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#Onthisday in 1928, the Sikorsky S-38 took off on its first flight.
This image was posted on May 25, 2022.
#avgeek #sikorsky #seaplane #aviationhistory #panam
Founded in 1924 by George Rihl, Compañía Mexicana de Aviación was Mexico’s flagship airline.
This image was posted on May 19, 2022.
#defunctthursday #mexicana #panam #mexico
Born #onthisday in 1906, Beverly Hills designer Don Loper (1906–1972) added airline stewardesses to the long list of stars wearing Don Loper originals.
This image was posted on April 29, 2022.
#panam #avgeek #aviationhistory #fashion
Fancy a drink?
This image was posted on April 18, 2022.
#collections #museumlife #avgeek #aviationhistory #panam
The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida, was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation when it opened #onthisday in 1934.
This image was posted on March 25, 2022.
#panam #dinnerkey #avgeek #aviationhistory #airport #postcard
#Onthisday in 1949, Pan American World Airways received their first delivery of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
This image was posted on January 31, 2022.
#avgeek #paa #panam #stratocruiser #boeing #boeing377
Pan American Airways pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation.
This image was posted on November 01, 2021.
#paainca #panam #avgeek #earlyaviation
During the 1920s and early 1930s, airlines found it difficult to make a profit in commercial aviation without a lucrative airmail route contract.
This image was posted on October 19, 2021.
#panamerican #panam #paa #avgeek #aviationhistory
The first wide-body jumbo-jet to be introduced, the Boeing 747 revolutionized long-distance, transoceanic commercial aviation and set the standard for all other wide-body designs that followed.
This image was posted on August 18, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #boeing #boeing747 #cathaypacific #panam
The Martin Model 130 flying boat was designed to meet Pan American Airways requirements for a long-range, transoceanic aircraft to cross the immense expanses of the Pacific.
This image was posted on March 03, 2021.
#wingwednesday #panam #martinm130 #chinaclipper #avgeek