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#OnThisDay in 1934, the Martin M-130 took its first test flight in Baltimore, Maryland. The largest commercial airplane when delivered in 1935, only three Martin M-130 flying boats were built. #PanAm #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 30, 2022.
📸 2/2 : 3. model airplane: Braniff International, Concorde; 1970s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 1999.061.058 a b This tweet was posted on January 14, 2023.
Celebrations christening airplanes have their roots in christening events held for ships. This TWA (Trans World Airlines) Boeing 747-131, was christened the “City of San Francisco” by diplomat and former child star, Shirley Temple Black on April 5, 1970. #52Objects This tweet was posted on March 27, 2023.
How many of you take time to review the safety information card once you’ve boarded an airplane? This image was posted on May 15, 2023. #52objects #avgeek #safety
Joyce Hsu is a Bay Area artist best known for her mechanized creatures that inhabit a fantasy world of the artist’s creation. This image was posted on May 02, 2023. #joycehsu #apahm #apiheritagemonth #publicart
The first Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial passenger jet, took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 2005. This image was posted on April 27, 2023.
Glenn H. Curtiss (1878–1930) started the Curtiss Company in 1902 to manufacture engines and motorcycles. This image was posted on April 21, 2023. #enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory
Christening ceremonies for airplanes arose from the tradition of christening ships, where a fluid was broken or poured on a ship’s hull and the ship was blessed with a name and good luck. This image was posted on March 27, 2023. #52objects #womenshistorymonth #sfohistory #avgeek #shirleytempleblack
#OnThisDay in 1803, Ohio was admitted into the Union. This image was posted on March 01, 2023. #aviationhistory #avgeek
Designed by Louis Blériot and Raymond Saulnier, the Blériot XI monoplane took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1909. This image was posted on January 23, 2023.
#OnThisDay in 1934, the Martin M-130 took its first test flight in Baltimore, Maryland. This image was posted on December 30, 2022. #panam #avgeek #aviationhistory #martinm130
The first flight of the Boeing 707 took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1957. This image was posted on December 20, 2022. #boeing707 #boeing #avgeek #airplane
John T. McCoy, aeronautical artist and historian, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1909. This image was posted on December 14, 2022. #avgeek #watercolors #johntmccoy #panam
Ever wonder what airplane tickets looked like in the 1920s? This image was posted on December 09, 2022. #avgeek #boeing #collections #tickets
In “On the Air” by Lewis deSoto, one can literally traverse the earth, walking “on the air” and tracing a path from location to location. This image was posted on November 01, 2022. #lewisdesoto #publicart #nativeamericanheritagemonth
Piedmont Aviation was incorporated in North Carolina on July 2, 1940, by Thomas Davis. Initially, Piedmont Aviation began as an airplane repair service and a training school for pilots and did not operate its first passenger service in February 1948. #DefunctThursday #Piedmont This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
The airplane departed from Oakland, CA, on May 31, 1928, and flew first to O'ahu, then to Suva, Fiji, and continued on to Brisbane, Australia, landing on June 9th. The trip covered a total distance of 7,200 miles in 10 days at an average speed of 90mph. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
“Going the Distance: Endurance Aircraft Engines and Propellers of the 1910s and 20s” is on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/DGnv8hSoAF #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek #AviationHistory #airplane This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
On April 19 and #onthisday in 1930, the U. S. Army Air Corps held an air show at Mills Field Airport. 135 military airplanes performing precision maneuvers attracted, according to some reports, as many as 100,000 spectators. #SFOHistory #SFHistory #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.
📸 1/3: model airplane: Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL), Short S.30 Aotearoa; 2008 Gift of Jim Lund 2012.150.025 This tweet was posted on April 27, 2022.
📸 3/3: postcard: Air New Zealand, Douglas DC-8-50; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0036 model airplane: Air New Zealand, Boeing 747-400; c. 1990s Gift of Mark F. Adams Collection 2001.106.039 a b This tweet was posted on April 27, 2022.
The company had a near monopoly on inter-East Coast services from the 1930s to the 1950s. Eastern promoted its image with an eagle symbol and a slogan describing its airplanes as “The Great Silver Fleet.” #DefunctThursday #Eastern #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on May 05, 2022.
📸 2/2: model airplane: Mexicana Airlines, McDonnell Douglas DC-10; 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 1999.061.024 a b slide: Mexicana Airlines Airbus A320-200 , San Francisco International Airport (SFO); 1993 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2015.074.219 This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
Delta’s inaugural flight from Dallas, Texas, to Jackson, Mississippi, via Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiana, on a Travel Air S-6000-B airplane carried five passengers and one pilot. #Delta #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
📸 2/2: postcard: Northeast Airlines, Douglas DC-9-31; c. 1970 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.494 model airplane: Northeast Airlines, Convair 990A; late 1960s Gift of John E. Zullo in memory of Angelo Zullo 2009.158.003 a b This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license. She trained and earned her license at the Moisant Aviation School in New York. In 1912, she became the first woman to cross the English Channel in an airplane. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on July 06, 2022.
Flown by Australian pilots Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935) and Charles Ulm (1898–1934), with navigation and radio operations performed by American crew members Harry Lyon (c. This image was posted on October 05, 2022. #enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory #airplane
Piedmont Aviation was incorporated in North Carolina on July 2, 1940, by Thomas Henry Davis. This image was posted on September 29, 2022. #defunctthursday #piedmont #avgeek #airline
#Onthisday in 1981, the Boeing 767 departed on its first flight. This image was posted on September 26, 2022. #boeing767 #avgeek #boeing #airplane
Aircraft propellers convert the power produced by the aircraft’s engine into thrust. This image was posted on August 09, 2022. #enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory #propeller #airplane
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with American Airlines. This image was posted on August 05, 2022. #dc10 #americanair #avgeek #jumbojet #jetage #airplane #planespotting
George S. Gordon had an idea about how to take Braniff International Airways marketing campaign in an unprecedented direction. This image was posted on July 22, 2022. #avgeek #alexandercalder #braniff #airplane
The Boeing 307 Stratoliner was put into service #onthisday in 1940 by both Pan American and Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA). This image was posted on July 08, 2022. #avgeek #aviationhistory #panam #twa #airplane
In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license. This image was posted on July 06, 2022. #earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation
One of the earliest female French aviators, Mathilde Franck (1866–1956) was taught to fly by the Farman brothers, Henri (1874–1958) and Maurice (1877–1964), in early 1910. This image was posted on June 21, 2022. #earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation
From a crop-dusting operation to a global airline, Delta was founded in 1925 as Huff Daland Dusters, one of the first aerial crop-dusting companies, and incorporated as Delta Air Service in 1928, the company’s first passenger flight occurred #onthisday in 1929. This image was posted on June 17, 2022. #delta #avgeek #aviationhistory