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By the end of the 1950s, the airline had rapidly expanded into 35 cities. In 1966, Ozark entered the jet age and purchased several Douglas DC-9 aircraft, and added destinations all over the country. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
Completed in the 1940s, Ames’ first wind tunnels included several with supersonic testing capabilities and a gigantic complex to research full-scale aircraft designs. #NASAAmesWind This tweet was posted on April 05, 2023.
Cyprus Airways was established in September 1947 as the flag carrier of Cyprus. In 2013, the island nation's carrier's fleet consisted of 9 aircraft servicing 18 destinations. Did you ever fly on Cyprus Airways? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on September 11, 2018.
Designed by French engineer Pierre Satre and British engineer Sir Archibald Russell, the aircraft featured a highly-swept delta wing and was one of only a few commercial aircraft to employ a design without a horizontal stabilizer on the tail. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on December 01, 2023.
Designed with an exceedingly aerodynamic appearing exterior, the Toastmaster model 1B12 toaster was presented in advertisements as though it was the latest cutting-edge aircraft or car to be introduced amidst great public fanfare. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on March 26, 2019.
Do you know what the first commercially successful passenger aircraft was? It may not be what you think... http://t.co/6QuB5tR8wT This tweet was posted on April 28, 2014.
Douglas developed the DC-8 jetliner during the mid-1950s as a competitive design to Boeing’s 707 jetliner. Built in Douglas’ new Long Beach, California, plant, the first aircraft was rolled out and flown in 1958. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.
During the late 1930s, TWA, under the leadership of its visionary controlling shareholder Howard Hughes, requested that the Lockheed Aircraft Company of Burbank, CA, produce a fast, large-capacity, pressurized airliner. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
Early color photographs of #SFO are rare, so we’re excited to share a recent gift to our collection. This photo from 1947 shows a United Air Lines aircraft in front of the Airport’s 1937 terminal building along with 3 of the original airplane hangars built in 1927/8. #TBT #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 13, 2019.
Early in 1961, the airline purchased a number of Canadair CL-44 all-cargo aircraft, nicknamed “Swingtails” as their tails literally swung open for loading cargo. #DefunctThursday #FlyingTigers This tweet was posted on May 12, 2022.
Eastern Air Lines ordered sixty of the 4-0-4 and introduced the aircraft in 1951, with scheduled service commencing in early 1952. The airline operated the 4-0-4 primarily on its eastern U.S. routes and branded the service as the “Silver Falcon.” #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 19, 2021.
Eastern was the first to inaugurate service of the Lockheed L-188 Electra in January 1959. The regional airline PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), based in San Diego, purchased three of the aircraft, which proved ideal for the carrier’s West Coast routes. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.
Ever tried playing tennis on the top of a moving aircraft? Ivan Unger and Gladys Roy did, on this c. 1925 postcard. This tweet was posted on February 18, 2017.
Ever wonder what aircraft maintenance looked like in the late 1930s? Here, mechanics are working on the engines of a Douglas DC-3 #Mainliner during the aircraft’s routine visit to @United’s Cheyenne, Wyoming, maintenance base. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 13, 2020.
Ever wonder what the #cockpit of the Boeing 377 looked like? Our newest exhibition "American Airliner Cockpits, 1925–1975" has not one but two views inside this aircraft, and many others. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 27, 2019.
Flights from St. Louis to Chicago, Tulsa, and Memphis were on Douglas DC-3s acquired from Parks Air Lines. Instead of repainting the DC-3s, Ozark took off the P and S from the aircraft and painted on OZ to the beginning. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
Flown by pilots Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm, with navigation & radio operations performed by Harry Lyon and James Warner, the Southern Cross, a Fokker F.VII, was the first aircraft to complete a transpacific crossing from North America to Australia. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
Flying over open waters in an aircraft in the 1930s was complicated! Pan American Airways had a cross-trained crew of up to ten staff on each flight. Shown here: the crew of six on #PanAm’s 1935 survey flight to Hawaii. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 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.
Following the historic first flight from North America to Australia by Charles Kingsford Smith and crew in 1928, the transpacific “Southern Cross” route— named after the aircraft they flew, the Fokker F.VIIb/3m Southern Cross—received worldwide fame. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on June 24, 2022.
Following the success of its best-selling, narrow-body 727 trijet, Boeing began developing a twin engine aircraft as its successor, the 757. #WingWendesday #Boeing This tweet was posted on September 29, 2021.
Frequent United fliers may have noticed that the oversized model aircraft twenty-five feet above the Terminal 3 hub have been removed. Learn about the deinstallation process in our latest blog post: https://t.co/baBRXkFKFE This tweet was posted on June 17, 2021.
From 1978 to 1984, Ozark flew DC-9s almost exclusively as they phased out their older aircraft. In 1986, Ozark was purchased by Trans World Airlines (TWA). #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
From 2in to 12ft in length, see part of our diverse collection of aircraft models online. https://t.co/w9IMowX22y This tweet was posted on June 18, 2016.
Glenn L. Martin was born on #onthisday in 1886. The Martin company produced numerous types of aircraft, including the Martin M-130, which #PanAmerican used to inaugurate the first scheduled #transpacific airmail service in 1935. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 17, 2020.
Hangar No. 1, the first aircraft hangar at Mills Field, was located 150 feet to the south of the original administration building and completed in September 1927. Lettering on the roof identified the airport from above. #SFOHistory #MillsField This tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.
Happy Birthday, American Airlines! American traces its origins to Robertson Aircraft and its first airmail contract flight. #AmericanAir This tweet was posted on April 15, 2022.
Happy International Women's Day! Celebrate w/ Women at Work: The WWII Aircraft Factory Photos of Alfred T. Palmer: http://t.co/MhJdS3G0XR This tweet was posted on March 08, 2013.
Happy Pan American Aviation Day! #OnThisDay in 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This tweet was posted on December 17, 2017.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Wonder what was on the menu of a United Air Lines flight on this day in 1963? Served aloft aboard the Mainliner aircraft was a flaked tuna vinaigrette, a pot roast of beef burgundy, and a sweetheart cake. #avgeek #united #menu #ValentinesDay This tweet was posted on February 14, 2022.
Hard to believe that it's been in effect for so long, but the information on aircraft tickets dates to… http://t.co/UQj4lX9Mwl This tweet was posted on August 01, 2014.
Have you ever seen a Pan Am flying boat take off? See some great archival footage of the iconic aircraft at 21:10. https://t.co/PJvDimBTiz This tweet was posted on December 01, 2015.
Have you ever wondered how they installed seating in an aircraft? https://t.co/hl6P4lbAiU This tweet was posted on April 07, 2016.
He soon dropped the Hercules name in favor of Curtiss and in January 1907, he entered a modified racing motorcycle fitted with the new V-8 aircraft engine at the Winter Speed Carnival in Ormond Beach, Florida. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on March 19, 2021.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways waited for the extended-range 747-200 and received its first delivery in 1979. With a range of nearly 7,000 miles, the new aircraft were capable of providing nonstop service on most transoceanic routes. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on August 18, 2021.
In 1934, Douglas Aircraft employee Victor Pastushin designed chromed-metal Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Douglas DC-2 ashtrays. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on July 03, 2019.