With the increase in air travel in the 1950s, airlines' call centers were kept *very* busy: http://t.co/RqxgZ0R02c #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 17, 2014.
With the introduction of flight service to Japan and Asia during the postwar era, beverage service began to incorporate the traditional customs of the cultures from these lands. Have you ever had Japanese-style tea service on an aircraft? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 28, 2018.
With the launch of the #Boeing 747, Pan American offered customers promotional View-Master three-dimensional viewers with sets of disks that detailed the aircraft’s development and highlighted its revolutionary features. #WidebodyAV #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 13, 2020.
Within the span of a single lifetime, #Boeing went from producing piston-engine, propeller-driven aircraft to modern jetliners. Shown here in an United Airlines photo are the model 247, introduced in 1933, next to the iconic 747, introduced in 1970. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 06, 2018.
World War II circumvented the DC-4's civilian use, and most were appropriated for use as C-54 Skymaster military transports. After the war, Douglas converted many to airliners and continued production until 1947. #WingWednesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
Would you like to have tea in the air over London? In 1929, Imperial Airways offered a "30 minutes cruise" over the British capital. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 11, 2017.
model airplane: Pan American Airways, Fokker F.VllA-3m General Machado; 1980
Gift of Jim Lund
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#PAA #PanAm #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on January 16, 2024.
“Flying the Southern Cross Route: Seventy-Five years of Australian Commercial Air Service to North America” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library, located in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/F3zqGMQD1t #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.
“I got interested in air traffic controlling because of my love for aviation…Flying was complete happiness to me.” —Maxine Crookston (Schmidt), 2015 #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
“More than a Meal” presents eight airline meal service sets from the 1960s to the 1980s, along with menus & images of inflight meal services from the time. See this exhibition pre-security in the Intl Terminal or online at: https://t.co/RZvuSbU32G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx
This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
“There really wasn’t time to be scared. We were just too busy.”
Our newest #blog post describes. through the career documents of Flight Attendant Jane Thoe, the actions of the crew of #PanAm World Airways Flight 845 in the first major accident involving a Boeing 747. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on August 31, 2021.
“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 13, 2020.