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Ozark Air Lines was founded in 1943 in Springfield, Missouri, and although service began in 1945, it was quickly halted as the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) had not issued them a license to operate.
This image was posted on July 07, 2022.
#defunctthursday #ozark #avgeek #aviationhistory
In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license.
This image was posted on July 06, 2022.
#earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation
What’s your favorite card game?
This image was posted on July 01, 2022.
#playingcards #avgeek #aviationhistory #collections #museumlife
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