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#Onthisday in 1970, the world's first ever scheduled Boeing 747 wide-body jet service was flown by Pan American World Airways with Captain Robert M. Weeks in command.
This image was posted on January 22, 2018.
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#Onthisday in 1976, the first scheduled Concorde SST (Super Sonic Transport) flights took off simultaneously at 11:40am from London and Paris to Bahrain and Rio de Janeiro respectively.
This image was posted on January 21, 2018.
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In 1959, United Air Lines and Delta Airlines introduced the Douglas DC-8.
This image was posted on January 18, 2018.
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Glenn L. Martin was born on #onthisday in 1886 in Macksburg, Iowa.
This image was posted on January 17, 2018.
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The eight-passenger Fokker F-VIIa/3m inaugurated Pan American Airways’ first scheduled passenger flight on January 16, 1928.
This image was posted on January 16, 2018.
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Did you know there was a Bank of America branch at SFO in the 1950s?
This image was posted on January 12, 2018.
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Did you know that New York Airways offered helicopter service directly to the Pan American building?
This image was posted on January 11, 2018.
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During the mid-1980s, Qantas introduced the new widebody Boeing 767 and the upgraded Boeing 747-300.
This image was posted on January 09, 2018.
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From 1859 to 1933, San Francisco Bay's most (in)famous island, Alcatraz Island, served as a military prison.
This image was posted on January 07, 2018.
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#OnThisDay in 1946, the first Lockheed 049 Constellation was delivered to Pan American World Airways.
This image was posted on January 05, 2018.
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#OnThisDay in 1934, the first Martin M-130 took off on its first test flight.
This image was posted on December 30, 2017.
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During World War II, Pan American Airways moved their flying boat operations from Treasure Island to SFO's Seaplane Harbor.
This image was posted on December 28, 2017.
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