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This circa 1960 photograph shows several Boeing 707 jetliners in their introduction liveries.
This image was posted on December 09, 2019.
#boeing #707 #boeing100 #1960s #livery #aviationhistory #avgeek
Can you imagine a roundtrip flight between California and the Philippine capital of Manila taking fifteen days?
This image was posted on December 06, 2019.
#chinaclipper #aviationhistory #avgeek #panam
Today marks the eighty-fourth anniversary of Pan American Airways’ daring transpacific endeavor.
This image was posted on November 22, 2019.
#chinaclipper #aviationhistory #avgeek #panam #onthisday #sfhistory
Taxiing out from Pan American seaplane base at Dinner Key, Miami, Florida, the airline's new Sikorsky S-40 prepared for take off on its inaugural passenger flight #onthisday in 1931.
This image was posted on November 19, 2019.
#avgeek #panam #seaplane #sikorsky #dinnerkey #clipper #aviationhistory
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970.
This image was posted on November 18, 2019.
#lockheed #l1011 #tristar #trijet #autoland #twa #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationgeeks #plane #avgeeks #widebodyav
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970.
This image was posted on November 18, 2019.
#lockheed #l1011 #tristar #trijet #autoland #twa #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationgeeks #plane #avgeeks #widebodyav
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970.
This image was posted on November 18, 2019.
#lockheed #l1011 #tristar #trijet #autoland #twa #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationgeeks #plane #avgeeks #widebodyav
#Onthisday in 1918 DDL (Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S), or Danish Air Lines, was founded.
This image was posted on October 29, 2019.
#sas #aviationhistory #transitmaps #norway #denmark #sweden #traveltuesday
#Onthisday in 2003, the last scheduled eastbound transatlantic Concorde flight took off from New York bound for London.
This image was posted on October 24, 2019.
#concorde #onthisday #britishairways #aviationhistory #avgeeks
In 1923, Igor Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company).
This image was posted on October 16, 2019.
#chinaclipper #sikorsky #igorsikorsky #panamerican #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #sfhistory #aviationhistory #avgeek #panam
#Onthisday in 1909, Louis Blériot successfully landed his plane in Dover, England, after flying from Calais, France.
This image was posted on July 25, 2019.
#blériot #earlyaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory
The first flight of the Boeing 377 took place #onthisday in 1947.
This image was posted on July 08, 2019.
#avgeek #aviationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #boeing #boeing377 #stratocruiser