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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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postcard: TWA, Boeing 767-200; late 1990s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2004.061.024
This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.