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#AllNipponAirways (#ANA) began as Japan Helicopter & Aeroplane Transports Company #onthisday in 1952. The airline has grown to become the largest in Japan. In December 1998, ANA began service from Tokyo to San Francisco. Have you ever flown on ANA? This tweet was posted on December 27, 2019.

#CathayPacific Airways was registered in Hong Kong #onthisday in 1946 by former WWII pilots. Here you can see the airline’s first plane, a Douglas C-47, the military designation for the DC-3, nicknamed “Betsy”. Have you ever been to Hong Kong? #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on September 24, 2020.

#CathayPacific was registered in #HongKong #onthisday in 1946 by two former WWII pilots. Here you can see Cathay Pacific’s first plane, a Douglas DC-3, nicknamed Betsy. https://t.co/BbDKihe8Us This tweet was posted on September 24, 2018.

#HBD to Juan Trippe, who was born #onthisday in 1899. The founder of Pan American Airways, Trippe and PAA revolutionized international air travel, inaugurating the first regular commercial trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic air service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 27, 2018.

#HappyBirthday Amelia Earhart! The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, she was born #onthisday in 1897. #HBD This tweet was posted on July 24, 2017.

#HappyBirthday to #IsamuNoguchi. Born #onthisday in 1904 in Los Angeles to an American-born mother and a Japanese father, #Noguchi became a bicultural ambassador between the East and the West. #NoguchiSFO This tweet was posted on November 17, 2018.

#HappyBirthday to @AsianaAirlines! The Korean airline was formed #onthisday in 1988. #HBD This tweet was posted on February 17, 2017.

#HappyBirthday to Asiana Airlines. This image was posted on February 17, 2017.

#HappyBirthday to Charles #Lindbergh who was born #onthisday in 1902. #avgeek #aviationhistory #HBD This tweet was posted on February 04, 2017.

#HappyBirthday to Charles #Lindbergh who was born #onthisday in 1902. This image was posted on February 04, 2017.

#HappyBirthday to Isamu Noguchi. This image was posted on November 17, 2018. #noguchisfo #isamunoguchi #noguchi #sculpture #art #modernart #design #industrialdesign

#HappyBirthday to JetBlue which commenced operations on this day in 2000. This image was posted on February 11, 2017.

#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the first President of Pan American World Airways, who was born #onthisday in 1899 in New Jersey. This image was posted on June 27, 2022. #juantrippe #paa #panamerican #avgeek #aviationhistory

#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the first President of Pan American World Airways, who was born #onthisday in 1899. Under Trippe, #PanAm became an innovative business model that became the blueprint for the global air transport system. #JuanTrippe #PanAmerican #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 27, 2022.

#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the late President of Pan American World Airways, who was born #onthisday in 1899. This image was posted on June 27, 2018. #juantrippe #paa #panamerican #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks

#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the late founder and President of Pan American, who was born #onthisday in 1899. #PanAm’s unrivaled string of aviation firsts included first commercial service across the oceans, first successful jet service, and the first widebody service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 27, 2019.

#HappyBirthday to Philippine Airlines (PAL), which was founded #onthisday in 1941. #Avgeek #aviation #PhilippineAirlines This tweet was posted on February 26, 2018.

#HappyBirthday to Philippine Airlines (PAL), which was founded #onthisday in 1941. #Aviationhistory #Avgeek This tweet was posted on February 26, 2017.

#HappyBirthday to Philippine Airlines (PAL), which was founded #onthisday in 1941. This image was posted on February 26, 2018. #hbd #aviationhistory #avgeek #philippineairlines #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks

#HappyBirthday to Philippine Airlines (PAL), which was founded #onthisday in 1941. This image was posted on February 26, 2017.

#HappyBirthdayCalifornia! #Onthisday in 1850, California officially became a state in the Union. What is your favorite thing about CA? This tweet was posted on September 09, 2017.

#Hawaiian Airlines was first incorporated as Inter-Island Airways #onthisday in 1929, the airline dates back to before Hawaiian statehood. Have you ever flown on Hawaiian Airlines? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on January 29, 2019.

#Northeast Airlines’ last day of operation occurred #onthisday in 1972. The airline began as Boston-Maine Airways in 1931 and was absorbed by #Delta Air Lines. Did you ever fly on Northeast Airlines? #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 31, 2019.

#OTD in 1982, the Boeing 757 took its first flight. This image was posted on February 19, 2021. #onthisday #boeing #boeing757 #avgeek

#OnThisDay Pan American World Airways acquired American Overseas Airlines (A.O.A.) This image was posted on September 25, 2017. #americanairlines #americanair #americanoverseasairlines #aoa #americanexportairlines #panam #panamerican #paa #stratocruiser #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #instaplane #flying #plane #flight #airline #avgeeks #aviation4u #aviationdaily

#OnThisDay in 1803, Ohio was admitted into the Union. Happy Birthday Ohio! Dayton, Ohio is the home of pioneers of heavier-than-air powered flight, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Have you ever been to Ohio? #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on March 01, 2023.

#OnThisDay in 1803, Ohio was admitted into the Union. This image was posted on March 01, 2023. #aviationhistory #avgeek

#OnThisDay in 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This image was posted on December 17, 2015.

#OnThisDay in 1915 the Panama-Pacific International Exposition came to a close. #PPIE #PPIE100 This tweet was posted on December 04, 2015.

#OnThisDay in 1919, Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. or #Avianca was founded. Avianca was the first airline in the Americas. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2016.

#OnThisDay in 1923, French fashion designer André Courrèges was born. His 1973 uniform for UTA had a skirt or flared trousers option, a fitted sweater, and a short jacket in imitation leather. The pearlescent pink, powder blue, or red outfits came with white vinyl flat boots. This tweet was posted on March 09, 2022.

#OnThisDay in 1923, Igor Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation (later renamed the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company, followed by the reorganized Sikorsky Aviation Corporation). This image was posted on May 03, 2023. #avgeek #sikorsky #panam

#OnThisDay in 1923, fashion designer André Courrèges (1923–2016) was born in Pau, France. This image was posted on March 09, 2022. #avgeek #uniform #airfrance #uta #fashion #1970s

#OnThisDay in 1924, Huff Daland Dusters Inc. was founded; it was one of the earliest known commercial aerial crop-dusting operations in America. In 1928, when C.E. Woolman took over the company, he renamed it Delta Air Service, a predecessor to Delta Air Lines. #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 30, 2019.

#OnThisDay in 1924, the Huff Daland Dusters, based in Macon, Georgia, began one of the earliest known commercial aerial crop-dusting operations in America. This company is now known as #Delta Air Lines. What are you favorite Delta memories? This tweet was posted on May 30, 2018.

#OnThisDay in 1924, the Huff Daland Dusters, based in Macon, Georgia, began one of the earliest known commercial aerial crop-dusting operations in America. This image was posted on May 30, 2018. #delta #deltaairlines #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks