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Century Pacific Air Lines was one of the early commercial airline companies to operate at Mills Field.
This image was posted on June 22, 2021.
#sfohistory #avgeek #airline #aviationhistory
Introduced in 1952, the de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet was the first commercial passenger jetliner to enter service, years before the introduction of other jetliners.
This image was posted on June 16, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #dehavilland #dehavillandcomet #jet
Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter, an American dancer, actress and model who became a promoter, educator, marketer, commercial pilot, and philanthropist, was born on this day in 1915.
This image was posted on June 14, 2021.
#onthisday #otd #aviationhistory #womeninaviation #avgeek
Mid-1960s airline fashion showcased bright and colorful, patterned fabrics for the first time in the industry.
This image was posted on June 10, 2021.
#flightpatterns #avgeek #airline #airlineuniform #1960s #fashion #northwestairlines
The L-1649 Starliner, the final variant in Lockheed’s Constellation-based design series, embodied the zenith in large-capacity, piston-engine airliner development, rivaled only by the Douglas DC-7C, with which it was designed to compete.
This image was posted on June 09, 2021.
#wingwednesday #airplane #avgeek #aviationhistory #lockheed #l1649 #lockheedconstellation #twa
The DC-7 was Douglas Aircraft’s last design evolution of the piston-powered, four-engine, low-wing airliner layout that began with the DC-4.
This image was posted on June 02, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #dc7
Not one, but TWO exhibitions and galleries opened this week!
This image was posted on May 28, 2021.
#flightpatterns #stonewarestories #avgeek #museum #uniforms #pottery
Introduced in 1951, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation was an enhanced-range, stretched upgrade of the L-049 Constellation and was developed primarily to compete on transatlantic routes with the Douglas DC-6.
This image was posted on May 26, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #lockheed #l1049 #superconstellation
Are you as excited as we are that the Sky Terrace @flysfo is reopening?
This image was posted on May 25, 2021.
#sfo1954 #sfohistory #skyterrace #airport #avgeek
Motorcycling and aviation legend Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born #OnThisDay in 1878.
This image was posted on May 21, 2021.
#earlyamericanmotorcycles #motorcycle #vintagemotorcycle #engine #glenncurtiss #avgeek
It's Wing Wednesday!
This image was posted on May 19, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #martin404