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The first Western Air Express flight departed #onthisday in 1926 with an airmail flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. This image was posted on April 17, 2019. #twa #westernairexpress #airmail #avgeek #1920s

Happy Birthday, American Airlines! This image was posted on April 15, 2019. #americanairlines #americanair #dc3 #douglas #avgeek

As commercial aviation advanced in the 1920s and ‘30s, manuals for airliners were separated into flight operations and maintenance categories. This image was posted on April 11, 2019. #bythebook #modelairplane #design #library #avgeek #book

#Onthisday in 1988, the last branded PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) flight departed San Diego and landed in Las Vegas as an USAir flight. This image was posted on April 08, 2019. #avgeek #psa #pacificsouthwestairlines #sandiego #usair #americanair

With the introduction of the airplane in the early twentieth century, pilots and mechanics needed written instructions on how to properly fly these complicated machines and keep them in safe operating condition. This image was posted on April 05, 2019. #bythebook #trainingmanual #airliner #flight #maintenance #avgeek #pilots #mechanics #manuals #airplane

The use of aluminum in airplane airframes was pioneered by Jugo Junkers, who introduced the F 13 in 1920. This image was posted on April 03, 2019. #aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #ford #airliner #corrugated #avgeek

#Onthisday in 1949, Pan American World Airways introduced the Boeing 377 into service on the densely traveled San Francisco to Honolulu route. This image was posted on April 01, 2019. #boeing #panamerican #panam #hawaii #avgeek

Based in Croydon Airport in South London, Imperial Airways was established as a merger between four different British companies in 1924. This image was posted on March 31, 2019. #imperialairways #britishairways #london #croydon #croydonairport #boac #bea #unitedkingdom #uk #british #avgeek

Betty Trippe, the wife of Pan American founder Juan Trippe, was integral to the success of Pan American World Airways. This image was posted on March 28, 2019. #bettytrippe #juantrippe #panam #panamerican #panamericanairways #bookcover #womenshistorymonth #avgeek

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