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It comprised a swept-wing, four-jet-engine layout similar to that of the Boeing 707 with a capacity for up to 179 passengers. Powered by four Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet engines, the DC-8 was capable of cruising speeds reaching 600 miles per hour. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
Upgraded variants were introduced during the 1960s, including a stretched version that was the largest capacity airliner until the introduction of the widebody Boeing 747 in 1970. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
📸 2/3: All: photographs, Boeing 707 Pan Am; c. 1959 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0776 a b Continental; c. 1960 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0138 Pan Am, 707-121; c.1958 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0762 TWA, 707-300C; c. 1975 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2012.167.035 This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.
📸 1/3: All: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 707 photo: at Renton, Washington; 1958 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.202 photo; 1958 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.203 postcard: first scheduled service to Paris; Oct. 26, 1958 Gift of Ernest J. Colant 1993.17.08 This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.
📸 3/3: All: Boeing 707 photo: China Airlines, 707-320C, LAX; 1971 Gift of the Family of Carl Chi-hsun Ma 2017.023.013 postcard: Saudi Arabian Airlines, 707; c. 1975 Gift of George Gayuski 2001.082.220 photo: Pan Am, 707-121 lounge; c. 1958 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0768 This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.
BEA inaugurated shorter-range Comet Mk. 4B service on its Tel Aviv-London route in April 1960. The Comet Mk. 4 had a cruising speed of just over 500mph and accommodated up to 81 passengers, but ultimately could not compete with the Boeing 707 or the Douglas DC-8. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.
Forty-four L-1649 Starliners were produced and by the early 1960s, with the end of the propliner era, they were replaced by the much faster Boeing 707 jetliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 09, 2021.
The Boeing 707 was originally developed following an initial request in 1955 from Pan American World Airways for a large capacity jet-powered airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.
In 1957, Braniff International Airways launched DC-7C service to South America that it dubbed “El Dorado” service. Sales of the DC-7 rapidly declined by the end of the decade, with the arrival of long-range jets such as the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 02, 2021.
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft when introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1949. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
With nineteen windowpanes, the cockpit of the Boeing 377 offered one of the highest degrees of visibility of any airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
#PanAm launched Boeing 377 Stratocruiser service from San Francisco to Hawai’i in April 1949, and transatlantic service to London in June 1949 as all first-class “President” service. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
The Boeing 377's unique, pressurized, “double-bubble” fuselage was equipped with two decks: the upper contained a roomy main cabin, while the lower featured the highly popular cocktail lounge. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
📸 1/3: All: Pan Am, Boeing 377 c. 1950 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.0460 Over San Francisco; 1949 Gift of Vernon W. Smith 1999.562.005 In factory; 1947 Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.1485 Ad; 1948 Gift of Barnaby Conrad III 2001.038.164.036 This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
📸 2/3: All are Pan Am Boeing 377s Lounge; c. 1952 Gift of William E. Talbott 2012.151.310 Cockpit; c. 1952 Gift of William E. Talbott 2012.151.312 Cockpit simulator; c. 1949 Gift of the San Francisco Aeronautical Society 2002.017.006.004 This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
📸 3/3: Pan Am, Pacific route map; 1949 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.0460.013 Pan Am, Boeing 377 over Diamond Head; c. 1949 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0694 United, Boeing 377; christening of the Waipahu; Jan. 14, 1950 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0922 This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
📸2: Aerovias Venezuela Europa, DC-4 cockpit; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0108 Pan Am, Boeing 314a “Capetown Clipper” and Douglas DC-4; c. late 1940s 1993.03.14 Pan Am, DC-4; late 1940s 1993.03.22 Western Air Lines; Nov. 1949 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.167.887 This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
📸: Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA); c. 1940 Purchase 1996.35.056 Pan American Airways; c. 1940 Gift of Elsa Cameron 1997.54.04.01 United Air Lines; c. 1935 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.558 Boeing System; c. 1930 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.561 This tweet was posted on April 13, 2021.
By late 1945, #PanAm realized the superiority of the DC-4 over the Boeing 314 flying boat and began to operate the airliner on both transpacific and transatlantic routes. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
In 1934, Boeing began design studies for a four-engine bomber in conjunction with a four-engine civil airliner. The bomber version became the B-17 and was produced in large numbers. The civil airliner version emerged as the Model 307. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 31, 2021.
The largest and most luxurious of all of the flying boats, the Boeing 314 was called a flying hotel by journalists of the day. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 17, 2021.
These days, it's common for planes to cruise at altitudes of 35,000 feet. But back in 1940, when the first pressurized commercial airliner, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, was introduced, it was a marvel to fly above most weather disturbances at 20,000 feet. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 31, 2021.
The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was introduced in 1935 as the manufacturer's first all-metal aircraft, developed to compete with the Douglas DC-2 and Boeing 247. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 24, 2021.
As rival United Air Lines had exclusive rights to the Boeing 247, TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) turned to Douglas Aircraft to develop an improved competitor. The Douglas DC-2 was developed in the early 1930s and introduced in 1934. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2021.
#OTD in 1982, the Boeing 757 took its first flight. Designed to be more fuel efficient than its predecessor, the trijet 727, the twinjet 757 was used by airlines around the world on short- to medium-range flights. Over 1,000 of the aircraft were built. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 19, 2021.
📸: photograph: Eastern Airlines, Boeing 757, 1980s Gift of William Rys, Jr. 2019.085.156 postcard: Condor, Boeing 757-200, 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2915.166.0481 postcard: LTE International Airways, Boeing 757-200, 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0961 This tweet was posted on February 19, 2021.
Seventy-five of the Boeing 247 were built, with most going to United Air Lines’ fleet and operating on its "Mainline" transcontinental route. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 03, 2021.
Advanced for its time, the Boeing 247 accommodated only ten passengers, which made it less economical to operate than larger capacity airliners, particularly the more fuel-efficient, fourteen-seat Douglas DC-2, introduced a year later in 1934. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 03, 2021.
The first flight of the Boeing 727 was #OnThisDay in 1963. The medium range and capacity of the 727 made it suitable for shorter flights and for regional airports with short runways. #OTD #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 09, 2021.
The only tri-jet developed by Boeing, the 727 also had a uniquely located door and air stair that allowed passengers to exit from the back of the aircraft. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 09, 2021.
The twin-engine Boeing 247 was a revolutionary airliner when it entered into service with United Air Lines in 1933. Often hailed as the first modern airliner, it featured advancements like wing flaps, autopilot, and semi-retractable landing gear. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 03, 2021.
📸: Airmail flight cover: Boeing 727 first flight Feb. 9, 1963 Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.2210 Slide: TWA, Boeing 727, @flySFO 1980s Gift of Nadine McKinney 2016.136.009 photograph: JAL, Boeing 727, @flySFO 1966 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.115 This tweet was posted on February 09, 2021.
In the early 1990s, United flight attendant Sandra Herrman set up her personal camcorder to film herself prepping meal carts on a Boeing 747. Her recent donation of the now-digitized films is the subject of our latest blogs post. https://t.co/YCFkyQbC3T This tweet was posted on January 11, 2021.
RT @VirginAtlantic: G-VLIP is about to be our final ever @Boeing 747 to touch down at @HeathrowAirport. Here she is departing CQM this afte… This tweet was posted on December 02, 2020.
#OnThisDay in 1969, the first widebody jet landed @flySFO. Pan American World Airways brought its new Boeing 747 “jumbo jet” to SFO to advertise the new class of airliner. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 747? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 21, 2020.
#Onthisday in 2009, the Boeing 787 took off on its maiden flight. Named the #Dreamliner, 69 airlines fly over 1,900 routes with 992 aircraft in service all over the world. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 787? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 15, 2020.