In production for over forty years, more than 1,200 of the aircraft have been—and continue to be!—built. Fun fact about the Boeing 767: it is the only Boeing airliner that is made in freighter, passenger and tanker versions. #Boeing767 #avgeek #Boeing
This tweet was posted on September 26, 2022.
In the 1950s, Pan American introduced their “The President” service aboard their Boeing 377 Stratocruisers. #PanAm
This tweet was posted on February 15, 2016.
In the 1960s and 70s, Boeing's 747s revolutionized the airline industry. In addition to its immense… https://t.co/fuYVBkXbAw
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2015.
In the 1970s, Delta Air Lines divided their Boeing 747’s front pod into a first-class lounge & a premium penthouse.
This tweet was posted on April 27, 2016.
In the 1970s, Iraqi Airways acquired Boeing 707s for service to JFK in NYC. Have you ever flown on Iraqi Airways? #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on June 27, 2017.
In the 1990s, Qantas operated a large fleet of Boeing 747-400 widebody airliners. With a range of more than 7,000 miles, the aircraft was ideal for flying just over 400 business travelers and tourists swiftly and in comfort between Oceania and North America. #FlyingSouthernCross
This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
In the United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 first-class stewards and stewardesses offered special wine, fruit, and cheese services in the upper-deck lounge and wore unique uniforms featuring brightly colored plaid sports coats and skirts #WidebodyAV #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
In the early 1990s, United flight attendant Sandra Herrman set up her personal camcorder to film herself prepping meal carts on a Boeing 747. Her recent donation of the now-digitized films is the subject of our latest blogs post.
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This tweet was posted on January 11, 2021.
In the late 1960s, Pan American World Airways commissioned renowned psychedelic artist @Peter_Max to create a promotional poster that showed the new Boeing 747 taking off through rainbow rays of the solar system. Do you have a favorite airline advertisement? #WidebodyAV
This tweet was posted on February 10, 2020.
Introduced April 1,1949 by Pan American, the Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. Its unique fuselage was equipped with two decks; the upper contained a roomy main cabin, while the lower featured a popular cocktail lounge. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on January 31, 2020.
Introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1970, the Boeing 747-100 was the first of a new breed of jetliner, the “wide-body,” which ultimately revolutionized the airline industry. The new wide-body was twice the size of the Boeing 707 shown here. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2020.
It comprised a swept-wing, four-jet-engine layout similar to that of the Boeing 707 with a capacity for up to 179 passengers. Powered by four Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet engines, the DC-8 was capable of cruising speeds reaching 600 miles per hour. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
Its name changed to Northeast Airlines in 1940, and that decade saw Northeast's route service expanded into New York. In 1959, Northeast became one of the first domestic carriers to offer jet service between New York and Miami using Boeing 707s. #DefunctThursday
This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
JAL introduced the Boeing 747 widebody in 1970. During this decade, JAL offered its passengers premium meal services on ceramic dishware created by Noritake of Japan featuring either a single crane or a flock of cranes in blue. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.
Last week Boeing delivered their 10,000th Boeing 737. See a 1:72 model of a Boeing 737 on display in "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbajOXP
This tweet was posted on March 23, 2018.
Learn more about the Boeing 247 and the Boeing 777 on our blog and this @Boeing documentary! https://t.co/7Pu4t6dq3h https://t.co/rSSh0hYZWA
This tweet was posted on March 19, 2016.
May the fourth be with you! Have you ever seen ANA’s Boeing 777-300 featuring BB-8? Previously flown on the Tokyo to San Francisco route, the aircraft departed on its last flight in this livery on March 31, 2022.
#MaytheFourth #StarWarsDay #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on May 04, 2022.
Mills Field fashion: 1927's flight gear unwittingly modeled next to a Boeing 40-A (w/San Bruno in the background) http://t.co/P05lFSr0
This tweet was posted on May 24, 2012.
Model of Pan Am's Boeing 314, the California Clipper, on view in the #Aviation Museum http://t.co/RkI8c4hv
This tweet was posted on June 08, 2012.
On this day in 1958, Pan Am made the first flight from New York to Paris using the Boeing 707 #avgeeks
This tweet was posted on October 26, 2011.
One of the earliest luggage labels we have in our collection was issued by Boeing Air Transport in circa 1928.
This tweet was posted on March 12, 2016.
One of the largest and most influential projects ever undertaken by the Boeing corporation, the Boeing Model 707 was the second successful pure-turbojet airliner to be introduced. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #Boeing707 #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
One of these Boeing 747-400 was renamed and painted in a special livery in 1994 called Wunala (kangaroo) Dreaming to celebrate the art and culture of the indigenous Yanyuwa people from Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. #FlyingSouthernCross
This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
Only ten Boeing 307s were produced: one prototype, five for TWA, three for Pan American, and one for Howard Hughes.
This one was looking good at @flySFO back in 1946!
#AvGeek #Stratoliner
This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
Onthisday in 1971, Southwest Airlines began intrastate operations in Texas. The “Love Bird” service out of Dallas Love Field offered 12 daily round-trip flights to Houston and 6 round-trip flights to San Antonio on Boeing 737s. Have you ever flown on @SouthwestAir? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 18, 2019.