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Swirling in a Sundance Yellow cape, this Hughes Airwest stewardess models her 1972 uniform. #WomenInAviation This tweet was posted on June 22, 2016.
The #Hughes H-4 #Hercules (aka the "Spruce Goose") was one of the largest planes ever constructed, intended as a wartime aircraft to move troops and material across the Atlantic Ocean. The massive flying boat was the largest all-wood airplane built. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on November 02, 2018.
The Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, also known as the #SpruceGoose, was the largest all-wood airplane built and was designed as an ultra-large, transoceanic military transport for use during World War II. It was intended to transport as many as 750 troops. #WingWendesday This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
The Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, known as the “Spruce Goose,” was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company as an ultra-large, transoceanic military transport for use during WWII. The massive flying boat remains the largest all-wood airplane built. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 05, 2021.
The one and only flight of the "Spruce Goose," which lasted only a minute and hit an altitude of 70 feet, took place on Nov. 2, 1947, off the coast of San Pedro, CA, with Howard Hughes at the controls, David Grant as copilot, and members of the press on board. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 05, 2021.
This 1970s Hughes Airwest poster featured a literal flying banana. Did you ever fly on "the top banana in the west"? This tweet was posted on May 21, 2016.
This 1972 Sundance Yellow polyester knit suit for Hughes Airwest was created by Mario Zamparelli. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on June 24, 2016.
This exhibition featured objects from California Airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California (later AirCal), and Pacific Air Lines, Air West, and Hughes Airwest. Do you remember this exhibit? What’s your favorite California regional airline? #CatchOurStyle This tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
When #RepublicAirlines bought #HughesAirwest in 1980, they peeled away the iconic yellow Hughes Airwest color in dramatic advertisements. #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 02, 2018.
When Howard Hughes acquired Air West in 1970, he promptly renamed it Hughes Airwest. A new airline… http://t.co/Ez9DMt1qUT This tweet was posted on May 06, 2014.
When Republic acquired Hughes Airwest the following year, the airline’s bright yellow fleet was repainted with Republic’s new colors and its “Herman the Duck” logo. #DefunctThursday #RepublicAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2022.
📸 #2 & 3: Halfback Hugh McElhenny charges though an open hole during a 14-27 loss to the Chicago Bears at Kezar Stadium October 26, 1958 Wide receiver R. C. Owens makes a leaping catch during a preseason 24-17 victory over Washington at Kezar Stadium August 16, 1959 This tweet was posted on December 27, 2021.
📸 3/3: poster: Hughes Airwest; 1970s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2001.135.074 slide: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Hughes Airwest; 1976 Gift of Daniel Hahn 2015.038.021 This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
📸: R.O.N. kit cover: Hughes Airwest, His; 1970s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2002.035.681 a l https://t.co/KHkn32DFYq This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
📸: airsickness bag: EVA Air; c. 2014 Gift of Vincent Ma 2021.020.0140 https://t.co/xqcIgCdKCY beach towel: Hughes Airwest; 1970s Gift of Riqui Sedoris 2021.105.004 https://t.co/5p0Nu3FBsk This tweet was posted on June 15, 2022.
📸: hostess boots: Hughes Airwest; 1970s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2001.016.048 a b https://t.co/7SlocvfO6x This tweet was posted on August 23, 2022.
📸: photo: Hughes H-4 Hercules; 1947 Gift of Frank A. Norick 2009.015.002 model airplane: Hughes H-4 Hercules; 2002 Made by and gift of Jim Lund 2014.153.018 a e photo: Hughes H-4 Hercules; 1947 Gift of Frank A. Norick 2009.015.003 This tweet was posted on May 05, 2021.
📸: photographs: Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose); November 2, 1947 Gift of Frank A. Norick 2016.042.023 2016.042.023 This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.