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#Northwest's 1967 uniform features green, brown, & blue stripes representing the woodlands & sky of Minnesota, the airline’s home state. This tweet was posted on October 21, 2016.
A stylized trapper hat with small visor & contrasting side flaps complements the pattern of #Northwest's 1967 uniform. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on October 21, 2016.
Also featured are a profile of a bronc rider in northwest Montana maintaining a connection to the “old ways” to the visual splendor of diverse Native American cultures at the annual Gathering of Nations Powwow in New Mexico. #videoartsSFO This tweet was posted on November 09, 2021.
Based in San Francisco, the 3,800-employee carrier served numerous destinations up & down the California corridor, from San Diego to Crescent City, along with cities throughout the Southwest and Northwest, and even several tourist destinations in Mexico. #DefunctThursday #AirWest This tweet was posted on March 17, 2022.
By the end of the decade, flight attendant uniforms became cool and chic rather than regimented and conservative. This exhibition features some of the wilder uniforms made between 1967–74 for Braniff, Northwest Orient, Pan American, TWA, and United. #FlightPatterns #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 04, 2022.
Developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company, the Martin 2-0-2 was intended to supersede the DC-3. Although early orders placed in 1945 were canceled due to production delays, the 2-0-2 was introduced into service by Northwest Airlines in October 1947. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2021.
Following a war time assignment in Alaska, Northwest used their experience in the territory to open transpacific service to Asia via Alaska in 1947. With this transpacific expansion, the company rebranded itself as Northwest Orient Airlines. #DefunctThursday #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
Founded by Colonel Louis Brittin in 1926, Northwest Airways, was established to fulfill Contract Air Mail Route #9 between Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul, the Twin Cities. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
High, Wide & Handsome! Northwest Orient Airlines' catchphrase for the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, complete w/lounge! http://t.co/CY991aB3 This tweet was posted on May 14, 2012.
In 1986, Republic was accumulating losses due to airline buyouts and new fleet purchases, the airline, then was absorbed by Northwest Airlines, which in turn was merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010. #DefunctThursday #RepublicAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2022.
Mid-1960s airline fashion showcased bright and colorful, patterned fabrics for the first time in the industry. In 1967, Starflite Uniforms created an ensemble patterned in bold stripes for Northwest Orient Airlines. #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on June 10, 2021.
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.
Prior to 1935, the 2,400 miles from San Francisco to Honolulu represented the world’s greatest water gap along any viable aerial trade route. The next stop, Midway Island, lay 1,300 miles northwest of Hawai’i. #DefunctThursday #PanAm #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 11, 2022.
San Francisco & the Pacific Northwest are featured on this 1970s Western Airline in-flight information packet. #avgeek #vintageadvertisement This tweet was posted on February 03, 2017.
The 1930s saw the company expand service westward from its Twin Cities base, and service to Seattle was flown by 1933. A year later, the airline was renamed Northwest Airlines and acquired the Lockheed 10-A Electra. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
The L-1049G Super Constellation variant, introduced into service in 1955 by TWA (Trans World Airways) and Northwest Orient Airlines, was the ultra long-range version of the aircraft. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
The United Air Lines Ticket office opened in the 1930s on the northwest corner of Union Square. #SFHistory This tweet was posted on March 25, 2016.
This #Northwest uniform was worn from 1967 to 1970, and became known as “the caterpillar” among cabin crews. #FashionInFlight #crewlife This tweet was posted on October 21, 2016.
Though only 47 were built, the Martin 2-0-2 was flown by airlines such as Northwest Airlines, Pacific Air Lines, Trans World Airlines, and Allegheny Airlines. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2021.
Vintage Northwest Airlines luggage label shows off their simple, clever branding design: http://t.co/ONsOhSVvtW #AirlineIdentity #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 11, 2014.
Worn as a summer uniform until 1971, it was nicknamed “The Caterpillar” by Northwest Orient Airlines flight crew and included a striped trapper hat with green side flaps. #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on June 10, 2021.
📸 1/3: TWA, L-1049 at SFO; c. 1954 Transfer 1993.07.41 Northwest Airlines, L-1049; early 1950s Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0248 TWA, L-1049; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.890 ad: L-1049; 1951 Purchase 2011.171.001 This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
📸 3/3: BOAC DC-7C; c. 1957 Anonymous gift 2016.105.015 Braniff DC-7C; c. 1957 Gift of George Gayuski 2001.082.182 Northwest DC-7C cabin; c. 1957 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0290 This tweet was posted on June 02, 2021.
📸: Northwest Orient Airlines uniform 1967 Starflite Uniforms Hat by Mae Hanauer Dress: Gift of The Museum of Flight Hat: Gift of Northwest Airlines History Center Jacket insignia: Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family Hat insignia: Gift of Matthew Blakley This tweet was posted on June 10, 2021.
📸: aircraft information: Northwest Airlines, Martin 2-0-2; c. 1947 postcard: Northwest Airlines, Martin 2-0-2; 1949 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.160.613 & 2015.166.1129 TWA (Trans World Airlines), Martin 2-0-2; c. 1950 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0890 & 2018.112.0891 This tweet was posted on April 28, 2021.