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From 1859 to 1933, San Francisco Bay's most (in)famous island, Alcatraz Island, served as a military prison.
This image was posted on January 07, 2018.
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#OnThisDay in 1946, the first Lockheed 049 Constellation was delivered to Pan American World Airways.
This image was posted on January 05, 2018.
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#OnThisDay in 1934, the first Martin M-130 took off on its first test flight.
This image was posted on December 30, 2017.
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For more than ninety years, United Airlines personnel have filled the dozens of positions needed to sustain the operations of a global organization.
This image was posted on December 29, 2017.
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During World War II, Pan American Airways moved their flying boat operations from Treasure Island to SFO's Seaplane Harbor.
This image was posted on December 28, 2017.
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The flag carrier of Argentina, Aerolineas Argentinas, was founded in 1949.
This image was posted on December 26, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1984, the first Pan American World Airways Airbus A300B4, registered N202PA, departed from New York to Bridgetown, Barbados.
This image was posted on December 23, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1932, Pacific Air Transport (PAT), part of United Air Lines, became a tenant at San Francisco Airport.
This image was posted on December 22, 2017.
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"Children behave so well you hardly believe they're yours" "Travel with children becomes a pleasure instead of a problem when you go by Flagship.
This image was posted on December 20, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1957, the first Boeing 707 departed on a raining day from Renton Municipal Airport.
This image was posted on December 20, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1957, the first Boeing 707 departed on a raining day from Renton Municipal Airport.
This image was posted on December 20, 2017.
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Lufthansa, the flag carrier of Germany, traces its history back to 1926.
This image was posted on December 19, 2017.
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Happy Pan American Aviation Day!
This image was posted on December 17, 2017.
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China Airlines, the flag carrier of Taiwan, was founded #onthisday in 1959 by retired Chinese Air Force officers.
This image was posted on December 16, 2017.
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A popular style of aviation photography, that became symbolic of the jet age, was a flight attendant poised in the cowling of a jet engine.
This image was posted on December 13, 2017.
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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 December 11, 2017.
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In 1939, Hollywood producer, financial magnate, and visionary aviator Howard Hughes acquired a majority share of TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air).
This image was posted on December 08, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1941, San Francisco Airport became an U.S. Army Air Corps training and staging facility.
This image was posted on December 07, 2017.
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"The finest way to fly overseas is by Pan American's 'blue-ribbon' services.
This image was posted on December 06, 2017.
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South African Airways (SAA), the flag carrier of the Republic of South Africa, began operations in 1934.
This image was posted on December 05, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1991, the last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, Pan American’s birthplace.
This image was posted on December 04, 2017.
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In the early 1970s, Braniff International CEO Harding Lawrence was determined to build on the success and high-visibility that the earlier ad campaigns had afforded the airline.
This image was posted on December 02, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 2001, the final Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight departed from Kansas City, Missouri and landed in St. Louis, Missouri.
This image was posted on December 01, 2017.
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Among the early photos of SFO is this picture of United Air Lines' modest ticket counter in the airport's original administrative building.
This image was posted on November 30, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1935, the inaugural transpacific Pan American Airways Clipper service landed in Manila from California carrying 110,865 letters.
This image was posted on November 29, 2017.
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In 1935, in response to a request for a large-capacity, long-range airliner from United Air Lines, Douglas began developing the DC-4.
This image was posted on November 29, 2017.
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The Universal Airlines Corporation was founded in July 1928.
This image was posted on November 28, 2017.
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The Universal Airlines Corporation was founded in July 1928.
This image was posted on November 28, 2017.
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In 1968, Braniff International turned over its advertising account from Wells, Rich, Greene to the upstart firm of Lois, Holland, Callaway.
This image was posted on November 22, 2017.
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In the 1950s, people weren't the only airplane passengers!
This image was posted on November 21, 2017.
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In 1946, the Civil Aeronautics Board granted United Air Lines the transpacific route to Hawai'i, and in 1947, the airline inaugurated passenger service.
This image was posted on November 20, 2017.
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Hold on to your lunch!
This image was posted on November 19, 2017.
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The Curtiss Condor T-32 was the first land-based, luxury-sleeper-berth-equipped airliner to go into service, beginning in 1933 with American Airways (later American Airlines) and Eastern Air Transport (later Eastern Air Lines).
This image was posted on November 17, 2017.
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Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970.
This image was posted on November 16, 2017.
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What did SFO look like #onthisday in 1938?
This image was posted on November 16, 2017.
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California was a West Coast center for the development of aviation from the earliest years of flight, and was home to numerous regional airlines.
This image was posted on November 15, 2017.
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