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Today marks the eighty-first anniversary of Pan American Airways’ daring transpacific endeavor.
This image was posted on November 22, 2016.
#onthisday #avgeek #aviationhistory #chinaclipper #panam #bayareahistory
Taxiing out from Pan American seaplane base at Dinner Key, Miami, Florida, the airline's new Sikorsky S-40 NC80V prepares for take off on its inaugural passenger flight.
This image was posted on November 19, 2016.
#onthisday #panam #airmail #philately #lindbergh #charleslindbergh #cristobal #aviationhistory #avgeek
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the USO Lounge at SFO.
This image was posted on November 10, 2016.
#throwbackthursday #tbt #sfohistory #aviationhistory #unitedstatesarmedforces #usaf #uso #unitedserviceorganization
#OnThisDay in 1980, the last commercial flight of the de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C departed London operated by the British airline, Dan Air.
This image was posted on November 09, 2016.
#danair #dehavilland #boac #comet #avgeek #dh106 #aviationhistory
This image was posted on November 03, 2016.
#sfohistory #sfo #aviationhistory #sfomuseum #tbt #throwbackthursday
This image was posted on October 29, 2016.
#onthisday #sas #aviationhistory #transitmaps #norway #denmark #sweden
This image was posted on October 27, 2016.
#throwbackthursday #sfohistory #sfomuseum #aviationhistory
Recognizing the progress Pan American was making in building its Pacific route while simultaneously conducting survey flights with its Sikorsky S-42 to Hawai’i, Midway, Wake, and Guam, the U.S. Post Office Department issued a call for bids for airmail service to the Far East on August 13, 1935.
This image was posted on October 26, 2016.
#chinaclipper #aviationhistory
This image was posted on October 23, 2016.
#onthisday #britishairways #concorde #aviationhistory #avgeek
