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By 1978, the airline had expanded its service to San Francisco, recorded a decade of annual profits and attained a reputation for quality and reliable service. In 1981, the airline introduced the wide-body Douglas DC-10-15 on its high-density routes. #DefunctThursday #Mexicana This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
📸 1/2: poster: Mexicana de Aviación and Pan American World Airways, Mexico; 1950s Gift of Wallace L. Dean 1995.72.05 photograph: Mexicana Airlines, de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C; c. 1960s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2006.010.676 This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
🧵: Founded in 1924 by George Rihl, Compañía Mexicana de Aviación was Mexico’s flagship airline. In 1929, the airline was acquired by Pan American Airways. #DefunctThursday #Mexicana This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
📸 2/2: model airplane: Mexicana Airlines, McDonnell Douglas DC-10; 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 1999.061.024 a b slide: Mexicana Airlines Airbus A320-200 , San Francisco International Airport (SFO); 1993 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2015.074.219 This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
Founded by George T. Baker in 1934, National Airlines started as an air mail carrier, as did many airlines at that time. By the end of the decade, the growing company opened a service to New Orleans, called the “Buccaneer Route.” #DefunctThursday #NationalAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 09, 2022.
📸: luggage label: National Air Lines; late 1930s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.168.432 postcard: National Airlines, Douglas DC-4, Miami International Airport; 1952 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.2084 This tweet was posted on June 09, 2022.
From a crop-dusting operation to a global airline, Delta was founded in 1925 as Huff Daland Dusters, one of the first aerial crop-dusting companies, and incorporated as Delta Air Service in 1928, the company’s first passenger flight occurred #onthisday in 1929. This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
Despite expansion into new destinations the airline had crippling financial issues. It was acquired by Delta Air Lines in August 1972. #DefunctThursday #NortheastAirlines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
Founded in 1931 as Boston-Maine Airways, Northeast Airlines operated sporadically for a few months as a Pan American Airways carrier. In 1933, another Boston-Maine Airways was formed under contract with National Airways. #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
In the mid-1960s, a bright yellow livery was introduced, created by famed Industrial Designer Raymond Loewy. Nicknamed the yellowbirds, it was the airline's final livery. #DefunctThursday #NortheastAirlines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
Its name changed to Northeast Airlines in 1940, and that decade saw Northeast's route service expanded into New York. In 1959, Northeast became one of the first domestic carriers to offer jet service between New York and Miami using Boeing 707s. #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
Through airliner models, promotional items, meal service wares, cabin crew uniforms, and photographs, “Flying the Southern Cross Route” presents a legacy of Australian air service on a route that connects two diverse regions and both hemispheres. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on June 24, 2022.
📸 1/2: postcard: Northeast Airlines, Douglas DC-6B Sunliner, Florida; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1112 luggage label: Northeast Airlines; c. 1955 Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection 2011.061.0864 This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
📸 2/2: postcard: Northeast Airlines, Douglas DC-9-31; c. 1970 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.494 model airplane: Northeast Airlines, Convair 990A; late 1960s Gift of John E. Zullo in memory of Angelo Zullo 2009.158.003 a b This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
In the wake of World War II, Australian airline companies embarked on the task establishing an air route across the Pacific Ocean to the United States. #AustralianAirliners #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 29, 2022.
Today, non-stop air travel between the two countries requires only fifteen hours of flight. See “Australian Airliners Across the Pacific” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/AePkQlpXiu #AustralianAirliners #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 29, 2022.
Entering the jet age, the company purchased Douglas DC-8s, Boeing 720s, and Boeing 707-320s. After merging with Republic Airlines in 1986, the company dropped Orient from their branding. #DefunctThursday #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
Following a war time assignment in Alaska, Northwest used their experience in the territory to open transpacific service to Asia via Alaska in 1947. With this transpacific expansion, the company rebranded itself as Northwest Orient Airlines. #DefunctThursday #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
Increased competition and labor costs in the 2000s caused the airline filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005. In 2008, the company merged with Delta Airlines to form the world's largest airline. #DefunctThursday #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
The 1930s saw the company expand service westward from its Twin Cities base, and service to Seattle was flown by 1933. A year later, the airline was renamed Northwest Airlines and acquired the Lockheed 10-A Electra. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
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By the end of the 1950s, the airline had rapidly expanded into 35 cities. In 1966, Ozark entered the jet age and purchased several Douglas DC-9 aircraft, and added destinations all over the country. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
When another airline, Parks Air Lines, failed to commence operations, Ozark purchased the airline, received their certification, and began operating their routes in 1950. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
From 1978 to 1984, Ozark flew DC-9s almost exclusively as they phased out their older aircraft. In 1986, Ozark was purchased by Trans World Airlines (TWA). #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
Named the Stratoliner for its ability to cruise near the stratosphere, the airliner had a circular cross-section, tear-drop-shaped fuselage to handle the stresses of pressurization. TWA touted its quietness, speed, and capability of flying above bad weather. #AvGeek #Stratoliner This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
The Boeing 307 Stratoliner was put into service #onthisday in 1940 by both Pan American and Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA). The #Stratoliner was the first commercial airliner to have a pressurized cabin. #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
📸 3/3: postcard: Ozark Airlines, Douglas DC-9; 1970s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.503 This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
Adverse publicity from an ill-planned ad campaign, along with stiff competition on the California corridor from other airlines ultimately led Pacific to seek out a merger with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West in 1968. #DefunctThursday #PacificAirlines This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
In 1958, the carrier rebranded itself as Pacific Air Lines, and updated its Navajo-inspired thunderbird logo to a bright and modern, red, white, and blue depiction. In 1965, Pacific began leasing two Boeing 727 jet airliners and placed orders for four more. #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
Pacific Air Lines began as a business endeavor to train pilots during World War II. Based in San Francisco, the airline began commercial commuter passenger operations as Southwest Airways in 1946. #DefunctThursday #PacificAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
📸 2/2: timetable: Pacific Airlines; 1968 Gift of Bob Rhoades 2000.056.002 This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
Smocks and aprons are a crucial yet often overlooked part of a flight attendant’s uniform and can vary wildly in design from one airline or era to another. Browse our collection of over one hundred smocks & aprons in our online database: https://t.co/pUb01199b1 #crewlife #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 18, 2022.
Pan American pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In less than 3 years, Pan Am’s routes increased from an inaugural 261-mile Miami-Havana line to over 19,000 miles. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with @AmericanAir. The #DC10 was initially designed to be operated on transcontinental or regional routes at smaller airports thus broadening the widebody market to more airlines and the public. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.
The history of one of the United States’ most storied airlines, Pan American Airways, stretches back to 1927 and will be a multi-part #DefunctThursday. Founded in 1927 by Juan Trippe, #PanAm grew rapidly, purchasing or partnering with numerous competing airlines along the way. This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.
📸: photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), American Airlines, McDonnell Douglas DC-10; 1970s Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1997.52.084.068 - poster: McDonnell Douglas DC-10; 1970s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2006.010.285 This tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.