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As the December chill has descended on the Bay Area, SFO Museum staff would love to visit a beach like this one featured on a Pan American World Airways poster advertising the tropical island of Bermuda.
This image was posted on December 11, 2019.
#avgeek #panamerican #bermuda #1980s #paa
Operating a Boeing 727, the last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, on December 4, 1991.
This image was posted on December 05, 2019.
#panam #panamerican #paa #boeing #boeing727 #jetage #goldenage #avgeek
When introduced in 1949 by Pan American World Airways, the four-engine Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was considered one of the most luxurious long-range airliners.
This image was posted on November 20, 2019.
#bythebook #avgeek #aircraftmanual #manual #propliner #boeing #boeing377 #panam #panamerican
The official inauguration of Pan American Airways’ daily airmail service from Key West to Havana, Cuba began #onthisday in 1927.
This image was posted on October 28, 2019.
#avgeek #panamerican #panam #airmail #inauguralflight #fokker #havana #cuba #keywest #florida
In 1923, Igor Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company).
This image was posted on October 16, 2019.
#chinaclipper #sikorsky #igorsikorsky #panamerican #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #sfhistory #aviationhistory #avgeek #panam
The first #PanAm delivery of a Douglas DC-3 was #onthisday in 1937.
This image was posted on October 01, 2019.
#avgeek #dc3 #panam #paa #panamerican
Today is #WorldTourismDay!
This image was posted on September 27, 2019.
#avgeek #panamerican #tourism
On August 22, 1938, Pan American Airways signed a ten-year lease with San Francisco for a base at Treasure Island.
This image was posted on August 23, 2019.
#panam #panamerican #museum #avgeek #sfhistory
#Onthisday in 1958, Pan American World Airlines received the first of eight Boeing 707-120s.
This image was posted on August 15, 2019.
#boeing #boeing707 #avgeek #panam #panamerican
Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Airways, reportedly “discovered” Wake Island while scouring through 19th century clipper ship logs at the New York Public Library.
This image was posted on July 24, 2019.
#wakeisland #wake #paa #panam #panamerican #avgeek #paxex
#Onthisday in 1889, Igor Siskorsky was born in Kiev (Kyiv), modern day Ukraine.
This image was posted on May 25, 2019.
#chinaclipper #sikorsky #igorsikorsky #panamerican #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #sfhistory
#Onthisday in 1939, Pan American Airways established the first regular air mail service across the Atlantic.
This image was posted on May 20, 2019.
#panamerican #paa #boeing #boeing314 #transatlantic #airmail #aviationhistory