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Though tiny, National Parks Airways, was successful enough to acquire three #Boeing 247, one of which is featured on its calendar for 1937. This tweet was posted on July 17, 2017.
To celebrate and promote the new Boeing 747, #Continental introduced new uniforms, including a form-fitting, polyester mini-dress that projected a flashy, energetic look of casual comfort with bright stripes in the airline’s colors. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on October 18, 2019.
To complement the small-scale metal models, Victor Pastushin created aerodynamic trays and arm mounts. The “Airtray" quickly gained in popularity, and was followed by Airtrays of the Douglas DC-3 and the Boeing 307 Stratoliner. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on July 03, 2019.
To others, the word "home" may be a feeling or sensation, either well-known or sought after. Home can be a place of solitude and introspection, or one of engagement with family and community. #PhotoAllianceHome Rainbow, Vallejo, California 2017 Amanda Boe (b. 1978) This tweet was posted on May 13, 2018.
Today is #NationalNursesDay. Did you know during the 1930s & 40s, stewardess across various airlines were required to be trained nurses? Ellen Church, a registered nurse, began her first shift as the first female cabin crewmember at Boeing Air Transport on May 15, 1930. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on May 06, 2022.
Today marks the end of an era for #United Airlines: it will cease to fly the #Boeing 747 on commercial routes. #TheMainline #UA747Farewell This tweet was posted on November 07, 2017.
United Air Lines introduced its first Boeing 747 in 1970 for the popular west coast-to-Hawai’i route. United furnished their “Captain’s Lounge” with namesake chairs in an open layout. What are your fondest memories of the Boeing 747? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 14, 2019.
United Air Lines purchased two Link Flight Trainers in 1934 for their pilots at the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland, California. #TheMainLine This tweet was posted on February 23, 2018.
United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin at the front of the aircraft with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room.” #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
Upgraded variants were introduced during the 1960s, including a stretched version that was the largest capacity airliner until the introduction of the widebody Boeing 747 in 1970. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
What a story! MT @TelstarLogistic: Can the world's first Boeing 747 be rescued and restored? http://t.co/c649owm5 (Also, great pics) <--YES! This tweet was posted on September 10, 2012.
When McDonnell Douglas began to develop its widebody jetliner in the late 1960s, they endeavored to create an airliner that would operate in areas not served by the Boeing 747. MD portrayed their DC-10 as the widebody for the entire family in this promotional poster. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on December 05, 2019.
When introduced in 1949 by #PanAmerican World Airways, the #Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. #avgeek #panam #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 14, 2017.
When introduced in 1949 by Pan American World Airways, the four-engine Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was very demanding to fly and maintain. It required a flight crew of five to operate and an exhaustive maintenance schedule. #BytheBook This tweet was posted on November 20, 2019.
When introduced in 1949, the #Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. The Stratocruiser’s unique, “double-bubble” fuselage was equipped with two decks; the upper contained a main cabin, while the lower featured a cocktail lounge. #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 19, 2019.
When the Boeing 747 was introduced, it was 80% larger than the second largest commercial aircraft, the Douglas DC-8. This tweet was posted on January 22, 2016.
With nineteen windowpanes, the cockpit of the Boeing 377 offered one of the highest degrees of visibility of any airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
With one refueling stop in Dakar, the inaugural Air France Concorde flight required just seven hours. A nonstop flight on a subsonic Boeing 747 during this time required more than eleven hours. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.
With seats for ten passengers, the Boeing 247 was dubbed a “flying city” in this postcard advertisement. The plane, often referred to as the first modern airliner, had its first flight on February 8, 1933. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 11, 2019.
With the addition of a Convair 880, CAT became Asia’s first regional airline to offer its passengers jet service on July 11, 1961. CAT replaced its Convair 880 with a Boeing 727 but it was lost near Taipei in Feb 1968. By May, CAT’s domestic services shut down. #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on April 28, 2022.
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.
With the success of its #Boeing 747 service, which began in 1970, #Continental Airlines introduced its next #jumbojet airliner in 1972, the DC-10 #trijet, McDonnell Douglas’ first #widebody airliner. Did you ever fly on a McDonnell Douglas DC-10? #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on October 02, 2019.
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.
“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.
📸 1/2 : 1. postcard: Qantas Airways, Boeing 747-400; Gift of Thomas Taffel 2021.046.048 2. slide: Qantas Airways, Boeing 747-400, Sydney Airport (SYD); c. 1994 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2015.108.169 This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
📸 1/2: model airplane: United Airlines, Boeing 757-500; 1990s Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.750 a b postcard: LTE International Airways, Boeing 757-200; 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0961 This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
📸 1/2: photograph: United Air Lines, Boeing 247; c. 1933 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.295 photograph: United Air Lines Boeing 247; mid 1930s Purchase 1993.15.003.07 This tweet was posted on February 08, 2022.
📸 1/2: postcard: Pan American Airways, Boeing 307 Stratoliner; 1942 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.1333 postcard: Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA), Boeing 307 Stratoliner; early 1940s Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International 2002.113.470 This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
📸 1/2: postcard: Southwest Airways, Martin 202, San Francisco International Airport (SFO); c. 1957 Gift of Trudy and Henry Sandoval 2010.012.041 photograph: Pacific Air Lines, Boeing 727-100; 1960s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2012.167.027 This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
📸 1/2: postcard: TWA, Boeing 767-200; late 1990s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2004.061.024 This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
📸 1/2: poster Boeing 737-300 cutaway diagram; 1983 Gift of Lippincott & Margulies 1997.022.254 photograph: Lufthansa, Boeing 737; 1967 Gift of Hans and Margret Steuck 2011.046.078 This tweet was posted on August 04, 2021.
📸 1/2: poster: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 747; 1969 Gift of Barnaby Conrad III 2001.038.145 timetable: Pan American World Airways and National Airlines, spring and summer schedule; 1980 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2002.135.054 This tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.
📸 1/3: All: Pan Am, Boeing 377 c. 1950 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.0460 Over San Francisco; 1949 Gift of Vernon W. Smith 1999.562.005 In factory; 1947 Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.1485 Ad; 1948 Gift of Barnaby Conrad III 2001.038.164.036 This tweet was posted on May 12, 2021.
📸 1/3: All: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 707 photo: at Renton, Washington; 1958 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.202 photo; 1958 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.203 postcard: first scheduled service to Paris; Oct. 26, 1958 Gift of Ernest J. Colant 1993.17.08 This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.
📸 1/3: brochure: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 707; 1958 Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie 2001.039.235 a d This tweet was posted on August 18, 2022.
📸 1/3: photograph: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser; late 1940s Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.0846 This tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.