#Malev Hungarian Airlines was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 to 2012. Founded after WWII as Maszovlet the airline was jointly owned by #Hungary and the USSR. In 1954, the company was renamed Malev Hungarian Airlines. Did you ever fly on Malev? #avgeek#TravelTuesdayThis tweet was posted on September 17, 2019.
#Mexico was one of Pan American Airways' first destinations.
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#Northeast Airlines’ last day of operation occurred #onthisday in 1972. The airline began as Boston-Maine Airways in 1931 and was absorbed by #Delta Air Lines. Did you ever fly on Northeast Airlines? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on July 31, 2019.
#OTD in 1982, the Boeing 757 took its first flight. Designed to be more fuel efficient than its predecessor, the trijet 727, the twinjet 757 was used by airlines around the world on short- to medium-range flights. Over 1,000 of the aircraft were built. #AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 19, 2021.
#OnThisDay in 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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#OnThisDay in 1923, Igor Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company, followed by the reorganized Sikorsky Aviation Corporation).
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#OnThisDay in 1924, Huff Daland Dusters Inc. was founded; it was one of the earliest known commercial aerial crop-dusting operations in America. In 1928, when C.E. Woolman took over the company, he renamed it Delta Air Service, a predecessor to Delta Air Lines. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on May 30, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1927, #CharlesLindbergh landed in Paris, France, after completing the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Departing from New York, after 33 1/2 hours, Lindbergh became an international star upon landing at Paris’ Le Bourget Field. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on May 21, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed in Paris, France, after completing his historic solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. His 3,500-mile journey crossed more than 1,900 miles of open ocean before he landed in Paris’ Le Bourget Field. #avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on May 21, 2020.
#OnThisDay in 1927, the first scheduled Pan American Airways mail service departed from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba. #PanAm#avgeekThis tweet was posted on October 28, 2017.
#OnThisDay in 1930, Ellen Church began her first shift as the first female cabin crewmember at Boeing Air Transport (BAT). She pioneered the “stewardess” profession and recruited seven more women for hire. #EllenChurch#avgeek#WomenInAviationThis tweet was posted on May 15, 2019.