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Married in 1910, Osa and Martin Johnson conducted four African safaris in the 1920s.
This image was posted on January 27, 2017.
In 1949, Pan American World Airways introduced its new long-range, double-decked, transoceanic luxury airliner, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser and installed the Sleeperette seat within a convertible sleeping berth configuration.
This image was posted on January 25, 2017.
#OnThisDay in 1959, the first American Airlines 707 took off from Los Angeles to New York.
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#Onthisday in 1970, the first Boeing 747 commercial service flew from New York to London.
This image was posted on January 22, 2017.
#aviationhistory #avgeek #panam
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#braniff #onthisday #concordes #avgeek #aviationhistory #ba
This image was posted on January 13, 2017.
#braniff #onthisday #concordes #avgeek #aviationhistory #ba
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 January 12, 2017.
Masterminded by advertising executive Mary Wells Lawrence and unveiled in 1965, #Braniff’s revolutionary new identity shocked the airline industry.
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#traveltuesday #avgeek #aviationhistory #london #boac #bea #britishairways
#Onthisday, the first McDonnell Douglas MD-11 took flight in 1990.
This image was posted on January 10, 2017.
#aviationhistory #avgeek #mcdonnell #douglas #mcdonnelldouglas #md11
This image was posted on January 09, 2017.
#onthisday #aviationhistory #avgeek #lockheed #tripletail #constellation #connies #twa #howardhughes #l049
#OnThisDay in 1934, the first Martin M-130 took its first test flight in Baltimore, Maryland.
This image was posted on December 30, 2016.
On May 1, 1947, #United Air Lines inaugurated their first flight to #Honolulu in a #Douglas DC-6, an eight-hour trip from San Francisco.
This image was posted on December 27, 2016.
#dc6 #vintage #vintageadvertising #advertising #avgeek #aviationhistory
This 1951 #PanAm packet advertises the luxury accommodations on the #Boeing 377 Double-Decked "Strato" Clippers.
This image was posted on December 23, 2016.
One of the greatest advances in commercial aviation was the succesful introduction of jet airliners during the late 1950s.
This image was posted on December 20, 2016.
#boeing100 #aviationhistory #avgeek #avgeeks #707 #panam
#Onthisday in 1951, Eastern Air Lines introduced the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation.
This image was posted on December 15, 2016.
This circa 1960 photograph shows several Boeing 707 jetliners in their introduction liveries.
This image was posted on December 05, 2016.
#boeing #707 #boeing100 #1960s #livery #aviationhistory #avgeek
Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. or Avianca traces its beginning back to 1919.
This image was posted on December 05, 2016.
#avianca #colombia #avgeek #aviationhistory #onthisday
Many airline uniforms projected a cosmic vibe as theatrical marketing campaigns changed the look of flight fashion.
This image was posted on December 02, 2016.
#fashion #braniff #marywellslawrence #emiliopucci #pucci #hautecouture #jetage #travel #instatravel #flightattendants #avgeek #aviationhistory
Pre-security, in the arrivals level of Terminal 3, we have on display a selection of works from Edward Chavez (1917-2004), a recognized master within the aircraft model-making community.
This image was posted on December 02, 2016.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #modelplanes #nuttree #vacaville #edwardchavez #nuttreeairport #bayareahistory
#OnThisday in 2001, the ceremonial last Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight departed from Kansas City, Missouri and landed in St. Louis, Missouri.
This image was posted on December 01, 2016.
Emilio Pucci’s outerwear for his layered Braniff Gemini IV uniform vividly expresses his interstellar vision.
This image was posted on November 30, 2016.
#fashion #braniff #emiliopucci #pucci #hautecouture #jetage #travel #instatravel #flightattendants #perspex #avgeek #aviationhistory
Today marks the eighty-first anniversary of Pan American Airways’ daring transpacific endeavor.
This image was posted on November 22, 2016.
#onthisday #avgeek #aviationhistory #chinaclipper #panam #bayareahistory
Taxiing out from Pan American seaplane base at Dinner Key, Miami, Florida, the airline's new Sikorsky S-40 NC80V prepares for take off on its inaugural passenger flight.
This image was posted on November 19, 2016.
#onthisday #panam #airmail #philately #lindbergh #charleslindbergh #cristobal #aviationhistory #avgeek
#OnThisDay in 1980, the last commercial flight of the de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C departed London operated by the British airline, Dan Air.
This image was posted on November 09, 2016.
#danair #dehavilland #boac #comet #avgeek #dh106 #aviationhistory
This image was posted on October 23, 2016.
#onthisday #britishairways #concorde #aviationhistory #avgeek
Captain Ed Musick inaugurated the first transpacific scheduled passenger service flying the Hawaiian Clipper.
This image was posted on October 21, 2016.
In 1961, the Nut Tree Restaurant commissioned its first Edward Chavez model after Edwin Power, a pilot and one of the restaurant's owners, had seen Chavez's work in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum.
This image was posted on October 20, 2016.
This is a rare aerial view of SFO and surrounding buildings from 1963.
This image was posted on October 13, 2016.