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Happy Birthday to aviatrix Amy Johnson!
This image was posted on July 01, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #womeninaviation #jimlund #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #flight #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft #dehavilland #aviatrix
#OnThisDay in 1962, the Vickers VC10 took off on its maiden flight.
This image was posted on June 29, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #boac #vickers #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft
#OnThisDay in 1962, the Vickers VC10 took off on its maiden flight.
This image was posted on June 29, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #boac #vickers #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft
#OnThisDay in 1962, the Vickers VC10 took off on its maiden flight.
This image was posted on June 29, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #boac #vickers #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft
The first regularly scheduled North Atlantic southern route passenger service from the U.S. to Europe started #onthisday in 1939.
This image was posted on June 28, 2018.
#avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #panamerican #paa #transatlantic
#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the late President of Pan American World Airways, who was born #onthisday in 1899.
This image was posted on June 27, 2018.
#juantrippe #paa #panamerican #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
Summer is upon us in the Northern Hemisphere.
This image was posted on June 26, 2018.
#traveltuesday #summertravel #instatravel #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
Our newest exhibition, "Into the Ether: Published Works on Ballooning and Atmospheric Studies, 1783–1910," will be opening in the Aviation Museum and Library tomorrow.
This image was posted on June 23, 2018.
#intotheether #aeronauts #balloons #balloning #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
Parisian by birth, Hollywood costumer Jean Louis (1907–1997) designed for hundreds of leading ladies, including a famous strapless gown worn by Rita Hayworth in “Gilda.” A frequent nominee and Oscar-winner, Louis had a long engagement with United Airlines and created this uniform for the airline’s 4,500 stewardesses.
This image was posted on June 21, 2018.
#jeanlouis #united #crewlife #flightattendant #uniform #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #fashion
The DC-10 was McDonnell Douglas’ answer to Boeing’s wide-body 747 jumbo-jet.
This image was posted on June 21, 2018.
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The DC-10 was McDonnell Douglas’ answer to Boeing’s wide-body 747 jumbo-jet.
This image was posted on June 21, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft #dc10
The DC-10 was McDonnell Douglas’ answer to Boeing’s wide-body 747 jumbo-jet.
This image was posted on June 21, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft #dc10
Icelandair, the flag carrier of Iceland, was established in 1937 as Flugfélag Akureyrar and began operating as Icelandair in 1940.
This image was posted on June 19, 2018.
#avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #icelandair
#Onthisday in 1971, Southwest Airlines began operation in Texas.
This image was posted on June 18, 2018.
#avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #southwest #lovebird #boeing #boeing737
Yvonne V. Olivier began working as a stewardess for Pan American World Airways in 1946.
This image was posted on June 18, 2018.
#panam #panamerican #flightattendant #crewlife #purser #crewlife #juantrippe #avgeek #avhistory #aviationgeek #avgeeks #aviationhistory
The world’s first twin-engine wide body aircraft, the Airbus A300, was introduced on May 30, 1974.
This image was posted on June 14, 2018.
#airbus #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
Happy 103rd Birthday to Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter!
This image was posted on June 13, 2018.
#womeninaviation #aviatrix #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
This is your last week to see "When You Got It- Flaunt It: Advertising Braniff International," which highlights two decades of Braniff International Airways' marketing history.
This image was posted on June 12, 2018.
#aviation #avgeek #braniff #advertising #marketing #georgesgordon #douglasaircraft #dc8 #flyingcolors #alexandercalder
Airlines discovered early that providing children with jobs, albeit pretend ones, was a way to make them feel useful and keep them from getting bored on long flights.
This image was posted on June 08, 2018.
#avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
Airlines discovered early that providing children with jobs, albeit pretend ones, was a way to make them feel useful and keep them from getting bored on long flights.
This image was posted on June 08, 2018.
#avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
#OnThisDay in 1927, the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco officially began operations.
This image was posted on June 07, 2018.
#avgeek #sfohistory #sfhistory #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
Although Alaska Airlines can trace its roots back through various incarnations to the early 1930s, it officially began operating as Alaska Airlines on June 6, 1944.
This image was posted on June 06, 2018.
#alaska #nativealaskan #eskimo #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
The all-metal, twin-engine Boeing Model 247 was a revolutionary airplane when introduced in 1933.
This image was posted on June 05, 2018.
#jimlund #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft
The all-metal, twin-engine Boeing Model 247 was a revolutionary airplane when introduced in 1933.
This image was posted on June 05, 2018.
#jimlund #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft
The all-metal, twin-engine Boeing Model 247 was a revolutionary airplane when introduced in 1933.
This image was posted on June 05, 2018.
#jimlund #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft
#Onthisday in 1934, Pan American Airways received its first Sikorsky S-42.
This image was posted on June 05, 2018.
#avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
The all-metal, twin-engine Boeing Model 247 was a revolutionary airplane when introduced in 1933.
This image was posted on June 05, 2018.
#jimlund #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft
The Curtiss Commando was initially designed by Curtiss-Wright’s chief designer George A.
This image was posted on June 01, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #curtiss #c46 #flyingtiger #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #cargo #wwii #military
The Curtiss Commando was initially designed by Curtiss-Wright’s chief designer George A.
This image was posted on June 01, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #curtiss #c46 #flyingtiger #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #cargo #wwii #military
The Curtiss Commando was initially designed by Curtiss-Wright’s chief designer George A.
This image was posted on June 01, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #curtiss #c46 #flyingtiger #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #cargo #wwii #military
#OnThisDay in 1924, the Huff Daland Dusters, based in Macon, Georgia, began one of the earliest known commercial aerial crop-dusting operations in America.
This image was posted on May 30, 2018.
#delta #deltaairlines #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
#OnThisDay in 1960, the Pan American Worldport terminal opened at Idlewild Airport, now called John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
This image was posted on May 24, 2018.
#worldport #panam #paa #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
Introduced in 1947, the Lockheed L-749 Constellation was the first major postwar production version of the Constellation designed specifically for the commercial market.
This image was posted on May 22, 2018.
#traveltuesday #qantas #constellation #l749 #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
#OnThisDay in 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed in Paris, France, making aviation history.
This image was posted on May 21, 2018.
#aviationevolutions #jimlund #charleslindbergh #luckylindy #lindbergh #ryannyp #spiritofstlouis #ryanairlines #paris #newyork #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #modelplane #avgeeks #modelaircraft #airplane #aircraft
What did people eat on aircraft in the early days of aviation?
This image was posted on May 20, 2018.
#inflight #airlinemeals #meals #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
#OnThisDay in 1953, the Douglas DC-7 took its maiden flight.
This image was posted on May 18, 2018.
#dc7 #americanair #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks