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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.
📸: United DC-4E; c. 1939 Gift of Jane Luna Euler 2013.106.026 United DC-4E; 1939 Gift of Frank A. Norick 2013.075.015 Colonial Airlines, DC-4 over New York City; c. 1946 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0121 MATS, Douglas C-54; c. 1945 Gift of the Pan Am Assoc. 2000.058.0472.028 This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
Designed in secret under the leadership Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, and with direction from Hughes, the renamed L-049 Constellation evolved into an extremely fast, revolutionary large-capacity airliner with a unique dolphin-shaped fuselage and distinctive tripletail. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
In the late 1930s, Lockheed was developing a high-speed pressurized airliner, designated the L-044 Excalibur. Howard Hughes, who, in 1939, had acquired a majority share of TWA, requested that the airliner be redesigned and developed to his specs... #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
Operated by numerous airlines on domestic and transatlantic routes, the airliner played a major role in advancing long-range commercial aviation during the immediate postwar era. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
Passengers at San Francisco Airport in the 1930s-40s might have had luggage labels like these affixed to suitcases. Free advertisement for the airlines, the labels, which could be quite elaborate, were souvenirs that bestowed bragging rights to their owners. #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on April 13, 2021.
📸 1/2: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-049; c. 1950 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2014.095.142 Pan American World Airways, Lockheed L-049; late 1940s Gift of John J. Dunne 2002.108.050 Pan American World Airways, Lockheed L-049, @flysfo; late 1940s Transfer 1993.03.02 This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
📸: Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA); c. 1940 Purchase 1996.35.056 Pan American Airways; c. 1940 Gift of Elsa Cameron 1997.54.04.01 United Air Lines; c. 1935 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.558 Boeing System; c. 1930 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.561 This tweet was posted on April 13, 2021.
📸 2/2: Pan American World Airways, Lockheed L-049; c. 1946 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0671 TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-049; c. 1950 Gift of Charles Loomis 2005.062.012 a lighter: Lockheed L-049; late 1940s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2003.065.108 This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
By late 1945, #PanAm realized the superiority of the DC-4 over the Boeing 314 flying boat and began to operate the airliner on both transpacific and transatlantic routes. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
Deemed too complicated and expensive to operate, its design was changed to a smaller, unpressurized airliner with a single tail, which became the DC-4. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
In the late 1930s, United Air Lines asked Douglas Aircraft to develop a large-capacity, long-range, pressurized, four-engine airliner. The DC-4E featured a tripletail and a nose wheel, then unique to large passenger aircraft, and first flew in 1938. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
Extra seats let the Lodestar compete economically with the DC-3, but many U.S. airlines had fully committed to the DC-3. The first Lodestar was acquired in 1940 by Mid-Continent Airlines, which operated throughout the Midwest and was acquired in 1952 by Braniff. #WingWednesday. This tweet was posted on March 24, 2021.
Most sales of the Lodestar were to foreign airlines or to the U.S. military, as improving air strength was a priority leading up to World War II. After the war, many were converted into private or executive aircraft with a sleek, club-style interior. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 24, 2021.
World War II circumvented the DC-4's civilian use, and most were appropriated for use as C-54 Skymaster military transports. After the war, Douglas converted many to airliners and continued production until 1947. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
From every personal snapshot, video clip, and diary entry of an airline employee emerges a series of experiences supporting the broader story of commercial aviation. These unique perspectives can offer an alternative take on the official account of an airline. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 30, 2021.
📸: Continental Air Lines, Lockheed Lodestar; 1940s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0552 Mid-Continent Airlines, Model 18 Lockheed Lodestar; c. 1941 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0217 Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar; c. 1940 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.1017 This tweet was posted on March 24, 2021.
In 1934, Boeing began design studies for a four-engine bomber in conjunction with a four-engine civil airliner. The bomber version became the B-17 and was produced in large numbers. The civil airliner version emerged as the Model 307. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 31, 2021.
These days, it's common for planes to cruise at altitudes of 35,000 feet. But back in 1940, when the first pressurized commercial airliner, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, was introduced, it was a marvel to fly above most weather disturbances at 20,000 feet. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 31, 2021.
The DC-3 proved aerodynamically superior to other planes, highly reliable, safe, easy to maintain, and for the first time, enabled carriers to make a profit from passenger services. More than four hundred DC-3s were initially ordered by most major airlines. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 10, 2021.
The Douglas DC-3 was arguably the most significant commercial airliner introduced prior to WWII. Introduced in 1936, it incorporated many advancements, including a strong, streamlined, all-aluminum, semi-monocoque fuselage, and a low-drag wing design. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 10, 2021.
📸: DC-3, late 1930s Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.231 a @flySFO, DC-3, 1938 SFO Museum Collection 1997.52.050 DC-3 cutaway, late 1930s Gift of the family of Raymond B. Klinke, Sr. 2019.080.074 DC-3, 2014 Photo by & Gift of Alexis Esguerra 2014.138.002 This tweet was posted on March 10, 2021.
📸: photo: #PanAm, Lockheed 10 Electra, late 1930s SFOM Collection 1993.03.09 photo: Eastern Air Lines, Lockheed 10B Electra, 1936 Gift of M. D. Klaas 2018.112.0172 postcard: Wisconsin Central Airlines, Lockheed 10 Electra, c. 1940 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2014.095.186 This tweet was posted on February 24, 2021.