In the late 1950s, jet airliners began to enter service for airlines around the world. These new jet aircraft revolutionized transpacific air travel with their high speed and enhanced range. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on November 09, 2022.
Japan Air Lines (JAL) began domestic service in 1952. With its new Douglas DC-6B, JAL inaugurated trans-pacific service to San Francisco, via Wake Island and Honolulu, on February 2, 1954. Have you ever been to #Japan? #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on August 28, 2018.
Japan Air Lines (JAL) was formed and initiated domestic operations in 1951. The airline launched transpacific international service between Tokyo and San Francisco with Douglas DC-6B airliners in 1954.
#AirlineMealSets #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.
Juan Trippe reportedly ‘discovered’ Wake Island while looking for landings for #PanAm’s transpacific route at @NYPL.
This tweet was posted on January 26, 2016.
Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American Airways, reportedly “discovered” Wake Island while scouring through 19th c. clipper ship logs at the @NYPL. Juan was searching for a stop between Midway Island and Guam for Pan Am’s proposed transpacific route. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 23, 2019.
Like many post-war airlines, Aloha Airlines, based in Hawaii, started charter passenger and cargo service with a single surplus DC-3 in 1946. Originally named Trans-Pacific Airways, the airline specialized in interisland service. #Hawaii #AvGeek #AlohaAirlines
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2023.
Long before #PanAmerican used Midway Atoll as an island stop in the 1930s-50s on their transpacific route, Laysan #albatrosses had used the island for breeding. They even became the island's unofficial mascot. Midway is now part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
This tweet was posted on November 06, 2019.
November 22nd marks the 80th anniversary of Pan Am’s first scheduled transpacific flight from Alameda to Manila!
This tweet was posted on November 20, 2015.
OTD in 1931, the 1st non-stop transpacific flight took off from Japan, landing in Washington the following day.
This tweet was posted on October 04, 2012.
On many early transpacific flights, passengers received certificates celebrating the crossing of the intl date line.
This tweet was posted on December 29, 2015.
On the afternoon of November 22, 1935, a Pan American Airways Martin M-130 named “China Clipper”, lifted off from the waters of the San Francisco Bay into the sky and history books as the inaugural scheduled transpacific airmail flight. #AvGeek #ChinaClipper #PanAm
This tweet was posted on November 22, 2022.
One of the first Australian airlines to operate transpacific commercial air services to America was BCPA (British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines) which was formed by the governments of Australia, Great Britain, and New Zealand in 1947. #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.
Our collection features 2 photos of Lady Drummond-Hay, an English journalist, in Wake Island circa 1936, on a #PanAmerican transpacific adventure. Her profession as a journalist and her love of aviation enabled her to document many great events in aviation history. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on January 23, 2019.
RT @FlyPanAm: 83 years ago today in 1935, Pan American‘s China Clipper arrived in Manila carrying the first trans-Pacific US Air Mail after…
This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.
RT @shayman: For once I’m at SFO with enough time to enjoy the aviation museum. Great exhibit on Pan Am’s early China Clipper transpacif ...
This tweet was posted on August 03, 2012.
S-42 types conducted route survey flights in the Pacific and North Atlantic, along with serving many of the airline’s routes, including the Manila–Hong Kong leg of transpacific service to China in the late 1930s. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on February 17, 2021.
Shortly after its delivery in 1935, the China Clipper became famous when it inaugurated the first transpacific airmail service from San Francisco Bay to Manila Harbor. The next year, the Philippine Clipper inaugurated the first transpacific passenger air service. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on March 03, 2021.
The Boeing 314s served not only Pan American's transpacific routes but also their transatlantic routes.
This tweet was posted on January 13, 2016.
The L-1049G included more powerful Wright turbo-compound engines and a modification to allow the installation of wingtip fuel tanks. Primarily operated on long-haul transpacific routes, the L-1049G had a superior range of over 5,000 miles. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
There's a bird, there's a bird, oh look, there's another bird. Midway Atoll was once used as an island stop by #PanAmerican on its transpacific flights from the 1930s to '50s. Now it is part of the #Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
This tweet was posted on July 30, 2018.
This wine glass was specially designed not to spill during turbulence & was used in 1936 during the first commercial transpacific passenger flight on the Martin M-130 Hawaii Clipper. Browse through over 100 drink glasses on our collection website! https://t.co/Iw4MUMpOjX #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 18, 2022.
To create #PanAm’s transpacific layovers, #onthisday in 1935, the North Haven set sail, carefully loaded in sequence with 2 pre-fab villages, 5 air bases, 250,000 gallons of fuel, barges, tractors, generators, and 50 ft timbers to build radio towers. #ChinaClipper #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on April 03, 2020.
United's 1940s colorful US route map also shows the limits of trans-Pacific flight options: http://t.co/awovdf8elK #routemap
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2014.