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After many years of redesigning, the much-improved, lengthened, D.H. 106 Comet Mk. 4 was delivered to BOAC in 1958. Shortly after, the airline inaugurated regular transatlantic jet service from London to New York with one refueling stop in Newfoundland. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.
Trans World Airlines (TWA) took a subtle approach to their 1968 summer uniform. Designed by Dalton Apparel, it featured a short-sleeve, ivory dress with a lime green, brown, and navy, plaid-patterned skirt and necktie, along with a matching vinyl belt. #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on June 29, 2021.
Century Pacific Air Lines was one of the early commercial airline companies to operate at Mills Field. In May of 1931, the company announced it would start service on the West Coast, and San Francisco was selected as its main base of operations. This tweet was posted on June 22, 2021.
Named the “Jetstream” by TWA (Trans World Airlines), the L-1649 Starliner had a 100-passenger capacity and could cruise at a speed of 300 mph. Lufthansa and Air France were the only carriers besides TWA to operate it on the transatlantic route. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 09, 2021.
The Boeing 707 was originally developed following an initial request in 1955 from Pan American World Airways for a large capacity jet-powered airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.
The airline was a major tenant for Mills Field, carrying just over 10,000 passengers along its routes between June and September of 1931. (Check out those one-way airfares!) This tweet was posted on June 22, 2021.
The airline, though, was short lived - it was taken over by American Airways (later American Airlines) in April 1932 and ceased operations in San Francisco the following month. This tweet was posted on June 22, 2021.
Mid-1960s airline fashion showcased bright and colorful, patterned fabrics for the first time in the industry. In 1967, Starflite Uniforms created an ensemble patterned in bold stripes for Northwest Orient Airlines. #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on June 10, 2021.
Worn as a summer uniform until 1971, it was nicknamed “The Caterpillar” by Northwest Orient Airlines flight crew and included a striped trapper hat with green side flaps. #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on June 10, 2021.
📸: Northwest Orient Airlines uniform 1967 Starflite Uniforms Hat by Mae Hanauer Dress: Gift of The Museum of Flight Hat: Gift of Northwest Airlines History Center Jacket insignia: Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family Hat insignia: Gift of Matthew Blakley This tweet was posted on June 10, 2021.
The L-1049's cabin was divided into multiple sections to minimize the effect of the long-tube view when looking up from one's seat. With a 100-passenger capacity, the airliner had a range of 4,000 miles and a cruising speed of 300 miles. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
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. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 09, 2021.
📸: All: @flySFO Most: Transfers construction; 1952 2011.032.0292 aerial view; May 19, 1954 1997.52.045.011 United Air Lines, Douglas DC-7; late 1950s Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.254 aerial view; May 1954 2011.032.0393 interior; 1962 2011.032.0770 This tweet was posted on May 25, 2021.
Not one, but TWO exhibitions and galleries opened this week! #FlightPatterns, looks at how social change affected airline uniforms in the 1960s-70s, and #StonewareStories examines the unique folk pottery produced in Edgefield, South Carolina, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This tweet was posted on May 28, 2021.
The L-1049G Super Constellation variant, introduced into service in 1955 by TWA (Trans World Airways) and Northwest Orient Airlines, was the ultra long-range version of the aircraft. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
📸 1/3: TWA, L-1049 at SFO; c. 1954 Transfer 1993.07.41 Northwest Airlines, L-1049; early 1950s Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0248 TWA, L-1049; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.890 ad: L-1049; 1951 Purchase 2011.171.001 This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
The DC-7 was Douglas Aircraft’s last design evolution of the piston-powered, four-engine, low-wing airliner layout that began with the DC-4. In 1953, American Airlines introduced the DC-7 as its first nonstop, transcontinental airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 02, 2021.
📸 1/3: American, DC-7; 1953 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.1186 American, DC-7B, SFO; 1958 Gift of William T. Larkins 2004.051.003 United, DC-7; c. 1956 Gift of United Airlines Archives 2000.150.006 Airmail flight cover; June 1, 1954 Gift of Capt. Jon Simmonds 2014.156.214 a b This tweet was posted on June 02, 2021.
Eastern Air Lines ordered sixty of the 4-0-4 and introduced the aircraft in 1951, with scheduled service commencing in early 1952. The airline operated the 4-0-4 primarily on its eastern U.S. routes and branded the service as the “Silver Falcon.” #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 19, 2021.
TWA (Trans World Airlines) was the only other major carrier to order the Martin 4-0-4, and operated a fleet of forty. Other airlines operating the 4-0-4 included Southern Airways and Piedmont Airlines. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 19, 2021.
📸 2/2 All: Martin 4-0-4 TWA; c. 1950 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.885 Southern Airways over Atlanta; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1350 Piedmont Airlines, Atlanta Airport; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1790 This tweet was posted on May 19, 2021.
📸: Trans World Airlines uniform; 1965 Pierre Balmain Hat by Mae Hanauer Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International, Inc. 2002.113.054 Cathay Pacific Airways uniform; 1974 Pierre Balmain Gift of Cathay Pacific Airways 2009.060.028-.033 This tweet was posted on May 18, 2021.
As the airline industry grew in the late 1940s-50s, construction of a new terminal @flySFO began in 1951. Designed in the International Style, the 7-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on May 25, 2021.
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft when introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1949. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
With nineteen windowpanes, the cockpit of the Boeing 377 offered one of the highest degrees of visibility of any airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
Developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company, the Martin 2-0-2 was intended to supersede the DC-3. Although early orders placed in 1945 were canceled due to production delays, the 2-0-2 was introduced into service by Northwest Airlines in October 1947. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2021.
Though only 47 were built, the Martin 2-0-2 was flown by airlines such as Northwest Airlines, Pacific Air Lines, Trans World Airlines, and Allegheny Airlines. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2021.
📸: aircraft information: Northwest Airlines, Martin 2-0-2; c. 1947 postcard: Northwest Airlines, Martin 2-0-2; 1949 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.160.613 & 2015.166.1129 TWA (Trans World Airlines), Martin 2-0-2; c. 1950 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0890 & 2018.112.0891 This tweet was posted on April 28, 2021.
Well, would you Wookiee at that! Two years ago, United gave away Star Wars branded amenity kits to their Polaris-class passengers. 📸: amenity kits: United Airlines; 2019 Gift of Vincent Ma 2021.020.0885-0888 #MayTheFourth #StarWars #PaxEx This tweet was posted on May 04, 2021.
It's National Parks Week! The wonder, beauty, and magnificence of our country's national parks make them popular imagery in airline advertisements, even going back to the 1930s. #NationalParkWeek #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 20, 2021.
Introduced by United Air Lines and American Airlines in 1946, the DC-6 was the first new American-designed airliner to operate during the postwar years. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
One of the most economical large propliners to operate during the postwar period and beyond, over 700 Douglas DC-6 were built and added to airline fleets worldwide. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
The Douglas DC-6 was initially conceived of as a military transport but its design was changed to a civilian airliner following the end of WWII. It was fundamentally an updated, enlarged, and pressurized DC-4 built to compete with the Lockheed L-049 Constellation. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
📸 1/4: United, American, Douglas DC-6 ceremony; c. 1946 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.255 Pan Am, DC-6B “Clipper Liberty Bell”; c. 1950 Transfer 1993.03.07 American, DC-6B, @flySFO; 1953 Gift of William T. Larkins 2000.026.001 This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
📸 2/4: United, DC-6; c. 1950 Gift of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 2008.060.009 United, DC-6A; c. 1950 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.158 Northern Air Cargo, DC-6B-ST; c. 1970 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.0472.040 This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
📸: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Muir Woods; early 1950s Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International 2002.113.497 TWA (Trans World Airlines), Yosemite; c. 1950 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2014.110.375 timetable: National Parks Airways; 1936 Purchase 2000.055.006 This tweet was posted on April 20, 2021.