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#BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) launched Boeing 747 widebody transatlantic service in April 1971 between London and New York. #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 26, 2019.
#Continental was one of three U.S. airlines, along with Pan American World Airways and TWA (Trans World Airlines), to launch Boeing 747 jumbojet service in 1970. Did you ever fly on a Continental Airlines 747? #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on October 18, 2019.
A form-fitting, polyester mini-dress projected a flashy, energetic look of casual comfort with bright stripes in Continental’s corporate colors. It featured a gold-tone chain belt with a monogrammed medallion. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 12, 2020.
Following Pan American World Airways’ introduction of the #Boeing 747 in January 1970, #BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) received the aircraft and launched transatlantic service in April 1971 between London and New York. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 07, 2020.
In 1969, Continental Airlines received approval for a route to Hawai’i, which the airline considered the most lucrative. The service was widely advertised and featured on promotional items such as branded flight bags. Do you own any flight bags? #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on December 26, 2019.
In 1971, #TWA (Trans World Airlines) introduced a new group of flight attendant uniforms conceived by Rome-based fashion designer Valentino Garavani. The uniform came in three colors: purple, brown, or beige. Do you remember this uniform? #WidebodyAV #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on March 23, 2020.
In 1971, TWA (Trans World Airlines) introduced a new group of flight attendant uniforms conceived by Rome-based fashion designer #Valentino Garavani (@MaisonValentino). The uniform came in three colors: purple, brown, or beige. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on January 08, 2020.
In the United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 first-class stewards and stewardesses offered special wine, fruit, and cheese services in the upper-deck lounge and wore unique uniforms featuring brightly colored plaid sports coats and skirts #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
In the late 1960s, Pan American World Airways commissioned renowned psychedelic artist @Peter_Max to create a promotional poster that showed the new Boeing 747 taking off through rainbow rays of the solar system. Do you have a favorite airline advertisement? #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on February 10, 2020.
Our new exhibit “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” presents promotional objects and images from the first 3 widebody jetliners introduced in the early 1970s, the #Boeing 747, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and the #Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. #WidebodyAV #vgeek This tweet was posted on September 20, 2019.
See “Widebody: The Launch of the #Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” online at: https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 07, 2020.
See “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” online at: https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on March 23, 2020.
See “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” online at: https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 12, 2020.
See “Widebody” online at: https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on June 01, 2020.
The #Boeing 747 offered the airline a comfortable, roomy, and luxurious cabin interior. In an advertisement, #BOAC proclaimed “you will hardly believe you're in an aircraft.” #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 07, 2020.
The #Continental uniforms were issued until 1973 and were in use for the introduction of the airline’s next #widebody airliner, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on October 18, 2019.
The 1971 TWA uniforms came with signature #Valentino buttons and matching scarves, and could be worn with pumps or go-go boots. In promotions, flight attendants were featured wearing various colors and combinations of the uniform. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on January 08, 2020.
The 1971 TWA uniforms came with signature Valentino buttons and matching scarves, and could be worn with pumps or go-go boots. In promotions, flight attendants were featured wearing various colors and combinations of the uniform. #WidebodyAV #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on March 23, 2020.
The 747 offered #BOAC a far more comfortable, roomy, and luxurious option compared to the narrow-body Vickers VC10. It also had a capacity that was more than double that of the VC10 or the Boeing 707. Did you ever fly on a BOAC 747? #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 26, 2019.
The DC-10 had a feeling of cabin spaciousness though it was smaller than the 747. It was also designed to be used at airports that could not handle the demands of the 747 and thus open up #widebody operations more broadly. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on October 02, 2019.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was initially designed to be operated on transcontinental or regional routes with fewer passengers than the Boeing 747 thus broadening the widebody market to more airlines and a greater proportion of the traveling public. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on December 05, 2019.
To celebrate and promote the new Boeing 747, #Continental introduced new uniforms, including a form-fitting, polyester mini-dress that projected a flashy, energetic look of casual comfort with bright stripes in the airline’s colors. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on October 18, 2019.
To promote its widebody-operator status, Continental Airlines introduced a new line of uniforms in 1970. Stewardesses were offered a choice of several ensembles. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 12, 2020.
United Air Lines received its first 747-100 on June 26, 1970, and a month later launched 747 service from San Francisco to Honolulu. United began to hire male stewards in 1970 for Hawai’i service only. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on June 01, 2020.
United Air Lines’ 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room” and furnished with captain’s chairs, wrap-around couches, and a back wall mural. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on June 01, 2020.
United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin at the front of the aircraft with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room.” #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
What's going on in the museum? Currently we are preparing for our next exhibition, “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s”. #avgeek #widebodyAV #sneakpeek #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on September 06, 2019.
When McDonnell Douglas began to develop its widebody jetliner in the late 1960s, they endeavored to create an airliner that would operate in areas not served by the Boeing 747. MD portrayed their DC-10 as the widebody for the entire family in this promotional poster. #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on December 05, 2019.
With the launch of the #Boeing 747, Pan American offered customers promotional View-Master three-dimensional viewers with sets of disks that detailed the aircraft’s development and highlighted its revolutionary features. #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 13, 2020.
With the success of its #Boeing 747 service, which began in 1970, #Continental Airlines introduced its next #jumbojet airliner in 1972, the DC-10 #trijet, McDonnell Douglas’ first #widebody airliner. Did you ever fly on a McDonnell Douglas DC-10? #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on October 02, 2019.
#Widebody: The Launch of the #Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 20, 2019.
#Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on October 18, 2019.
“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. #WidebodyAV https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe This tweet was posted on February 10, 2020.
“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2TLqNG #WidebodyAV This tweet was posted on December 26, 2019.
“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 13, 2020.