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"Australian Airliners Across the Pacific" illustrates the evolution of the aircraft utilized and passenger service implemented by Australian airline companies in their post-World War II transpacific services. https://t.co/3AWJNlEKRV This tweet was posted on July 13, 2021.

#ChinaAirlines, the flag carrier of #Taiwan, was founded on December 12, 1959, by retired Chinese Air Force officers. #Transpacific service to San Francisco began in 1970 with the acquisition of the #Boeing 707 jetliner. Have you ever flown on China Airlines? #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 16, 2019.

#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.

#OnThisDay in 1934, the Martin M-130 took its first test flight in Baltimore, Maryland. The largest commercial airplane at the time, the "China Clipper" inaugurated transpacific service to Asia with Pan American Airways. #avgeek #aviationhistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 30, 2020.

#OnThisDay in 1935, Pan American Airway’s famous China Clipper arrived back in Alameda on San Francisco Bay after its record-breaking first flight to Asia. This image was posted on December 06, 2015.

#OnThisDay in 1935, the first of three Martin M-130 #flyingboats was delivered to Pan American Airways. Named the "China Clipper", this M-130 would go on to make history by inaugurating the first scheduled #transpacific air mail service from California to the Philippines. #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 09, 2018.

#OnThisDay in 1935, the first of three Martin M-130 flying boats was delivered to Pan American Airways. This image was posted on October 09, 2018. #chinaclipper #panam #earlyaviation #avgeek #paa #panamerican #flyingboats #transpacific

#OnThisDay in 1935, the first of three Martin M-130 flying boats was delivered to Pan American Airways. This image was posted on October 09, 2016.

#OnThisDay in 1939, Pan American Airways received its first two Boeing 314 flying boats. This image was posted on January 27, 2018. #chinaclipper #panam #panamerican #flyingboats #boeing #boeing314 #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks

#OnThisDay in 1939, Pan American Airways’ first scheduled Clipper flight from Treasure Island departed for Asia. This image was posted on February 05, 2019. #avgeek #sfhistory #treasureisland #paa #panamerican #goldengate #ti #bayareahistory

#OnThisDay in 1959, Qantas’ first jet service departed from Sydney Airport destined for San Francisco. This image was posted on July 29, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1935, a Pan American Airways flying boat named #ChinaClipper lifted off the surface of SF Bay, and strained into the sky, and opened the age of regular transpacific commercial air service. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #panam This tweet was posted on November 22, 2017.

#Onthisday in 1935, the inaugural #transpacific #PanAm #Clipper service landed in Manila from CA, covering 8,210 miles with a flying time of 59 hours and 48 minutes. Today, a nonstop flight from #SFO to #Manila takes around 15 hours. #avgeek #chinaclipper This tweet was posted on November 29, 2017.

#Onthisday in 1935, the inaugural transpacific Pan American Airways Clipper service landed in Manila from California carrying 110,865 letters. This image was posted on November 29, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #chinaclipper #panam #bayareahistory #manila #philipines #clipper #avgeeks #chinaclipper

#Onthisday in 1949, Pan American World Airways received their first delivery of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. #PanAm launched #Stratocruiser transpacific service from San Francisco to Hawai’i in April 1949, and transatlantic service to London in June 1949. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.

#Onthisday in 1949, Pan American World Airways received their first delivery of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. This image was posted on January 31, 2022. #avgeek #paa #panam #stratocruiser #boeing #boeing377

#Onthisday in 1959, Hawai’i became the 50th U.S. state. Pan American Airways began service to Hawai’i in 1935. The island of O’ahu was the first stopping point for the airline’s transpacific flying boat route. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 21, 2019.

#Onthisday in 1959, Hawai’i became the 50th U.S. state. This image was posted on August 21, 2020. #museumfromhome #panamerican #avgeek

#PanAm was awarded the first transpacific airmail contract on October 24th, 1935. #ChinaClipper #onthisday This tweet was posted on October 26, 2016.

.@SingaporeAir began transpacific service to SFO in 1979. Have you ever been to Singapore? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on March 22, 2016.

@ParkeBench Hi Parker! our exhibition celebrates the three planes that flew the trans-Pacific island-to-island itineraries, the Martin M-130, the Boeing 314, and the Sikorsky S-42! Visit our website for more information: https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS This tweet was posted on March 04, 2019.

@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 Boeing 707 named the "City of Canberra" departed on July 29th, 1959 from Sydney for its first transpacific service This tweet was posted on July 29, 2016.

After almost 60 hours of travel, Pan Am's first scheduled transpacific flight landed in Manila. #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on November 17, 2015.

Airline calendars often presented stunning imagery of aircraft in service. This image was posted on March 17, 2017. #avgeek #aviationhistory #airlinecalendars #calendars #vintage #vintageaviation #vintageads #vintangeadvertisements #panam #boeing #boeing314 #hongkong #aviation

Although our Aviation Museum & Library is closed for construction, we have two online-only exhibitions to share! This image was posted on July 13, 2021.

Although transpacific service was halted by the outbreak of WWII, the war years were transformational for air travel. Not only were new and improved aircraft developed, but a network of airfields was built across the Pacific as part of the war effort. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.

An old maritime shipboard tradition was to celebrate the crewmember and passenger’s first passing over the equator and the international dateline. This image was posted on December 29, 2015.

BCPA’s transpacific service was launched in 1947 and branded the “Southern Cross” route, which originally consisted of stops in Sydney, Auckland, Fiji, Canton Island, Hawai’i, San Francisco, and Vancouver. #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.

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 between California and the Philippine capital of Manila taking fifteen days? This image was posted on December 06, 2019. #chinaclipper #aviationhistory #avgeek #panam

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.

Can you imagine embarking on a fifteen-day roundtrip flight between Alameda and Manila? In 1935, the first scheduled transpacific airmail flight took eight days to reach Manila from Alameda, with stops in Honolulu, Midway Atoll, Wake Island, and Guam. #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on November 29, 2021.

Captain Ed Musick inaugurated the first transpacific scheduled passenger service flying the Hawaiian Clipper. This image was posted on October 21, 2016.