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There was beautiful weather #onthisday in 1966!
This image was posted on March 23, 2023.
#throwbackthursday #sfohistory #avgeek
In 1963, the United States launched a government-funded Supersonic Transport (SST) program to compete with the joint British and French Concorde project.
This image was posted on March 21, 2023.
#sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
#Onthisday in 1927 the City and County of San Francisco signed a lease with the Mills Estate for 150 acres to use as an airport.
This image was posted on March 15, 2023.
#sfhistory #sfohistory #avgeek
During the 1990s, Qantas operated a large fleet of the 747-400 widebody airliner, which was introduced in 1989.
This image was posted on March 10, 2023.
#flyingsoutherncross #australia #avgeek #aviationhistory
#Onthisday in 1963, Pan American World Airways opened their 59-story office building in New York City.
This image was posted on March 07, 2023.
#avgeek #panam #newyorkcity
From its humble beginnings in 1927, with one airmail contract to Cuba and a single leased plane, Pan American Airways rapidly expanded in the 1930s under the leadership of Juan T. Trippe as it pioneered a worldwide overseas route system that included the Caribbean, South America, China, New Zealand, and Europe.
This image was posted on March 03, 2023.
#airlinemealsets #avgeek #paxex
The last Continental Airlines flight departed #onthisday in 2012.
This image was posted on March 02, 2023.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #united #continental
#OnThisDay in 1803, Ohio was admitted into the Union.
This image was posted on March 01, 2023.
#aviationhistory #avgeek
In the 1930s, as commercial aviation evolved into a more practical mode of transportation, San Francisco Airport launched a series of major improvements.
This image was posted on February 24, 2023.
#millsfield #sfohistory #avgeek
Micarta is a plastic compound first developed around 1910 by George Westinghouse (1846–1914).
This image was posted on February 21, 2023.
#enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory
One of the first Australian airlines to operate transpacific commercial air services to America was BCPA (British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines) which was formed by the governments of Australia, Great Britain, and New Zealand in 1947.
This image was posted on February 16, 2023.
#flyingsoutherncross #australia #avgeek
