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Introduced in 1952, the de Havilland Comet was the first commercial passenger jetliner to enter service, years before the introduction of other jetliners. This image was posted on September 28, 2018. #aviationevolutions #jimlund #avgeek #aviationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #aviationgeeks #modelplane #scalemodel #avgeeks #turboprop

Introduced in 1952, the de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet was the first commercial passenger jetliner to enter service, years before the introduction of other jetliners. This image was posted on June 16, 2021. #wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #dehavilland #dehavillandcomet #jet

Not sure where you're going? BOAC's souvenir sign could help you find your way. http://t.co/DuozaWQh This tweet was posted on July 12, 2012.

Not sure where you're going? This image was posted on July 12, 2012.

Pan American Airways ordered six of the original version and six more 314A variants, three of which were sold before delivery to the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 17, 2021.

RT @SFOMuseum: @BAretrojets @flySFO The @British_Airways Boeing 747 (G-BYGC) painted in their classic #BOAC livery landed at SFO on Friday.… This tweet was posted on March 04, 2019.

South African Airways partnered with #BOAC for joint service in the 1950s. Have you ever been to #SouthAfrica? #traveltuesday This tweet was posted on April 25, 2017.

The #Boeing 747 offered the airline a comfortable, roomy, and luxurious cabin interior. In an advertisement, #BOAC proclaimed “you will hardly believe you're in an aircraft.” #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 07, 2020.

The #Vickers VC10 could carry over 150 passengers and was one of the fastest subsonic jetliners produced. Operated by #BOAC, the #VC10 achieved the shortest average transatlantic flight time between London and New York. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on June 29, 2018.

The 747 offered #BOAC a far more comfortable, roomy, and luxurious option compared to the narrow-body Vickers VC10. It also had a capacity that was more than double that of the VC10 or the Boeing 707. Did you ever fly on a BOAC 747? #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 26, 2019.

The Boeing 707, introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1958, was the largest passenger airplane in operation. This image was posted on March 11, 2016.

The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was founded by an Act of the British Parliament #onthisday in 1939. #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on November 24, 2016.

The DC-7 was Douglas Aircraft’s last design evolution of the piston-powered, four-engine, low-wing airliner layout that began with the DC-4. This image was posted on June 02, 2021. #wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #dc7

The promotional airline calendar is an enduring form of airline ephemera that is a marriage of the airlines’ brand identity with an object of daily utility in the home or office. This image was posted on March 03, 2017.

📸 1/2: photo: BOAC, D.H.106 Comet prototype; c. 1951 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0202 brochure: BOAC, D.H.106 Comet; c. 1952 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2007.011.260 poster: BOAC, Comet Mk. 4; c. 1960 Anonymous gift 2016.121.002 This tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.

📸 1/3: photograph: BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet prototype; c. 1951 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0202 This tweet was posted on July 27, 2021.

📸 2/2: BOAC, D.H.106 Comet Mk. 4; 1960s Gift of Mark F. Adams Collection 2001.106.112 model: BEA, D.H.106 Comet Mk. 4B; 1985 Gift of and made by Jim Lund 2012.150.013 This tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.

📸 2/3: postcard: BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), de Havilland D.H.106 Comet Mk. 4; 1960s Gift of Mark F. Adams Collection 2001.106.112 photographic negative: de Havilland DH-60 Gipsy Moth in flight; c. 1930 (reproduced c. 07/1999) 1995.53.096 b This tweet was posted on July 27, 2021.

📸 3/3: BOAC DC-7C; c. 1957 Anonymous gift 2016.105.015 Braniff DC-7C; c. 1957 Gift of George Gayuski 2001.082.182 Northwest DC-7C cabin; c. 1957 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0290 This tweet was posted on June 02, 2021.

📸: 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.