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Designed in complete secrecy under Lockheed’s chief research engineer, the 049 Constellation developed into an extremely fast, highly advanced, & revolutionary large-capacity airliner with a unique dolphin-shaped fuselage and distinctive tripletail. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
During the late 1930s, TWA, under the leadership of its visionary controlling shareholder Howard Hughes, requested that the Lockheed Aircraft Company of Burbank, CA, produce a fast, large-capacity, pressurized airliner. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
Formed in 1931 from the merger and acquisition of several airlines, United Air Lines grew and prospered as one of the leading U.S. coast-to-coast carriers during the ensuing decades. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
In 1959, the airline launched Douglas DC-8 jet service on its transcontinental routes, and shortly thereafter, introduced the Silhouette “Debonair” pattern for its first-class inflight meal services. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Transcontinental and Western Air Inc (TWA) was founded in July 1930 through a merger of several airlines and was one of the first airlines to offer transcontinental service. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
Qantas introduced the new widebody Boeing 767 and upgraded to the 747-300 and 747SP widebody jetliners in the 1980s. By 1987, the airline maintained 21 747s and 6 767s in its fleet and placed a large order for the next generation 747-400, introduced in 1989. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.
📸 1/3: 1. tour package brochure: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Europe; c. 1949 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2014.095.578 a b 2. postcard: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-049 Constellation; c. 1950 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2014.095.136 This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
📸 2/3: 3. photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building, TWA (Trans World Airlines); c. 1954 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 1993.07.41 a This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
📸 3/3: 4. route map: TWA (Trans World Airlines), polar route, Lockheed L-1649 Starliner; c. 1957 Gift of the Paul H. Kowalewski Collection 2011.126.528 This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
Excluded from civilian work as an airline pilot due to her gender, Crookston switched gears and was hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
In 1971, TWA introduced a new flight attendant uniform conceived by Valentino Garavani in preparation for their Lockheed L-1011 TriStar delivery. In 1972, the airline proclaimed the L-1011 to be “the next generation of the jet age.” #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
In the early 1960s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) was operating the 707-320 on the transpolar, route from Los Angeles to Paris. By 1969, TWA 707s were also flying transpacific routes to Asia. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
TWA was purchased by American financier Carl Icahn in the 1980s, though the company struggled in the post airline-deregulation era. The airline filed for bankruptcy three times between 1992 and 2001, when it was acquired by American Airlines. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
One of the largest and most influential projects ever undertaken by the Boeing corporation, the Boeing Model 707 was the second successful pure-turbojet airliner to be introduced. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #Boeing707 #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) began as Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Company #onthisday in 1952. Now in its 70th year, ANA has grown to become the largest airline in Japan. Have you ever flown on ANA? #avgeek #AllNipponAirways #ANA #Japan This tweet was posted on December 27, 2022.
Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air. In the next decade, US Air acquired Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) and Piedmont Airlines. #DefunctThursday #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 29, 2022.
The company changed its name to Allegheny Airlines in 1953. By the mid- 1950s, Allegheny operated Convair 440's, 540's and Martin 2-0-2s. The company’s first jet aircraft introduced into service was the DC-9. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.
Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Allegheny merged with several other small local airlines, such as Lake Central and Mohawk. To reflect its growing service area, the airline again changed its name to US Air. More on US Airways next week! #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.
📸 1/2: 1. postcard: Port Erie Air Terminal, Allegheny Airlines, Convair 340; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1930 2. postcard: Allegheny Airlines, Martin 202; c. 1963 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.155 This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.
📸 2/2: 3. postcard: Allegheny Airlines, Douglas DC-9-30; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0048 This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.
New, advanced, long-range aircraft, beginning with the Lockheed L-749 Constellation in 1947, were also acquired, which enabled the airline to fly the long-distance “Kangaroo Route” to London. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on January 12, 2023.
Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) is one of the oldest continually operating airlines in the world; it celebrated its centennial in 2020. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on January 12, 2023.
After World War II, Qantas Empire Airways was nationalized and began rapidly expanding its route system. International routes with Douglas DC-4 airliners were established to Manila, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on January 12, 2023.
An iconic airline livery collaboration between beloved Japanese brand Sanrio and EVA Air featured many themed amenities such as this Hello Kitty printed roll of toilet paper. #52objects This tweet was posted on January 23, 2023.
The Concorde’s Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 engines were atypical for commercial airliners. Featuring a turbine-driven compressor that thrust heated, compressed air through a propelling nozzle, these engines were usually installed in military aircraft. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on January 19, 2023.
#Onthisday in 1929, the first Fairchild 71 was delivered to Pan American Airways. This rare photo of NC9726 was taken shortly after the aircraft was delivered to Pan American; it was then transferred to the PAA subsidiary airline Mexicana de Aviacion. #AvGeek #PanAm #Fairchild71 This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
Incorporated as Inter-Island Airways #onthisday in 1929, Hawaiian Airlines dates to before Hawai’i’s statehood. In 1973, the airline introduced Pualani (Flower of the Sky), who continues to represent the airlines’ brand identity. Have you ever flown on #HawaiianAirlines? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 30, 2023.
The last commercial Boeing 747 is scheduled to be delivered today to Atlas Air from the Boeing Everett Factory. Introduced 53 years ago, the Boeing 747 created a whole new category of airliner, the wide-body jet. Have you ever flown on a 747? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
📸: poster: Hawaiian Airlines; 1974 Gift of Dennis A. Bennett 2010.273.004 https://t.co/nA1wetUioo This tweet was posted on January 30, 2023.
📸: photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), aerial view; c. 1970 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.259 This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
In 1968, Juan Trippe, Pan Am's founder, announced the airline's "First Moon Flights" Club. "2001: A Space Odyssey" released that year featured an imagined Pan American operated spacecraft. #52Objects #PanAm This tweet was posted on February 06, 2023.
Lockheed’s SST design was similar the Concorde, both aircraft featuring a long nose section, a delta wing, and a long narrow body. By 1967, Lockheed constructed a full-size display of the L-2000 SST and was actively promoting the aircraft to major airlines. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on February 09, 2023.
Before people carried around cell phones in their pockets that automatically updated to the current time zone, airlines gave out convenient time converters to passengers on international flights. Have you been to any locations on this card? #52Objects #Timezones #TWA #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.
📸: time converter: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-749 Constellation; 1950s Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International 2002.113.011 https://t.co/Plueoo35eS This tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.
In 1948, BCPA received the new, long-range, pressurized Douglas DC-6 airliner. For the long, forty-hour, multi-stop Southern Cross route, each aircraft was comfortably equipped with reclining seats, sleeping berths, and a lounge in the aft. #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.