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Instagram Posts Tagged
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Century Pacific Air Lines was one of the early commercial airline companies to operate at Mills Field.
This
image
was posted on
June 22, 2021
.
#sfohistory
#avgeek
#airline
#aviationhistory
Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter, an American dancer, actress and model who became a promoter, educator, marketer, commercial pilot, and philanthropist, was born on this day in 1915.
This
image
was posted on
June 14, 2021
.
#onthisday
#otd
#aviationhistory
#womeninaviation
#avgeek
The L-1649 Starliner, the final variant in Lockheed’s Constellation-based design series, embodied the zenith in large-capacity, piston-engine airliner development, rivaled only by the Douglas DC-7C, with which it was designed to compete.
This
image
was posted on
June 09, 2021
.
#wingwednesday
#airplane
#avgeek
#aviationhistory
#lockheed
#l1649
#lockheedconstellation
#twa
United Air Lines highlighted many of their destinations in a series of advertisements placed in Time magazine in late 1944 and 1945.
This
image
was posted on
May 11, 2021
.
#aviationhistory
#unitedairlines
#avgeek
#traveltuesday
#OnThisDay in 1927, Mills Field was officially dedicated.
This
image
was posted on
May 07, 2021
.
#sfohistory
#sfhistory
#airport
#aviationhistory
#avgeek
Developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company, the Martin 2-0-2 was intended to supersede the DC-3.
This
image
was posted on
April 28, 2021
.
#wingwednesday
#avgeek
#airplane
#martin202
#aviationhistory
The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was introduced in 1935 as the manufacturer's first all-metal aircraft, developed to compete with the Douglas DC-2 and Boeing 247.
This
image
was posted on
February 24, 2021
.
#wingwednesday
#avgeek
#aviationhistory
#lockheed
The Sikorsky S-42 was developed to meet the requirements of Pan American Airways’ president Juan T. Trippe for a large, long-range, trans-oceanic flying boat.
This
image
was posted on
February 17, 2021
.
#wingwednesday
#avgeek
#aviationhistory
#sikorsky
#s42
#panam
As rival United Air Lines had exclusive rights to the Boeing 247, TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) turned to Douglas Aircraft to develop an improved competitor.
This
image
was posted on
February 10, 2021
.
#wingwednesday
#avgeek
#aviationhistory
#douglasdc2
#dc2
The all-metal, twin-engine Boeing 247 was a revolutionary airliner when it entered into service with United AIr Lines in 1933.
This
image
was posted on
February 03, 2021
.
#wingwednesday
#avgeek
#aviationhistory
#boeing
#1930s
The Sikorsky S-40 was developed in response to requests from Pan American Airways’ president Juan T. Trippe for a high-capacity flying boat.
This
image
was posted on
January 27, 2021
.
#wingwednesday
#avgeek
#aviationhistory
#sikorsky
#OnThisDay in 1934, the Martin M-130 took its first test flight in Baltimore, Maryland.
This
image
was posted on
December 30, 2020
.
#avgeek
#aviationhistory
#museumfromhome
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