.@United's 1968 uniform, designed by Hollywood costumer Jean Louis was offered in 4 color combinations: Hawaiian Sunset or Maliblue with a Miami Sands stripe, or in the optional ivory-colored Miami Sands with an orange Hawaiian Sunset or dark blue Maliblue stripe. #FlightPatterns
This tweet was posted on July 16, 2021.
Air Jamaica was the national airline of Jamaica from 1969 to 2015. On April 1, 1969, the airline established service from Kingston—Jamaica's capital—to New York and Miami. Did you ever fly on Air #Jamaica? #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on February 19, 2019.
Did you get it right? The answer was Miami Sands! This 1968 United Airlines uniform was also offered in Hawaiian Sunset and Maliblue.
See more flight attendant uniforms in "#FlightPatterns" on display in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/hPoLHA3zf2 https://t.co/u8ckgd8E40
This tweet was posted on March 02, 2022.
Flying Delta to Miami in the 1950s: nothing faster, nothing finer! http://t.co/wBLvnIg1ou #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 21, 2014.
Happy Thanksgiving! This was the menu for the Pan American Airways flight on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23, 1939, aboard Sikorsky S-42 Clipper N. C. 15373, from Barranquilla, Colombia to Miami, Florida. What is on your #Thanksgiving menu today?
This tweet was posted on November 25, 2021.
In 1954, the City of Miami converted the Dinner Key building into its City Hall, and the Pan American Airways winged-globe logo can still be found on the building's façade.
This tweet was posted on March 25, 2018.
In 1960, Delta Airlines proudly introduced the 615 miles-per-hour Convair 880, produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, of San Diego, California. In January 1962, the airliner achieved a record top speed of 715 mph on a flight from Chicago to Miami. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
In 1966, Pan American World Airways started hiring Japanese nationals in expectation of growth and expansion of its Pacific routes. The original seven Japanese stewardesses are shown here, arriving in Miami for their training. #panam #avgeek #apahm #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on May 20, 2020.
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.
Northwest Orient Airlines advertised Miami as a destination in the 1950s in a number of ways, including an alluring beachside poster with the airline’s promotional Miami beach bag. Have you ever been to Miami? Did you ever fly on Northwest Airlines? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 22, 2019.
Operating a Boeing 727, the last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, #onthisday in 1991. What are your favorite memories of Pan Am?
This tweet was posted on December 04, 2018.
Promoted as the "Super Seven," #PanAm introduced the airliner in May 1956, on the Atlantic route from Miami to Paris, and in September 1957, on the time-saving, transpolar "great circle route," across the Arctic Ocean to Northern Europe. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on February 12, 2018.
Promoted as the “Super Seven,” #PanAm introduced the DC-7C in May 1956, on the Atlantic route from Miami to Paris, and in September 1957, on the transpolar “great circle route,” across the Arctic Ocean to Northern Europe. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on September 13, 2018.
RT @FlyPanAm: Clipper Flying Cloud, a Boeing 307 Stratoliner after arriving in Bogota, Colombia on its inaugural flight from Miami. https:/…
This tweet was posted on March 29, 2019.
RT @FredNoonan: Two great pilots in Miami. Amelia visits with her friend, aviatrix Phoebe Omlie standing in front of the Lockheed Electra.…
This tweet was posted on March 03, 2019.
She then went on to fulfil other roles in aviation including serving as the CEO of Atlanta-Hartsfield and Miami International Airports and the Director General of ACI World from 2008-2020.
Read our blog post about Angela Gittens’ oral history interview: https://t.co/LDnVwRIgM0
This tweet was posted on July 22, 2022.
The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in Miami, Florida, was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation when it opened #onthisday in 1934. The building served as #PanAm’s base for operations throughout the Caribbean, Central, and South America.
This tweet was posted on March 25, 2022.
The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in Miami, Florida, was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation when it opened #onthisday in 1934.
This tweet was posted on March 25, 2018.
The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida, was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation when it opened #onthisday in 1934. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 25, 2019.
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luggage label: National Air Lines; late 1930s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.168.432
postcard: National Airlines, Douglas DC-4, Miami International Airport; 1952
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.2084
This tweet was posted on June 09, 2022.
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postcard: Pan American Airways, Dinner Key, Miami, Florida; c. 1945
Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
2012.149.0494
This tweet was posted on March 25, 2022.
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photograph: West Indian Aerial Express, Fairchild FC-2 La Niña at Miami, Florida; 10/15/1927
Gift of Jon E. Krupnick
2008.056.1010
This tweet was posted on October 19, 2021.