Introduced in 1952, the de Havilland Comet was the first commercial passenger jetliner to enter service, years before the introduction of other jetliners. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on September 27, 2018.
Introduced in 1983, by Lufthansa and Swissair, the Airbus 310 proved reliable in service while providing a comfortable and spacious cabin for passengers. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on July 27, 2018.
Introduced in the late 1930s, the Short S.30 was a large-capacity double-deck flying boat. Of the nine built, four were equipped with in-flight refueling capability and extra fuel tanks enabling them to perform regular transatlantic airmail service. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on January 17, 2019.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines purchased a large fleet of the DC-8-63 and operated them though the 1980s. The airliner was reliable, comfortable, and ideal for the carrier’s transoceanic, world routes. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on January 18, 2018.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines purchased a large fleet of the DC-8-63 and operated them though the 1980s. The airliner was reliable, comfortable, and ideal for the carrier’s transoceanic, world routes. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on February 22, 2019.
More than four hundred DC-3s were initially ordered by most major airlines. By 1940, nearly three million passengers had flown in DC-3s, and the aircraft had collectively logged over 100 million miles. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on February 07, 2019.
On July 25, 1909, Louis #Blériot flew the aircraft over the English Channel from Calais, France, to Dover, England. This was the first successful crossing of the Channel in an airplane. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on March 30, 2018.
Operated on domestic routes, as well as transatlantic routes between Europe and North America, the 049 #Constellation played a major role in advancing long-range commercial aviation during the immediate postwar era. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on December 08, 2017.
Production was ended in 1947 after a little over a thousand were built, yet the aircraft remained popular among bush pilots and as air taxis in countries with long coastlines or island chains. Over 200 remain in operation. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on May 17, 2018.
Promoted as the "Super Seven," #PanAm introduced the airliner in May 1956, on the Atlantic route from Miami to Paris, and in September 1957, on the time-saving, transpolar "great circle route," across the Arctic Ocean to Northern Europe. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on February 12, 2018.
Promoted as the “Super Seven,” #PanAm introduced the DC-7C in May 1956, on the Atlantic route from Miami to Paris, and in September 1957, on the transpolar “great circle route,” across the Arctic Ocean to Northern Europe. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on September 13, 2018.
See "#AviationEvolutions: The #JimLund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp
This tweet was posted on June 04, 2018.
See "#AviationEvolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 airline models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp
This tweet was posted on December 08, 2017.
See "#AviationEvolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp
This tweet was posted on May 31, 2018.
See "#AviationEvolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp
This tweet was posted on March 11, 2018.
See "#AviationEvolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features nearly 300 airline models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp
This tweet was posted on November 29, 2017.
See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on January 08, 2018.
See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on January 17, 2019.
See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. #AviationEvolutions https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp
This tweet was posted on August 08, 2018.
See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. #AviationEvolutions https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp
This tweet was posted on July 11, 2018.