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A 1968 TWA catalog offers an array of flight bag fashion. "Starstream" gets our vote for best name! #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2013.
Ellen Church, 1st female flight attendant, poses on an @united plane in 1930: http://t.co/TyemjcB8rM We love the cape! #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2013.
Five stories tall, wingspan of a football field, Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" had its one and only flight on this day in 1947. #avgeeks This tweet was posted on November 02, 2011.
A child's fantasy -an aeroplane flight- brought to life in the pages of Frank Dobias' 1912 book: https://t.co/Sox3CKO74m #aviation #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 25, 2013.
Hey #avgeeks, Sunday is the last day for Interiors Revealed: Cutaway Airliner Models! On view in the #Aviation Museum http://t.co/oJlQqqy7Oq This tweet was posted on April 23, 2013.
Thanks for the visit, @JamesJetsOften! We love the photos! http://t.co/FqhjakGPae http://t.co/JME2n3BGHZ http://t.co/UA9AaMzKdh #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 24, 2013.
3 days left for Interiors Revealed! Here: 1:50 scale, late 1940s @British_Airways Handley Page Hermes 4. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 26, 2013.
Peek inside a 1950s Boeing 377 Stratocruiser to see the state-of-the-art cockpit w/seats for 5 crew members: http://t.co/u3n2wdXG8R #avgeeks This tweet was posted on March 21, 2013.
New #aviation exhibit pre-TSA in Term. 1 features airline flight bags! Check out The Jet Set Carry-on: http://t.co/wo5jOy5C #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 12, 2013.
TCA's 1950s ultra-modern Super Constellation was dubbed "the Queen of the Skies" http://t.co/QkzHS5mj On view: http://t.co/XdvohqRo #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 24, 2013.
Go #49ers! From the archives: 1950s Pan Am menu for a chartered team flight (w/ original mascot, Clementine) #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 01, 2013.
Airline insignia from the 1920s-80s are on view in the Aviation Museum's exhibit, "Emblems of the Airways" http://t.co/oflsg6g0 #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 08, 2013.
On this day in 1958, Pan Am made the first flight from New York to Paris using the Boeing 707 #avgeeks This tweet was posted on October 26, 2011.
Peeking in a 1940s-50s Quantas Constellation model plane shows a comfy sleeping berth & lots of little details: http://t.co/DBEckAVf #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 08, 2012.
Friday fun: Air New Zealand is the airline of Middle-earth with their Hobbit inspired safety video. http://t.co/ZRPBP6xp #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 02, 2012.
New exhibit alert! "Civil Air Transport: Asia's Airline of Distinction" is on view in the #Aviation Museum! http://t.co/MUneYz77 #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 15, 2012.
"FLY TO-DAY" 1918 Loughead (Lockheed) ad in Santa Barbara sure made a pretty billboard: http://t.co/UCmmnppj #avgeek #aviation This tweet was posted on June 06, 2012.
If you're not an #aviation engineer or #AVgeek, this could look modern. But really, this baby is from 1927! http://t.co/RHpR4KvO This tweet was posted on May 18, 2012.
Roald Amundsen congratulates aviator RIchard E. Byrd after his flight over the North Pole, OTD in 1926 http://t.co/A0KUV23F #AVgeeks This tweet was posted on May 09, 2012.
Pan Am's China Clipper SFO-HNL service was so deluxe (and lengthy) that the plane had a passenger lounge! http://t.co/NdbE51sz #avgeeks This tweet was posted on October 12, 2011.
Amazing- the 1st commercial flight across the Pacific, done by Pan Am, took SIX DAYS!! http://t.co/qLrV8MJb #ClipperGlory #AVGeeks #Aviation This tweet was posted on April 27, 2012.
The now-defunct Sabena's wardrobe tips for 1965's ladies included packing 2 nylon girdles (total = 1lb): http://t.co/jo0pALpC #AVgeeks This tweet was posted on April 27, 2012.
The first non-stop transcontinental flight (NY-->CA) occurred OTD in 1923, lasting almost 27 hours! #avgeeks This tweet was posted on May 02, 2012.
What did it take to make an airplane in 1926? Take a look at Lockheed's Hollywood factory: http://t.co/0aXzuAEw #avgeeks This tweet was posted on May 01, 2012.
Just in: 450 matchbooks from 1940-90. Hooray for #AVgeeks donors (& our interns for sorting them so nicely) http://t.co/lmSEzSwt This tweet was posted on April 12, 2012.
Check out that Hughes Airwest outfit in Cliff Muskiet's collection of stewardess uniforms! Yow! (via @CNN) http://t.co/Hb97DS7u #AVgeeks This tweet was posted on March 30, 2012.
How to hear over an open-air engine din? Helmets had ear fittings for speaking tubes between pilot-copilot! http://t.co/yGapPKRS #AVGeeks This tweet was posted on March 30, 2012.
Installation is underway in the #Aviation Museum for Luxury Aloft: Promotions for Airliner Lounges! #AVGeek http://t.co/iqEm0ARM This tweet was posted on April 05, 2012.
The Loughead Model F-1, a 1918 wooden flying boat, seated 10 passengers who paid $5 each for air tours. http://t.co/etWaMXZY #AVGeeks This tweet was posted on April 06, 2012.
The first around-the-world flight began OTD in 1924. #HowThingsChange: it took 175 days to complete! #AVGeeks #Aviation This tweet was posted on April 06, 2012.
The 1st airline steward, Jack Sanderson, started work for Daimler Airway OTD in 1922. Amazing- he was 14 years old! #AVGeeks This tweet was posted on April 02, 2012.
Goggles for open-air pilots protected them not just from solar glare, but airfield gravel, insects & more! http://t.co/5oS2t7j5 #AVGeeks This tweet was posted on March 27, 2012.
Oh, wow!! 45 feet long! RT @penelopephoto: The ‘Largest Paper Airplane’ Takes Flight - #avgeeks #aviation #photography http://t.co/wMczAwDi This tweet was posted on March 27, 2012.
Pan Am's 1935-46 Clipper fleet (aka "flying boats") was named in honor of 19th C. merchant sailing ships. http://t.co/Xr4pqNUo #AVgeeks This tweet was posted on March 28, 2012.
Perhaps a little vino with dinner? We've got a glass for you, @hharteveldt @GlobeTrotScott @williamjfischer http://t.co/9WZEYhES #AVGeeks This tweet was posted on March 28, 2012.
One step closer to solving the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance! http://t.co/vX0aeVNy #AVgeeks #Aviation This tweet was posted on March 20, 2012.