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How would you caption this 1960s publicity photo from United Airlines?
This image was posted on July 28, 2019.
#united #captioncontest #avgeek
#Onthisday in 1909, Louis Blériot successfully landed his plane in Dover, England, after flying from Calais, France.
This image was posted on July 25, 2019.
#blériot #earlyaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory
Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Airways, reportedly “discovered” Wake Island while scouring through 19th century clipper ship logs at the New York Public Library.
This image was posted on July 24, 2019.
#wakeisland #wake #paa #panam #panamerican #avgeek #paxex
San Francisco International Airport is celebrating the opening of the brand-new Harvey Milk Terminal 1 today!
This image was posted on July 23, 2019.
#sfohistory #terminal1 #harveymilkterminal1 #sfhistory #avgeek #paxex
One of the first uses of aluminum helicopter rotor blades was in the Hiller XH-44 “Hiller-copter”, designed and built by Stanley Hiller, Jr. (1924–2006) in 1944 at the age of nineteen.
This image was posted on July 21, 2019.
#aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #hillercopter #helicopter #museum
Developed and produced by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. of Great Britain, the Viscount was the world’s first turboprop airliner to go into service.
This image was posted on July 16, 2019.
#aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #vickers #viscount #vickersviscount #modelplane #aircraftmodel #museum
Developed and produced by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. of Great Britain, the Viscount was the world’s first turboprop airliner to go into service.
This image was posted on July 16, 2019.
#aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #vickers #viscount #vickersviscount #modelplane #aircraftmodel #museum
Developed and produced by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. of Great Britain, the Viscount was the world’s first turboprop airliner to go into service.
This image was posted on July 16, 2019.
#aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #vickers #viscount #vickersviscount #modelplane #aircraftmodel #museum
The first Western Air Express flight departed on April 17, 1926, with an airmail flight from LA to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane.
This image was posted on July 15, 2019.
#westernairexpress #westernairlines #deltaairlines #avgeek #routemap #map
During the late 1930s, appliances for the office and home underwent a major transformation.
This image was posted on July 10, 2019.
#streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #typewriter #1940s #typewriters
During the late 1930s, appliances for the office and home underwent a major transformation.
This image was posted on July 10, 2019.
#streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #typewriter #1940s #typewriters
During the late 1930s, appliances for the office and home underwent a major transformation.
This image was posted on July 10, 2019.
#streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #typewriter #1940s #typewriters
During the late 1930s, appliances for the office and home underwent a major transformation.
This image was posted on July 10, 2019.
#streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #typewriter #1940s #typewriters
The first flight of the Boeing 377 took place #onthisday in 1947.
This image was posted on July 08, 2019.
#avgeek #aviationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #boeing #boeing377 #stratocruiser
The first flight of the Boeing 377 took place #onthisday in 1947.
This image was posted on July 08, 2019.
#avgeek #aviationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #boeing #boeing377 #stratocruiser
#Onthisday in 2004, the longest regularly scheduled commercial nonstop flight, departed from Singapore and landed in Newark, New Jersey operated by Singapore Airlines.
This image was posted on June 28, 2019.
#singapore #airbus #newark #modelairplane #avgeek #singapoeairlines
In the early 1970s, United Airlines commissioned aviation artist Nixon Galloway of Manhattan Beach, California, to create a series of watercolor paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline and its subsidiaries from the beginning of the company’s history.
This image was posted on June 21, 2019.
#unitedairlines #united #aircraft #avgeek #watercolors #illustration #aircraft
In the early 1970s, United Airlines commissioned aviation artist Nixon Galloway of Manhattan Beach, California, to create a series of watercolor paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline and its subsidiaries from the beginning of the company’s history.
This image was posted on June 21, 2019.
#unitedairlines #united #aircraft #avgeek #watercolors #illustration #aircraft
Beginning with the 1903 Wright Flyer, lightweight aircraft engines made of aluminum were vital to the advancement of aviation.
This image was posted on June 20, 2019.
#aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #engine #radialengine
Beginning with the 1903 Wright Flyer, lightweight aircraft engines made of aluminum were vital to the advancement of aviation.
This image was posted on June 20, 2019.
#aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek #engine #radialengine
Cuban-born designer Adolfo Sardiña (b.
This image was posted on June 19, 2019.
#adolfo #cuban #panam #paa #flightattendant #uniform #avgeek #crewlife
#Onthisday in 1971, Southwest Airlines began intrastate operations in Texas.
This image was posted on June 18, 2019.
#avgeek #southwest #happybirthday
In the 1970s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) introduced plastic swizzle sticks formed into the shapes of easily-identifiable symbols representing the airline’s major flight destinations.
This image was posted on June 11, 2019.
#avgeek #twa #france #india #england #greece #spain #hongkong #italy #africa #transworldairlines
Pan Am Express was a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways primarily focused on connecting passengers to Pan Am's hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) for Latin American and trans-Atlantic routes, but also provided regional services in many other areas of the U.S., as well as the Bahamas and Europe.
This image was posted on June 03, 2019.
#avgeek #postcard #panam #aérospatiale
During the 1930s and ‘40s, as new forms of entertainment were electronically transmitted along radio waves from venues and broadcast stations to the public in their homes, the streamline designs of radios further conveyed the idea of technological progress.
This image was posted on May 28, 2019.
#streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek
During the 1930s and ‘40s, as new forms of entertainment were electronically transmitted along radio waves from venues and broadcast stations to the public in their homes, the streamline designs of radios further conveyed the idea of technological progress.
This image was posted on May 28, 2019.
#streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek
During the 1930s and ‘40s, as new forms of entertainment were electronically transmitted along radio waves from venues and broadcast stations to the public in their homes, the streamline designs of radios further conveyed the idea of technological progress.
This image was posted on May 28, 2019.
#streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek
During the 1930s and ‘40s, as new forms of entertainment were electronically transmitted along radio waves from venues and broadcast stations to the public in their homes, the streamline designs of radios further conveyed the idea of technological progress.
This image was posted on May 28, 2019.
#streamlinesaesthetics #streamline #design #industrialdesign #avgeek
#Onthisday in 1976, the first Concorde flights from the United States began at Washington Dulles International Airport.
This image was posted on May 24, 2019.
#avgeek #concorde #dulles #washington #paris #london
When jetliners were introduced in the 1950s, they brought air travel to a larger percentage of the public as their high speeds, extensive range, and large capacities enabled the airlines to substantially reduce their seat-mile costs.
This image was posted on May 23, 2019.
#bythebook #avgeek #jetliners #paa #panam
When jetliners were introduced in the 1950s, they brought air travel to a larger percentage of the public as their high speeds, extensive range, and large capacities enabled the airlines to substantially reduce their seat-mile costs.
This image was posted on May 23, 2019.
#bythebook #avgeek #jetliners #paa #panam
When jetliners were introduced in the 1950s, they brought air travel to a larger percentage of the public as their high speeds, extensive range, and large capacities enabled the airlines to substantially reduce their seat-mile costs.
This image was posted on May 23, 2019.
#bythebook #avgeek #jetliners #paa #panam
#OnThisDay in 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed in Paris, France, after completing his historic, first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
This image was posted on May 21, 2019.
#charleslindbergh #luckylindy #lindbergh #ryannyp #spiritofstlouis #ryanairlines #paris #newyork #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #airplane #aircraft