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In 1923, Igor Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company).
This image was posted on October 16, 2019.
#chinaclipper #sikorsky #igorsikorsky #panamerican #goldengatebridge #sanfrancisco #sfhistory #aviationhistory #avgeek #panam
Pan American World Airways’ 1948 advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post promoted the luxury of Sleeperette service to Australia and New Zealand with a color illustration of a woman holding a koala.
This image was posted on October 08, 2019.
#avgeek #paa #panam #sleeperette #traveltuesday #1940s
The first #PanAm delivery of a Douglas DC-3 was #onthisday in 1937.
This image was posted on October 01, 2019.
#avgeek #dc3 #panam #paa #panamerican
On August 22, 1938, Pan American Airways signed a ten-year lease with San Francisco for a base at Treasure Island.
This image was posted on August 23, 2019.
#panam #panamerican #museum #avgeek #sfhistory
#Onthisday in 1958, Pan American World Airlines received the first of eight Boeing 707-120s.
This image was posted on August 15, 2019.
#boeing #boeing707 #avgeek #panam #panamerican
Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Airways, reportedly “discovered” Wake Island while scouring through 19th century clipper ship logs at the New York Public Library.
This image was posted on July 24, 2019.
#wakeisland #wake #paa #panam #panamerican #avgeek #paxex
Cuban-born designer Adolfo Sardiña (b.
This image was posted on June 19, 2019.
#adolfo #cuban #panam #paa #flightattendant #uniform #avgeek #crewlife
“Two miles a minute” is how Pan American advertised their services in 1931.
This image was posted on June 12, 2019.
#panam #paa #luggagelabel #trimotor #1930s
Pan Am Express was a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways primarily focused on connecting passengers to Pan Am's hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) for Latin American and trans-Atlantic routes, but also provided regional services in many other areas of the U.S., as well as the Bahamas and Europe.
This image was posted on June 03, 2019.
#avgeek #postcard #panam #aérospatiale
When jetliners were introduced in the 1950s, they brought air travel to a larger percentage of the public as their high speeds, extensive range, and large capacities enabled the airlines to substantially reduce their seat-mile costs.
This image was posted on May 23, 2019.
#bythebook #avgeek #jetliners #paa #panam
When jetliners were introduced in the 1950s, they brought air travel to a larger percentage of the public as their high speeds, extensive range, and large capacities enabled the airlines to substantially reduce their seat-mile costs.
This image was posted on May 23, 2019.
#bythebook #avgeek #jetliners #paa #panam
When jetliners were introduced in the 1950s, they brought air travel to a larger percentage of the public as their high speeds, extensive range, and large capacities enabled the airlines to substantially reduce their seat-mile costs.
This image was posted on May 23, 2019.
#bythebook #avgeek #jetliners #paa #panam