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#Onthisday in 1961, the first regularly screened movie on a scheduled commercial jet flight was shown on a TWA Boeing 707. Other airlines, such as Pan Am, followed suit soon after. What was the last movie you watched on an airplane? This tweet was posted on July 19, 2019.
Airlines have customarily used landmarks to advertise their destinations. How many San Francisco landmarks can you recognize? #TWA #SanFrancisco #1960s Image: TWA (Trans World Airlines) stationery card, San Francisco, early 1960s. Gift of Daniel Kusrow 2018.061.052 This tweet was posted on July 12, 2019.
The first Western Air Express flight departed on April 17, 1926 with an airmail flight from LA to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. Western Air Express changed its name to Western Airlines in 1941 and was acquired by Delta Air Lines in 1986. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 13, 2019.
With seats for ten passengers, the Boeing 247 was dubbed a “flying city” in this postcard advertisement. The plane, often referred to as the first modern airliner, had its first flight on February 8, 1933. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 11, 2019.
Aeroflot commenced regular domestic operations #onthisday in 1923 in the Soviet Union. One of the oldest airlines in the world, the company started as DOBROLET, before changing its name to Aeroflot in 1932. Have you ever traveled on Aeroflot? #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 15, 2019.
The Viscount was the world’s first turboprop airliner to go into service in 1953. The mid-range airliner featured a pressurized aluminum fuselage, a capacity for up to 75 passengers, and 4 turboprop engines. #AviationAluminum This tweet was posted on July 16, 2019.
A 1960s pet cargo label from Seaboard & Western Airlines has a purrfect #Valentine's Day message: http://t.co/UE5zBJ2V This tweet was posted on February 14, 2012.
Hats off (& more?) to you lovers on Valentine's Day! Pacific Southwest Airlines had just the hat for you: http://t.co/HpqaRtpz This tweet was posted on February 14, 2012.
Valentine's Day summed up by Southwest Airlines: http://t.co/3oU6Ubpk This tweet was posted on February 14, 2012.
#Onthisday in 1994, the "rebooted" Frontier Airlines commenced operations. In 1994, the new Frontier introduced a livery that included animals – each with their own name – painted on the tail of every aircraft. #avgeek #frontier #livery #airbus This tweet was posted on July 05, 2019.
As commercial aviation advanced in the 1920s and ‘30s, pilots and mechanics needed written instructions on how to properly fly these machines and keep them in operating condition. Manuals for airliners were split into flight operations and maintenance categories. #ByTheBook This tweet was posted on July 07, 2019.
See “By the Book: Airliner Flight, Maintenance, and Training Manuals” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. #ByTheBook This tweet was posted on July 07, 2019.
#Onthisday in 2004, the longest regularly scheduled commercial nonstop flight departed from Singapore and landed in Newark, New Jersey operated by Singapore Airlines. Have you ever flown on this route? #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 28, 2019.
RT @flySFO: Happy #CanadaDay to our friends up North! Here are some airline carriers that offer service from SFO to Canada: 🇨🇦Air Canada… This tweet was posted on July 01, 2019.
Onthisday in 1971, Southwest Airlines began intrastate operations in Texas. The “Love Bird” service out of Dallas Love Field offered 12 daily round-trip flights to Houston and 6 round-trip flights to San Antonio on Boeing 737s. Have you ever flown on @SouthwestAir? #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 18, 2019.
Recognized the world over as emblems of the intrepid aviator, uniform insignia have identified flight crew for nearly a century. Jacket pins (also known as wings) issued by the airlines usually included 2 wings for pilots and 1 wing for cabin crew. https://t.co/Pyp1tIIN75 #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 16, 2019.
In the early 1970s, United Airlines commissioned aviation artist Nixon Galloway, 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. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
In the 1970s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) introduced plastic swizzle sticks formed into the shapes of easily-identifiable symbols representing the airline’s flight destinations. Have you been to any of these destinations? #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 11, 2019.
See “By the Book: Airliner Flight, Maintenance, and Training Manuals” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. #ByTheBook This tweet was posted on May 23, 2019.
DYK Lufthansa has been one of the longest continually serving international airlines at SFO? Lufthansa’s first flight to SFO departed from Frankfurt on May 13, 1960. This photo was taken the following day in front of SFO’s Central Terminal. Have you ever flown on #Lufthansa? This tweet was posted on May 14, 2019.
The first Airbus A380, the world's largest capacity commercial passenger jet, took off on its maiden flight on April 27, 2005. Currently, four airlines - Emirates, Air France, British Airways, and Lufthansa - fly the planes to SFO. Have you ever flown on an Airbus A380? #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 16, 2019.
Malayan Airways started service in 1947. In the early 1970s, this company divided into three entities, one of which was #Singapore Airlines. This poster depicts aircraft used by all three airlines. How many of these planes have you flown on? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on May 01, 2019.
It’s National Park Week! Did you know that there used to be an airline named National Parks Airways? Though tiny, it served Utah, Idaho, and Montana in the 1920s and ‘30s. #avgeek #nationalparkweek This tweet was posted on April 23, 2019.
@bradgilreath Hi! Thanks so much for your question! According to a timetable from the late 1930s, Eastern Airlines flew only as far west as San Antonio and Chicago at that time. This tweet was posted on April 15, 2019.
American Airlines was founded #onthisday in 1926! The airline celebrates its birthday as April 16, 1926, the date when Charles Lindbergh piloted the first Robertson Aircraft airmail route flight, carrying mail from St. Louis, Missouri, to Chicago, Illinois. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 15, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1937, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), the flag carrier of Canada, was founded. The airline's first flight was from Vancouver to Seattle on September 1, 1937, and carried two passengers whose round-trip tickets each cost $14.20CAD, or $176.75USD in today's currency. This tweet was posted on April 10, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1988, the last branded PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) flight departed San Diego and landed in Las Vegas as an USAir flight. What is your favorite PSA memory? #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 08, 2019.
"By the Book: Airliner Flight, Maintenance, and Training Manuals" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. #BytheBook This tweet was posted on April 11, 2019.
RT @FlyPanAm: There will never be another Juan Trippe and there will never be another airline as significant as Pan American World Airways.… This tweet was posted on April 03, 2019.
RT @panamhistory: Pan Am's Juan Trippe, Visionary, died April 3, 1981. He "invented the modern airline industry... ordered aircraft that we… This tweet was posted on April 03, 2019.
Where in Europe would you want to go? In 1950, TWA (Trans World Airlines) offered payment plan bargain fares to four cities in Europe and advertised their transcontinental Sky Tourist fares as costing no more than train or bus but much faster and more convenient. #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on April 02, 2019.
The use of aluminum in airplane airframes was pioneered by Jugo Junkers, who in 1920 introduced the F 13, the world’s first all-metal airliner made of the aluminum alloy “Duralumin,” which was corrugated throughout the airframe for added strength. #AviationAluminum This tweet was posted on April 03, 2019.
Ever wonder what the #cockpit of the Boeing 377 looked like? Our newest exhibition "American Airliner Cockpits, 1925–1975" has not one but two views inside this aircraft, and many others. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 27, 2019.
See "American Airliner Cockpits, 1925–1975" on display, in the Aviation Museum and Library. #cockpit #cockpits #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 27, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1967, Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) was founded by the late Herb Kelleher in Texas. Have you ever flown on Southwest Airlines? This tweet was posted on March 15, 2019.
Loftleiðir Icelandic (or Iceland Airlines) was established in 1944. As #Iceland is geographically situated between Europe and the United States, Loftleiðir became a major player in the transatlantic travel in the 1960s. Did you ever fly on #Loftleiðir? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on March 19, 2019.