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Have you ever wondered how aircraft are painted? This image was posted on April 18, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #worldairways #mcdonnelldouglas #dc10
Air India, the flag carrier of India, commenced operations in July 1946. This image was posted on April 18, 2017. #airindia #india #maharajah #1970s #vintage #vintageads #avgeek #aviationhistory #traveltuesday
The 1974 TWA uniform by New York-based fashion designer Stan Herman in lightweight wool was part of a popular mix-and-match set worn until 1977. This image was posted on April 17, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #twa
The first Western Air Express flight departed #onthisday in 1926 with an airmail flight from LA to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. This image was posted on April 17, 2017. #delta #westernairlines #westernairexpress #wae #airmail #avgeek #aviationhistory
Pan American Airways’ first Sikorsky S-42 test flight to Hawaii took off #onthisday in 1935 from Alameda, California. This image was posted on April 16, 2017. #aviationhistory #avgeek #panam #edmusick #transpacific
Created to celebrate fifty years of scheduled transpacific air service, this color print of a watercolor painting by Oakland-born Dong Kingman depicts a Pan American China Clipper aircraft flying past the uncompleted Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This image was posted on April 14, 2017. #dongkingman #panam #chinaclipper #transpacific #earlyaviation #watercolor #californiastyle #cahistory #sfhistory #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #avgeek #aviationhistory
In the 1970s, Hughes Airwest advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West” and caricatured its aircraft as flying bananas on its ads and promotional materials. This image was posted on April 13, 2017. #hughes #hughesairwest #republicairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
The major influence in British punk fashion, Dame Vivienne Westwood (b. This image was posted on April 12, 2017. #viviennewestwood #westwood #manchester #virginatlantic #womeninaviation #5womenartists #avgeek #aviationhistory #punk #british #england #fashion
Airline calendars often presented stunning imagery of aircraft in service. This image was posted on April 11, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #airlinecalendars #calendars #vintage #vintageaviation #vintageads #vintangeadvertisements #boac #tokyo #aviation #1950s
Happy Birthday #United Airlines! This image was posted on April 06, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #boeing
Breaking with the bold, cutting-edge looks of its past uniforms, UTA turned to Parisian luxury goods maker #Hermès for a new wardrobe in 1979. This image was posted on April 05, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #uta #crewlife #paxex #flightattendant #crewlife #fa #fashioninflight #hostesses #flightattendantlife #flightcrew #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninaviation
In the 1970s, Pan American World Airways offered meal service to passengers in upper deck first class cabin of Boeing 747. This image was posted on April 04, 2017. #boeing #panam #747 #boeing747 #firstclass #avgeek #aviationhistory