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@flySFO @panamhistory Learn more about open water navigation during the 1930s in our exhibition, "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #ChinaClipper #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
@flySFO @panamhistory Transpacific flights in the 1930s required serious navigation skills, including dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Shown here is the navigation and radio kit used by #PanAm in the mid 1930s and early 1940s. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
A #PanAm Douglas DC-7 soars over San Francisco in the 1950s. #SFHistory This tweet was posted on December 18, 2015.
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. #AVgeeks This tweet was posted on January 06, 2012.
A few members from the #PanAm World Wings Intl SF & Oakland chapter got a special preview of #FashionInFlight today! This tweet was posted on June 10, 2016.
A perfect combination: San Francisco and the California Clipper: http://t.co/xPuP7FUWIM #avgeek #throwbackthursday #PanAm This tweet was posted on January 08, 2015.
After the US Navy acquired Treasure Island during WWII, #PanAm moved to SFO. This 1959 photo shows their base at SFO. #TBT This tweet was posted on January 12, 2017.
After the US Navy acquired Treasure Island for wartime service, #PanAm moved their Pacific Base to SFO. #TBT This tweet was posted on January 14, 2016.
Airline calendars often presented stunning imagery of aircraft in service, like this #PanAm #Boeing 314 in Hong Kong Harbor. #YearsFlyBy This tweet was posted on March 17, 2017.
Along with skyrocketing oil prices, the once profitable routes National operated became unprofitable under Pan Am, which flew its last flight on December 4, 1991. #PanAm #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.
Although Pan American World Airways experienced unprecedented success in the 1960s and 70s, by the end of the 1980s the company was struggling. #PanAm #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.
Although the #Sikorsky S-40 served #PanAm well through the 1930s, it was often noted for its lack of aerodynamic efficiency due to its many struts and support wires. Charles Lindbergh famously referred to it as a “flying forest.” #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 28, 2019.
Although the Sikorsky S-40 served #PanAm well through the 1930s, it was often derided for its lack of aerodynamic efficiency due to its many struts and support wires. Charles Lindbergh famously referred to the aircraft as a “flying forest.” #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2021.
Amazing- it's (only) been 80 years since the first flight from the US to Hawaii! http://t.co/FpeLbkegcv #PanAm #avgeek #AlohaFriday This tweet was posted on April 17, 2015.
An iconic New York City landmark, the #StatueofLiberty was dedicated #onthisday in 1886. She's celebrated here in a 1980s #PanAm destination poster. Have you ever been to the Statue of Liberty? #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 28, 2018.
Are you a card-carrying member of #PanAm's Clipper Club? Miss Ogilvie is, having flown #aroundtheworld in 1953: http://t.co/j15APCRYzT This tweet was posted on October 08, 2013.
Are you looking for some fun weekend entertainment? Our friends at the Pan Am Historical Foundation (@panamhistory), helped produce "Across the Pacific", a 3-part documentary on the founding and early history of #PanAm! See the first part here: https://t.co/mGhb92i7Yb #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 07, 2020.
As Pan American was not licensed to operate domestic routes within in the United States, the company purchased National Airlines in 1980. This did not prove be a good financial takeover as the company would have liked. #PanAm #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.
Back when it took a week to fly from CA to China, more than just cards were needed to pass the time: http://t.co/nFZsDppHEG #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on January 21, 2015.
Bay Area local Eugene Leach (1919-2000) spent his teenage years watching the planes take off and land at Oakland Airport and operating a ham radio. The hobbies merged in a career as a radio operator for #PanAm. This tweet was posted on January 29, 2021.
Before flying was common: certificates in the name of Apollo given to #PanAm pssngrs flying over the Intl Date Line: http://t.co/HTEmkN8PLm This tweet was posted on March 12, 2014.
Before the age of cell phones and seat-back entertainment systems, in-flight entertainment was generally low tech and relied on games. This 1940s gamer scorer from #PanAm could be used to keep track of a variety of games with columns for "we" & "they" on interior pages #52Objects This tweet was posted on May 31, 2023.
Bonnie Jones Moon worked for #PanAm from 1972 to 1989. Of her time with #PAA, she says she loved, “being part of a flight attendant corps that included so many smart, resourceful, funny, educated, sophisticated, dedicated, talented, and committed women and men.” #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 14, 2020.
By 1930, the Pan American Airways System linked twenty-nine Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories with regularly scheduled airmail, passenger, and cargo flights. #DefunctThursday #PanAmerican #PanAm #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.
By 1948, PAL was flying DC-6s into SFO via a similar route to the one used by #PanAm's Clippers. #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on August 09, 2016.
By late 1945, #PanAm realized the superiority of the DC-4 over the Boeing 314 flying boat and began to operate the airliner on both transpacific and transatlantic routes. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
Can you imagine a roundtrip flight from the Philippine capital of Manila, to California taking 15 days? In 1935, the first scheduled transpacific airmail flight took 8 days to reach Manila from Alameda, and 4 days to come back, for a total of 123 flight hours. #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on December 06, 2019.
Captain Ed Musick inaugurated the first transpacific scheduled passenger service on the Hawaiian #Clipper #onthisday in 1936. #PanAm This tweet was posted on October 21, 2016.
Check out the back of this 1940s #ValentinesDay card from #PanAm. This tweet was posted on February 14, 2016.
Clippers of water and air cruise past the Golden Gate Bridge in this 1937 postcard. #PanAm This tweet was posted on January 12, 2016.
Cocktail-loving jet-setter? #PanAm nailed their promo item for you: http://t.co/CU2Lfk2VvU #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 06, 2015.
Coming in 2020, we will be presenting a photo exhibition on Pan American Airways in South America. Have you ever been to South America? #avgeek #PanAm #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on October 15, 2019.
Cuban-born designer #Adolfo Sardiña's 1980 #PanAm uniform was worn until 1991. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on December 23, 2016.
Designed by Wellwood E. Beall, it distinguished itself by shear size, three vertical stabilizers in the tail, and cantilevered seawings that doubled as fuel tanks. #WingWednesday #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on March 17, 2021.
Did you know that from 1982 to 1988 Pan American Airways offered its own complimentary helicopter service? #PanAm This tweet was posted on February 10, 2016.
Did you know that the word 'tip' originated as an acronym? A #PanAm flight packet from 1949 has the story: http://t.co/NuqFwW51n3 This tweet was posted on January 21, 2014.