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On this day in 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines. In 2021, SFO Museum presented our scale 1:10 DC-8 cutaway model created by Pacific Miniatures in Alhambra, California. #52Objects #AvGeek #DC8 https://t.co/IrPJ5oDXwo This tweet was posted on September 18, 2023.
Designed by French engineer Pierre Satre and British engineer Sir Archibald Russell, the aircraft featured a highly-swept delta wing and was one of only a few commercial aircraft to employ a design without a horizontal stabilizer on the tail. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on December 01, 2023.
The Concorde was the first and only successful supersonic airliner to sustain regularly scheduled service. This image was posted on December 01, 2023.
On this day in 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines. This image was posted on September 18, 2023.
In 1986, Republic was accumulating losses due to airline buyouts and new fleet purchases, the airline, then was absorbed by Northwest Airlines, which in turn was merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010. #DefunctThursday #RepublicAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2022.
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.
The Endeavor Air (Delta Connection) is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
In 1963, American President John F. Kennedy announced the launch of a government-funded SST program to compete with the joint British and French Concorde project. This image was posted on February 09, 2023. #sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
Republic Airlines was formed as a result of a merger between North Central Airlines and Southern Airways in 1979 and was based at Minneapolis–Saint Paul. This image was posted on November 03, 2022. #defunctthursday #republicairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
Delta’s inaugural flight from Dallas, Texas, to Jackson, Mississippi, via Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiana, on a Travel Air S-6000-B airplane carried five passengers and one pilot. #Delta #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 17, 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.
Fun fact: when Huff Daland Dusters became Delta Air Service, its name was in honor of the Mississippi Delta region. #Delta #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
📸 2/2: postcard: Delta Air Lines, Douglas; 1940s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0607 This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
📸1/2: promotional prints: Delta Air Lines, 50th Anniversary; 1979 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.160.590 a y luggage label: Delta Air Lines; c. 1948 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges in memory of Robert May 2001.109.124 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.
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.
📸: miniature playing cards: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC); c. 1970 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2010.104.152 https://t.co/e59wLKKL60 playing cards: Delta Air Lines, San Francisco; 1975 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2010.104.362 https://t.co/NhbfCnLa1s This tweet was posted on July 01, 2022.
In 1986, USAir, driven by other mergers taking place in the aviation industry, (Western airlines was purchased by Delta Air Lines and AirCal was bought by American Airlines) acquired PSA. PSA's last flight was on April 8, 1988. #DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
Initially for temporary publicity, in 1969, Pacific Southwest Airlines or PSA began painting smiles on the nose of its aircraft. This image was posted on October 20, 2022. #defunctthursday #pacificsouthwestairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
Founded by Colonel Louis Brittin in 1926, Northwest Airways, was established to fulfill Contract Air Mail Route #9 between Chicago and Minneapolis/St. This image was posted on June 30, 2022. #defunctthursday #avgeek #aviationhistory #northwestairlines #northwestorient
Northeast Airlines was based in Boston, Massachusetts. This image was posted on June 23, 2022. #defunctthursday #northeastairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
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 image was posted on June 17, 2022. #delta #avgeek #aviationhistory
The Mid Delta Regional Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
📸1/2: article: Delta Air Lines, Airbus A320-200; 2019 Gift of Charlie Volkman 2019.033.003 a b poster: Airbus A320, cockpit simulation; 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2010.105.570 This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
Delta initially packaged its 880 flights as a premium service configured for seventy-two first-class passengers. Its first-class lounge was touted as the largest available in a jetliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
In 1960, Delta Airlines proudly introduced the 615 miles-per-hour Convair 880, produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, of San Diego, California. In January 1962, the airliner achieved a record top speed of 715 mph on a flight from Chicago to Miami. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
📸 1/1: All: Convair 880 advertisement: Convair 880; 1960 Purchase 2012.118.002 brochure: Delta Air Lines; 1960 Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie 2001.039.244 postcard: Delta Air Lines; c. 1960 Gift of David Armstrong Abercrombie 2015.037.119 This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
In September 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta and United, nearly a year after the introduction of the Boeing 707. Although initially not as successful as the 707, the DC-8 had a more viable lifespan within the commercial aviation industry. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
#Onthisday in 2017, Delta Air Lines’ last 747 took its final scheduled international flight from Seoul, South Korea, to Detroit. Did you ever fly on a #Delta Boeing 747? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 18, 2020.
RT @Delta: How it started: How it’s going: This tweet was posted on October 07, 2020.
In 1960, Delta Airlines proudly introduced the 615 miles-per-hour Convair 880, produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, of San Diego, California. This image was posted on July 14, 2021. #wingwednesday #convair880 #deltaairlines #convair
Douglas developed the DC-8 jetliner during the mid-1950s as a competitive design to Boeing’s 707 jetliner. This image was posted on July 07, 2021.
The Northrop Delta 1 is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Dyke Delta is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The ComAir (Delta Connection) is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Delta Express is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.