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US Airways traced its roots to All American Aviation, which was founded in 1937 to conduct experiments in air mail pick up. This image was posted on December 22, 2022. #defunctthursday #avgeek #usairways #alleghenyairlines
Take a walk through the past! This image was posted on December 21, 2022. #avgeek #sfohistory #airport
The first flight of the Boeing 707 took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1957. This image was posted on December 20, 2022. #boeing707 #boeing #avgeek #airplane
#OnThisDay in 1939, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (@nasaames) was established as part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). This image was posted on December 20, 2022. #nasaameswind #avgeek #nasa
Our newest exhibition, “Supersonic Transport: The First Generation” is now on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. This image was posted on December 16, 2022. #sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
In the early 1960s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) was operating the 707-320 on the transpolar, route from Los Angeles to Paris. This image was posted on December 15, 2022. #defunctthursday #avgeek #twa #transworldairlines
John T. McCoy, aeronautical artist and historian, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1909. This image was posted on December 14, 2022. #avgeek #watercolors #johntmccoy #panam
“I got interested in air traffic controlling because of my love for aviation…Flying was complete happiness to me.” —Maxine Crookston (Schmidt), 2015 Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. This image was posted on December 13, 2022. #sfohistory #avgeek #maxinecrookstonschmidt #maxinecrookston
Ever wonder what airplane tickets looked like in the 1920s? This image was posted on December 09, 2022. #avgeek #boeing #collections #tickets
Until World War II, Transcontinental and Western Air Inc (TWA) primarily operated domestic passenger and mail services in the United States. This image was posted on December 08, 2022. #defunctthursday #avgeek #twa #transworldairlines
#Onthisday in 1941, San Francisco Airport became an U.S. Army Air Corps training and staging facility. This image was posted on December 07, 2022. #avgeek #sfohistory
In the mid-1980s, Qantas introduced a new corporate look with a fresh livery for their aircraft, along with a new line of cabin and ground crew uniforms. This image was posted on December 06, 2022. #flyingsoutherncross #avgeek #qantas #uniform #crewlife