@SFOMuseum Instagram Posts tagged #panam This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Instagram account. There are 181 posts and this is page 1 of 16.
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
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
"I know a man who lives in the Bay Area.
This image was posted on February 02, 2021.
#panam #sikorsky #avgeek
In 1947 Pan American World Airways added Sleeperette passenger seats to its Douglas DC-4 airliners.
This image was posted on January 15, 2021.
#panam #paxex #museumfromhome