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Amid the height of the Cold War, the U.S.S.R. was committed to producing a supersonic transport (SST) before the Western world.
This image was posted on September 08, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #sst #supersonictransport #tupolev #aeroflot
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industries, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970.
This image was posted on September 01, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #aviationhistory #a300 #airbus
#OnThisDay in 1930, the City and County of San Francisco began to purchase the property of Mills Field, which would become San Francisco International Airport.
This image was posted on August 30, 2021.
#sfohistory #sfo #sanfrancisco #sfhistory #avgeek
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a wide-body, long-range tri-jet airliner introduced in 1972.
This image was posted on August 25, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #l1011 #lockheed #tristar
The first wide-body jumbo-jet to be introduced, the Boeing 747 revolutionized long-distance, transoceanic commercial aviation and set the standard for all other wide-body designs that followed.
This image was posted on August 18, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #boeing #boeing747 #cathaypacific #panam
The DC-9 was designed by Douglas as a mid-range jetliner with a smaller capacity than the Boeing 727 and with the ability to serve the short runways of small regional airports.
This image was posted on July 28, 2021.
#wingwednesday #hughesairwest #douglasaircraft #dc9 #avgeek #airplane
#Onthisday in 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland was born in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
This image was posted on July 27, 2021.
#dehavilland #tdih #avgeek #airplane
Artist Alexander Calder was born #onthisday in 1898.
This image was posted on July 22, 2021.
#alexandercalder #avgeek #braniff
Word of the day: phillumenist - a collector of matchbooks or matchboxes, "lover of light."
This image was posted on July 02, 2021.
#avgeek #matchbook #graphicdesign #phillumenist
The Lockheed L-188 Electra was the only large turboprop airliner produced in the United States.
This image was posted on June 30, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #lockheed #l188
Trans World Airlines (TWA) took a subtle approach to their 1968 summer uniform.
This image was posted on June 29, 2021.
#flightpatterns #avgeek #airline #airlineuniform #1960s #fashion #twa