained into the sky, and opened the age of regular transpacific commercial air service. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #panam This tweet was posted on November 22, 2017.

This 1947 #PanAm ad shows textiles similar to ones in our #EmpoweringThreads exhibit. Have you been to #Mexico or #Guatemala? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on October 31, 2017.