#Onthisday in 1959, @united & @Delta introduced the Douglas DC-8. Delta’s first DC-8 flight departed from New York Idlewild (later JFK) to Atlanta at 09:20AM. United’s first DC-8 flight departed from @flySFO to NYC 2 hrs & 10 min later. Have you ever flown on a DC-8? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on September 18, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1963, the #PanAm building in NYC opened. Have you ever been to the Pan Am, now the MetLife, building? This tweet was posted on March 07, 2016.
2 years in NYC made such an impression on Josef Frank that he made designs from city maps: http://t.co/95mpNsTQ Where's your fav city?This tweet was posted on October 21, 2011.
A #PanAm flight arrives in NYC on this day in 1942, completing the 1st round-the-world commercial flight, having left SF on 12/12. #AVgeeksThis tweet was posted on January 06, 2012.
Harry Everett Smith (1923–91) collected 251 paper airplanes off the streets of NYC between 1961 & 1983. This tweet was posted on May 28, 2016.
In the 1970s, Iraqi Airways acquired Boeing 707s for service to JFK in NYC. Have you ever flown on Iraqi Airways? #TravelTuesdayThis tweet was posted on June 27, 2017.
NOW PLAYING: "3,000 Miles" by Sean Wang. Wang spent a year living in NYC, far from his SF Bay Area home. This film, comprised of street footage set to his mother’s voicemail messages, is a personal work that touches on themes of identity and family. #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/2CVcLjUiVzThis tweet was posted on October 01, 2018.
RT @panamhistory: March 7, 1963 the Pan Am Building opened in NYC (photo courtesy of Thomas Davis, 1966) https://t.co/HwtYYxrp6OThis tweet was posted on March 08, 2017.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has not only designed many buildings around the world including the Willis Tower in Chicago, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the new One World Trade Center in NYC, but they also had a major role in designing the International Terminal at SFO. #SFOhistoryThis tweet was posted on September 20, 2018.