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Happy Autumn!
This image was posted on September 23, 2019.
#avgeek #united #autumn #travel #firstdayoffall
The Boeing 747, which was first flown in 1969 and launched into service in 1970 by Pan American World Airways, revolutionized long-distance commercial air travel and set a completely new standard in airliner design, the “widebody” or “jumbojet.” Not to be left behind in the widebody market, aircraft manufacturers McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed Aircraft followed with their own widebody airliners, the DC-10 and L-1011 TriStar.
This image was posted on September 20, 2019.
#widebodyav #avgeek #widebody #jetage #boeing747 #dc10 #lockheed
When introduced in 1949 by Pan American World Airways, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft.
This image was posted on September 19, 2019.
#boeing377 #377 #stratocruiser #avgeek
Malev Hungarian Airlines was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 to 2012.
This image was posted on September 17, 2019.
#hungary #traveltuesday #avgeek
What was going on at the airport in September of 1998?
This image was posted on September 12, 2019.
#sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek #airport #throwbackthursday #tbt
What’s happening at the museum?
This image was posted on September 11, 2019.
#freedombirds #vietnam #avgeek
#OnThisDay in 1993, Boeing finished production on their 1,000th 747, a 747-400 that was delivered to Singapore Airlines in October.
This image was posted on September 10, 2019.
#boeing #boeing747 #singapore #avgeek
This is the last week to see “Aluminum: The Miracle Metal of Aviation”, currently on view in the Aviation Museum and Library.
This image was posted on September 10, 2019.
#avgeek #aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek
What's going on in the museum?
This image was posted on September 06, 2019.
#behindthescenes #widebodyav #avgeek #sneakpeek #museum
What did SFO look like #onthisday in 1961?
This image was posted on September 05, 2019.
#sfohistory #sfhistory #airport #avgeek
The Douglas DC-6 was initially conceived of as a military transport, but with the end of World War II, the design was changed to a civilian airliner, primarily in an effort to compete with the Lockheed Constellation.
This image was posted on September 04, 2019.
#airliner #airplane #plane #cockpit #photography #avgeek
On August 22, 1938, Pan American Airways signed a ten-year lease with San Francisco for a base at Treasure Island.
This image was posted on August 23, 2019.
#panam #panamerican #museum #avgeek #sfhistory