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Browse through over 300 airline bags on our collection website! https://t.co/nrX8OITKTl This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
Sold through mail-order catalogs and at airport stores and sometimes given out to first-class passengers, airline bags became a desirable status symbol that identified its user as a member of the new globe-trotting jet set. https://t.co/oVQUiov5WJ #flightbags #airlinebags #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
📸: airline bag: United Air Lines; c. 1968 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2009.028.037 a b airline bag: Cathay Pacific Airways; 1970s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2004.061.008 This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
RT @airandspace: #TDIH 1933, Boeing delivered the first modern airliner, a 247 monoplane, to United Airlines. With its sleek, low-wing, all… This tweet was posted on March 31, 2022.
Bonnie Tiburzi became the first woman to fly for a major commercial carrier when she was hired by American Airlines in 1973. She began at American as part of its Boeing 727 Astrojet flight crew, and in 1988 was promoted to captain. #WomeninAviation #avgeek #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 23, 2022.
China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was Asia’s first sustained commercial airline. Scheduled service began on October 21, 1929, along a 525-mile route from Shanghai to Hankou with two passengers and one pound of mail. #DefunctThursday #CNAC This tweet was posted on March 31, 2022.
📸: American Airlines Flight Officer Bonnie Tiburzi in a Boeing 727 c. 1973 SFO Museum Collection 1994.37.01 This tweet was posted on March 23, 2022.
After its multi-million dollar computerized reservation system broke down over the Fourth of July weekend in 1968, causing a public relations fiasco, billionaire mogul Howard Hughes, in stepped to acquire the troubled airline. In 1970, the renamed Hughes Airwest began operations. This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1947, the #Convair 240 made its maiden flight. It could carry forty passengers comfortably and had a range of up to 1,200 miles. Introduced by American Airlines in 1948, 176 were produced for numerous airlines worldwide. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 16, 2022.
📸 2/2: promotional information: Southwest Airlines; 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.160.597 postcard: Southwest Airlines, Boeing 727-291; c. 1980 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.614 This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
📸: 1/2 slide: Southwest Airlines, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), International Terminal with Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-200; 1985 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1993.07.39 This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
In 1968, Air West was formed out of a merger of three regional carriers: Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Air Lines, and West Coast Airlines. All three were struggling financially and a consolidation of routes and equipment seemed the best solution at the time #DefunctThursday #AirWest This tweet was posted on March 17, 2022.
📸: photograph: American Airlines, Convair 240; 1948 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0022 This tweet was posted on March 16, 2022.
Pennsylvania Central Airlines changed its name to Capital Airlines in 1948. The airline established its hub at Washington D.C., the nation’s capital. #DefunctThursday #CapitalAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 10, 2022.
📸 1/2: postcard: Capital Airlines; c. 1955 Gift of John E. Zullo in memory of Angelo Zullo 2009.158.037 photograph: Capital Airlines, Douglas DC-4 over Washington DC; c. 1950 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2014.110.541 This tweet was posted on March 10, 2022.
📸 2/2: luggage label: Capital Airlines; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.168.111 postcard: Capital Airlines, Washington, Douglas DC-4; c. 1948 Gift of Captain Jon Simmonds 2015.057.347 This tweet was posted on March 10, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1967, Air Southwest Company was founded by Herb Kelleher and in 1971, its name was changed to Southwest Airlines Company. #avgeek #southwest This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
Since starting service, Southwest has the distinction of almost exclusively operating the Boeing 737 family, except for a brief period when the airline operated Boeing 727s. #avgeek #southwest This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
Looking for a little design inspiration? Browse a selection of airline and aircraft manufacturing advertisements from the 1920s to the present in our online database! https://t.co/XIaue5PRC9 #museumlife #avgeek #aviation This tweet was posted on February 28, 2022.
BEA introduced the turboprop Vickers Viscount, the world’s first jet-powered airliner to enter service, in 1950 and inaugurated scheduled service in 1953. #DefunctThursday #BEA #BOAC #AvGeek #BritishAirways This tweet was posted on February 24, 2022.
Did you get it right? The answer was Miami Sands! This 1968 United Airlines uniform was also offered in Hawaiian Sunset and Maliblue. See more flight attendant uniforms in "#FlightPatterns" on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/hPoLHA3zf2 https://t.co/u8ckgd8E40 This tweet was posted on March 02, 2022.
Did you get it right? The answer was Poppy Orange! This 1968 Trans World Airlines uniform was also offered in Avocado Green and Golden Yellow. See more flight attendant uniforms in "#FlightPatterns" on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/kmduVg7iMo https://t.co/kVIFKSG63a This tweet was posted on March 02, 2022.
The airline industry soared to new heights in the 1950s. Driven by great advances in aviation technology and a burgeoning consumer market, new commercial airliners introduced the future of air travel to the next generation of passengers. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
BEA inaugurated Comet 4B jetliner service to numerous destinations in Europe in April 1960. In 1974, BEA merged back with British Overseas Airways Corporation to form British Airways, the current flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. #DefunctThursday #BEA #BOAC #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 24, 2022.
Texas-based Braniff International Airways, which operated from 1930 to 1982, has the distinction of being one the very few airlines named eponymously for its owner. #DefunctThursday #Braniff #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
Following airline deregulation in 1978, #Braniff’s strategy for this period was aggressive expansion of new domestic and international routes. While successful in the short term, the company ultimately overextended and was forced into bankruptcy in 1982. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
The first flight of the Boeing 247 took off #onthisday in 1933. Often referred to as the first modern airliner, the ten-passenger airliner was primarily operated on United’s “Mainline” transcontinental route. #AvGeek #Boeing #United This tweet was posted on February 08, 2022.
📸 1/2: photograph: United Air Lines, Boeing 247; c. 1933 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.295 photograph: United Air Lines Boeing 247; mid 1930s Purchase 1993.15.003.07 This tweet was posted on February 08, 2022.
📸: photograph: American Airlines, Boeing 707; c. 1960 Gift of Robert W. Jackson 2006.002.090 This tweet was posted on January 25, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1959, an American Airlines Boeing 707 took off from Los Angeles to New York. Landing at Idlewild, now known as Kennedy International Airport, the Boeing 707 completed the first scheduled nonstop intercontinental jet passenger service. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 25, 2022.
It continued operating as a low-price domestic airline during the early 1950s. During the 1960s, the airline also offered service to New Guinea branded as “Golden Orchid” flights. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
Over-expansion into international markets eventually led to Ansett’s financial demise in 2001. Shortly after, a brief effort to revive the airline with limited services was unsuccessful, and in March 2002, the airline ceased operations. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
The airline introduced a new corporate look in 1968 with bright reddish-orange liveries and a stylized “A” logo, while dropping “ANA” from its name. Several chic cabin crew uniforms were introduced during the 1970s that incorporated this palette. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
By the end of 1969, the carrier had gained a large customer base and charted over 800,000 bookings for the year. In the 1980s, the carrier was rebranded as #AirCal with a fresh look and color palette for its airliner liveries and flight crews. #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
In 1967, Air California began passenger service by operating turbojet Lockheed L-188 Electras between Orange County and San Francisco. During 1968, the airline expanded its aircraft fleet to include Boeing 737s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and added routes to Oakland and San Jose. This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
Overexpansion, along with excessive debt, ultimately led to the carrier’s financial demise, and, after two decades of operation, the airline was acquired by American Airlines. #DefunctThursday #AirCal This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.