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Created to celebrate fifty years of scheduled transpacific air service, this color print of a watercolor painting by Oakland-born Dong Kingman depicts a Pan American China Clipper aircraft flying past the uncompleted Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
This image was posted on April 14, 2017.
#dongkingman #panam #chinaclipper #transpacific #earlyaviation #watercolor #californiastyle #cahistory #sfhistory #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #avgeek #aviationhistory
In the 1970s, Hughes Airwest advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West” and caricatured its aircraft as flying bananas on its ads and promotional materials.
This image was posted on April 13, 2017.
#hughes #hughesairwest #republicairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
The major influence in British punk fashion, Dame Vivienne Westwood (b.
This image was posted on April 12, 2017.
#viviennewestwood #westwood #manchester #virginatlantic #womeninaviation #5womenartists #avgeek #aviationhistory #punk #british #england #fashion
Airline calendars often presented stunning imagery of aircraft in service.
This image was posted on April 11, 2017.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #airlinecalendars #calendars #vintage #vintageaviation #vintageads #vintangeadvertisements #boac #tokyo #aviation #1950s
Happy Birthday #United Airlines!
This image was posted on April 06, 2017.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #boeing
Breaking with the bold, cutting-edge looks of its past uniforms, UTA turned to Parisian luxury goods maker #Hermès for a new wardrobe in 1979.
This image was posted on April 05, 2017.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #uta #crewlife #paxex #flightattendant #crewlife #fa #fashioninflight #hostesses #flightattendantlife #flightcrew #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninaviation
In the 1970s, Pan American World Airways offered meal service to passengers in upper deck first class cabin of Boeing 747.
This image was posted on April 04, 2017.
#boeing #panam #747 #boeing747 #firstclass #avgeek #aviationhistory
First delivered on January 31, 1949, the first flight of Pan American Airway's Boeing 377 was from SFO to Honolulu #onthisday in 1949.
This image was posted on April 01, 2017.
#boeing #boeing377 #panam #avgeek #aviationhistory
The Pan Am Historical Foundation was established #onthisday in 1992 by a group of former Pan American employees to preserve and promote the unique heritage of Pan American World Airways, Inc. and its incomparable contributions to the technology, convenience, safety and excitement of commercial aviation.
This image was posted on March 31, 2017.
#panamericanhistoricalfoundation #panam #avgeek #aviationhistory
What did flight gear look like in 1932?
This image was posted on March 30, 2017.
#womeninaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory #throwbackthursday #tbt #aviatrix #sfohistory #womenshistorymonth #fashion
Janet Knight began flying in 1930 and was the first woman to earn a transport license at Mills Field.
This image was posted on March 29, 2017.
#womenshistorymonth #womeninaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory #aviatrix #sfohistory
The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida, was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation when it opened #onthisday 1934.
This image was posted on March 25, 2017.
#panam #aviationhistory #avgeek #dinnerkey #coconutgrove #miami #avgeek #aviationhistory