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On January 21, 1905, legendary fashion designer Christian Dior was born in Granville, France.
This image was posted on January 20, 2023.
#avgeek #dior #uniform #airfrance #fashion
The Concorde’s Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 afterburning turbojet engines— a turbine-driven compressor that thrusts heated, compressed air through a propelling nozzle—were atypical.
This image was posted on January 19, 2023.
#sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
The inaugural flight of the Concorde for the Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint SST service from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, DC, to London departed #onthisday in 1979.
This image was posted on January 13, 2023.
#braniff #concorde #avgeek #aviationhistory #ba
Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) is one of the oldest continually operating airlines in the world; it celebrated its centennial in 2020.
This image was posted on January 12, 2023.
#flyingsoutherncross #australia #avgeek #aviationhistory
Originally founded as Western Air Express in 1925, the company rebranded itself as Western Airlines in 1941 after several mergers during the 1930s.
This image was posted on January 10, 2023.
#airlinemealsets #avgeek #paxex
Did you know that SFO Museum is an actively collecting institution?
This image was posted on January 09, 2023.
#avgeek #collections #donations
Happy New Year’s Eve!
This image was posted on December 31, 2022.
#avgeek #newyears #newyearseve #panam
#OnThisDay in 1934, the Martin M-130 took its first test flight in Baltimore, Maryland.
This image was posted on December 30, 2022.
#panam #avgeek #aviationhistory #martinm130
Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air.
This image was posted on December 29, 2022.
#defunctthursday #usairways #avgeek #airline
Our newest exhibition “Supersonic Time Machine: Documenting the Concorde” is now open in the Aviation Museum and Library.
This image was posted on December 29, 2022.
#ssttimemachine #concorde #avgeek
This year marks the 70th anniversary of All Nippon Airways (ANA), which began as Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Company #onthisday in 1952.
This image was posted on December 27, 2022.
#ana #avgeek #allnipponairways #japan #luggagelabel
#Onthisday in 1984, the first Pan American World Airways Airbus A300B4, registered N202PA, departed from New York to Bridgetown, Barbados.
This image was posted on December 23, 2022.
#panam #paa #avgeek #airbus #airbus300 #barbados #watercolors