Search results for avgeek

Refine these results

There are 2,703 results for this query, grouped by the following types:

With the launch of the #Boeing 747, Pan American offered customers promotional View-Master three-dimensional viewers with sets of disks that detailed the aircraft’s development and highlighted its revolutionary features. #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 13, 2020.
“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 13, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1969, the first #Concorde took off on its maiden flight departing from Toulouse, France. Developed as a joint endeavor between the governments of Great Britain and France, the aircraft that made this flight, Concorde 001, was built in France. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 02, 2020.
@flySFO @panamhistory Learn more about open water navigation during the 1930s in our exhibition, "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #ChinaClipper #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
@flySFO @panamhistory Transpacific flights in the 1930s required serious navigation skills, including dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Shown here is the navigation and radio kit used by #PanAm in the mid 1930s and early 1940s. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
Flying over open waters in an aircraft in the 1930s was complicated! Pan American Airways had a cross-trained crew of up to ten staff on each flight. Shown here: the crew of six on #PanAm’s 1935 survey flight to Hawaii. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
In the United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 first-class stewards and stewardesses offered special wine, fruit, and cheese services in the upper-deck lounge and wore unique uniforms featuring brightly colored plaid sports coats and skirts #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2003, we presented "The Flight Bag: Icon of Air Travel" which featured dozens of flight bags from various airlines. Do you remember this exhibition? #TBTSFOM #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin at the front of the aircraft with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room.” #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
Page had a small flying boat designed around one of his own aero engines and flew extensively around the Bay Area, photographing points of interest. Do you recognize either of these locations? #StanleyHenryPage #SHPage #avgeek #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 21, 2020.
See “Above the Bay: The Aerial Photography of Stanley Page” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/eZlmOaOxuM #StanleyHenryPage #SHPage #avgeek #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 21, 2020.
Stanley Henry Page was an early twentieth-century San Francisco Bay Area engineer who was inspired by the new technologies of flight and photography. #StanleyHenryPage #SHPage #avgeek #SFHistory This tweet was posted on February 21, 2020.
The Big 2-0! #HappyBirthday to JetBlue which commenced operations #onthisday in 2000. Operating an Airbus A320, JetBlue's inaugural flight took off from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Have you ever flown on #JetBlue? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 11, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1965, the Douglas DC-9 took off on its maiden flight. The aircraft was produced for 41 years, first by Douglas, then McDonnell Douglas, and finally Boeing in numerous variants and derivatives. Have you ever flown on a DC-9? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 25, 2020.
Philippine Air Lines (PAL) was established in 1941. By 1948, PAL was flying DC-6s from Manila to @flySFO via Guam, Wake Island, and Honolulu. Have you ever flown on Philippine Air Lines? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 26, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1991, Continental Airlines introduced their new blue, gold, and grey aircraft #livery with a globe logo. It replaced the gold and red livery with “jetstresm” logo designed by #SaulBass and introduced in 1968. Do you remember this livery? #avgeek #graphicdesign This tweet was posted on February 12, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1977, Kenya Airways, the flag carrier of Kenya, commenced operations. The first scheduled flight was service from Nairobi to London via Frankfurt flown on a #Boeing 707. Have you ever flown on #Kenya Airways? #TravelTuesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 04, 2020.
Happy #ValentinesDay! SFO Museum hopes you’re spending it with your sweetheart. Need ideas for how to express your affection for your #Valentine? Take some inspiration from these cute aviation-themed Valentine’s cards from circa 1915. #avgeek #Valentines This tweet was posted on February 14, 2020.
The #Blériot XI monoplane took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1909. On July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot flew the aircraft over the English Channel from Calais, France, to Dover, England completing the first successful crossing of the Channel in an airplane. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 23, 2020.
The first flight of the Boeing 247 took place #onthisday in 1933. Considered the first modern airliner, the Boeing 247 had a maximum speed of 200 mph, faster than the U.S. Army Air Corps’ fighter aircraft of the time. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 07, 2020.
#OnThisDay in 1959, the #Convair 880 took off on its maiden flight. The aircraft was claimed to be the fastest commercial jetliner in service at the time with a maximum cruising speed of 615mph. Have you ever flown on a Convair 880? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2020.
Incorporated as Inter-Island Airways #onthisday in 1929, Hawaiian Airlines dates to before Hawai’i’s statehood. In 1973, the airline introduced Pualani (Flower of the Sky), who continues to represent the airlines’ brand identity. Have you ever flown on #HawaiianAirlines? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 30, 2020.
Introduced April 1,1949 by Pan American, the Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. Its unique fuselage was equipped with two decks; the upper contained a roomy main cabin, while the lower featured a popular cocktail lounge. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 2020.
#Onthisday, the first McDonnell Douglas MD-11 took flight in 1990. The MD-11 was based on the design of the DC-10, introduced in 1971, and featured a stretched fuselage, increased wingspan, and a glass cockpit. Have you ever flown on a #MD11? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 10, 2020.
During World War II, Lockheed Constellations were designated as C-69 military transports. In 1944, Howard Hughes flew a C-69 from Burbank, California to Washington, D.C. in a record time of 6 hrs and 57 min. Did you ever fly on a Lockheed Constellation? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 09, 2020.
The inaugural flight of the #Concorde for the #Braniff International Airways and British Airways joint #SST service to London from Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington, D.C. was inaugurated #onthisday in 1979. Did you ever fly on a Concorde? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 13, 2020.
After R&R leave was over, soldiers on the return flights often needed the same emotional support that they received on their initial flights to Vietnam. This was often more difficult because the soldiers now knew what awaited them. #freedombird #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 14, 2020.
Pan American Airways’ inaugurated first scheduled passenger flight on January 16, 1928, with a Fokker F-VIIa/3m. Flying from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, the plane made the 90-mile trip in just under 90 minutes. The round-trip fare was $100 or $1,486.75 now. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 16, 2020.
See “Flying the Freedom Birds: Airlines and the Vietnam War,” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/jA5xrcECNN #freedombird #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 14, 2020.
Glenn L. Martin was born on #onthisday in 1886. The Martin company produced numerous types of aircraft, including the Martin M-130, which #PanAmerican used to inaugurate the first scheduled #transpacific airmail service in 1935. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 17, 2020.
#OnThisDay in 1957, the first Boeing 707 took flight on a rainy day from Renton Municipal Airport in Washington. N708PA, the aircraft that took this first test flight, pictured here, was delivered to Pan American World Airways on Nov 30, 1958. Did you ever fly on a 707? #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 20, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1984, the first Pan American World Airways Airbus A300B4, registered N202PA, departed from New York to Bridgetown, #Barbados. Have you ever flown on an #Airbus 300? #avgeek #PAA #PanAm This tweet was posted on December 23, 2019.
#Onthisday in 2017, Delta Air Lines’ last 747 took its final scheduled international flight from Seoul, South Korea to Detroit, Michigan. Though originally scheduled December 17th, the flight was rescheduled for December 19. Did you ever fly on a #Delta Boeing 747? #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 19, 2019.
NORAD or the North American Aerospace Defense Command started tracking #Santa’s movements #onthisday in 1955. Follow along this year @NORADSanta. What is a winter holiday tradition you and your loved ones follow? #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 24, 2019.
Can you imagine a roundtrip flight from the Philippine capital of Manila, to California taking 15 days? In 1935, the first scheduled transpacific airmail flight took 8 days to reach Manila from Alameda, and 4 days to come back, for a total of 123 flight hours. #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on December 06, 2019.