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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.
📸: photograph: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, San Francisco 49ers; 1954 Gift of the Pottorff Family in memory of George B. Pottorff, Jr. 2002.128.003 This tweet was posted on March 29, 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.
📸: 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.
📸 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.
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.
The initial “Love Bird” service out of Dallas Love Field offered twelve daily round-trip flights from Dallas to Houston and six round-trip flights from Dallas to San Antonio on Boeing 737-200s with $20 one-way fares. #avgeek #southwest This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
📸2/2: photograph: United Air Lines, Boeing 247; c. 1934 Gift of the Family of Raymond B. Klinke, Sr. 2019.080.031 This tweet was posted on February 08, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1964, Eastern Air Lines first introduced the Boeing 727. The aircraft was a medium range, intermediate-capacity jetliner that could serve regional airports with short runways. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 01, 2022.
📸 3/3: advertisement: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Saturday Evening Post; 1948 Gift of Barnaby Conrad III 2001.038.164.036 a b This tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.
📸: postcard: Eastern Air Lines, Boeing 727-25; c. 1975 Gift of George Gayuski 2001.082.136 postcard: Eastern Air Lines, Boeing 727; mid 1960s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.332 This tweet was posted on February 01, 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.
In 1957, Ansett acquired its major competitor ANA (Australian National Airways) and assumed the name Ansett-ANA. In 1964, Ansett-ANA received delivery of its first pure turbojet, the Boeing 727. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1949, Pan American World Airways received their first delivery of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. #PanAm launched #Stratocruiser transpacific service from San Francisco to Hawai’i in April 1949, and transatlantic service to London in June 1949. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 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.
📸 1/3: photograph: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser; late 1940s Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.0846 This tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.
📸 2/3: photograph: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Colonel Clarence M. Young commemorative album; 1949 Gift of Jon E. Krupnick 2010.278.001.092 This tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.
In 1972, #EmilioPucci designed the “727 #Braniff Place Blue Pant Collection” to commemorate the company’s fleet of #Boeing 727 airliners. #FlightPatterns #Braniff #EmilioPucci This tweet was posted on January 18, 2022.
📸 1/2: postcard: TWA, Boeing 767-200; late 1990s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2004.061.024 This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
The Boeing 787 is the latest wide-body jet airliner manufactured by Boeing. Named the Dreamliner, the aircraft was first introduced by All Nippon Airways (ANA) in 2011. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
The first commercial airliner with an airframe primarily made of composite materials, the Boeing 787 features larger windows than any other aircraft in service, as the composite materials do not require reinforcements like aircraft constructed of aluminum. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
📸: model airplane: ANA (All Nippon Airways), Boeing 787-8; 2008 Transfer from City and County of San Francisco 2009.036.007 a b poster: Boeing 787 Dreamliner; c. 2011 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2014.081.025 This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
Boeing adopted the two-engine, widebody concept with its 777 airliner, which was introduced on June 7, 1995. The 777 was a joint collaborative project between Boeing & 8 major airlines, including United, ANA (All Nippon Airways), British Airways, & Japan Airlines. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
The program called “Working Together” used computer-aided three-dimensional interactive applications, making the Boeing 777 the first completely digitally designed airplane. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
The world’s largest twin jet, the Boeing 777 has the capacity to seat between 317 and 396 passengers in a 2 class configuration and has a range of 6,000 to 8,400 miles. With a cruising speed of 554 mph, some variations of the 777 can operate long-haul polar routes. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
📸 1/3: postcard: United Airlines, Boeing 777; c. 1995 Gift of Craig Lynes 2003.105.195 poster: United Airlines, Boeing 777; late 1990s Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.644 This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
The first Boeing aircraft to incorporate fly-by-wire controls, the 777 is also the first to use a fiber optic avionics network on a commercial airliner. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 777? #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
📸 2/3: brochure: Singapore Airlines, Boeing 777-300ER; 2014 Collection of SFO Museum 2014.076.016 advertisement: ANA (All Nippon Airways), Boeing 777-200; c. 2005 Gift of Robert Behr 2011.001.021 This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
📸 3/3: model airplane: Boeing 777; c. 1990s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 1999.061.018 a b This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
📸: photograph: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 707; c. 1960 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.0458.038 This tweet was posted on October 26, 2021.
Taking off from Idlewild airport in NY #onthisday in 1958, #PanAm became the first airline to inaugurate scheduled transatlantic commercial jet service on a Boeing 707. 111 passengers boarded the jetliner, named “Clipper America,” bound for Le Bourget Airport, Paris. #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 26, 2021.
📸: United Air Lines flight attendants review route map with a family aboard a Boeing 747 widebody airliner c. 1973 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.300 R2021.0601.082 This tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.