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.
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This tweet was posted on January 11, 2021.
In the late 1960s, Pan American World Airways commissioned renowned psychedelic artist @Peter_Max to create a promotional poster that showed the new Boeing 747 taking off through rainbow rays of the solar system. Do you have a favorite airline advertisement? #WidebodyAV
This tweet was posted on February 10, 2020.
JAL introduced the Boeing 747 widebody in 1970. During this decade, JAL offered its passengers premium meal services on ceramic dishware created by Noritake of Japan featuring either a single crane or a flock of cranes in blue. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.
On 747 flights, Qantas offered three levels of service. In first class, the airline offered wide, comfortable, fully reclining seats and premium meal service cuisine on fine bone china tableware produced by Wedgwood of England. #FlyingSouthernCross
This tweet was posted on March 10, 2023.
On 747 flights, Qantas offered three levels of service. In first class, the airline offered wide, comfortable, fully-reclining seats and premium meal service cuisine on fine bone china tableware produced by Wedgwood of England. #FlyingSouthernCross
This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
Open wide! Did you know that Boeing 747 freighters specifically designed for cargo can open from their nose cones?
This tweet was posted on January 23, 2016.
Our new exhibit “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” presents promotional objects and images from the first 3 widebody jetliners introduced in the early 1970s, the #Boeing 747, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and the #Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. #WidebodyAV #vgeek
This tweet was posted on September 20, 2019.
RT @AirlineGeeks: "The 747 had become an institution, recognized all over the world for its size, its beauty, and its grace. A head-turner…
This tweet was posted on November 08, 2017.
RT @AirlineReporter: The BEST moment of our trip in seat 1A. Even better: it was a veteran UA 747 pilot's retirement flight and he greases…
This tweet was posted on May 08, 2017.
RT @CBSSunday: By year's end, not a single U.S. passenger airline will still be flying the revolutionary jumbo jet Boeing 747 https://t.co/…
This tweet was posted on November 06, 2017.
RT @FlyPanAm: The father of the 747, Joe Sutter has passed away. Pan Am owed much to his "29 months from conception to rollout." https://t.…
This tweet was posted on August 31, 2016.