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Founded by Colonel Louis Brittin in 1926, Northwest Airways, was established to fulfill Contract Air Mail Route #9 between Chicago and Minneapolis/St.
This image was posted on June 30, 2022.
#defunctthursday #avgeek #aviationhistory #northwestairlines #northwestorient
In the wake of World War II, Australian airline companies embarked on the task establishing an air route across the Pacific Ocean to the United States.
This image was posted on June 29, 2022.
#australianairliners #avgeek #aviationhistory
Matilde Moisant was born in Indiana and was the sister of aviators John (1868–1910) and Alfred (1862–1929) Moisant.
This image was posted on June 28, 2022.
#earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot
#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the first President of Pan American World Airways, who was born #onthisday in 1899 in New Jersey.
This image was posted on June 27, 2022.
#juantrippe #paa #panamerican #avgeek #aviationhistory
Following the historic first flight from North America to Australia by Charles Kingsford Smith and crew in 1928, the transpacific “Southern Cross” route— named after the aircraft they flew, the Fokker F.VIIb/3m Southern Cross—received worldwide fame.
This image was posted on June 24, 2022.
#flyingsoutherncross #australia #avgeek #aviationhistory #philately
Northeast Airlines was based in Boston, Massachusetts.
This image was posted on June 23, 2022.
#defunctthursday #northeastairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
One of the earliest female French aviators, Mathilde Franck (1866–1956) was taught to fly by the Farman brothers, Henri (1874–1958) and Maurice (1877–1964), in early 1910.
This image was posted on June 21, 2022.
#earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation
From a crop-dusting operation to a global airline, Delta was founded in 1925 as Huff Daland Dusters, one of the first aerial crop-dusting companies, and incorporated as Delta Air Service in 1928, the company’s first passenger flight occurred #onthisday in 1929.
This image was posted on June 17, 2022.
#delta #avgeek #aviationhistory
Did you know our collections website has a recently acquired objects button?
This image was posted on June 15, 2022.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #sfohistory #airport #collections #museumlife
In the 1920s, aviation visionaries imagined how the nations of the Pacific Rim could be linked by a new mode of transportation: the aircraft.
This image was posted on June 14, 2022.
#airmail #australia #avgeek #aviationhistory #philately
In 1910, Blanche Scott (1884–1970) proved her automotive and mechanical skills by becoming the first woman to drive west across the continent from New York to San Francisco.
This image was posted on June 13, 2022.
#earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot
Our newest gallery in the Aviation Museum and Library is open!
This image was posted on June 10, 2022.
#enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory #museum