#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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.