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The #Hughes H-4 #Hercules (aka the "Spruce Goose") was one of the largest planes ever constructed, intended as a wartime aircraft to move troops and material across the Atlantic Ocean. The massive flying boat was the largest all-wood airplane built. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on November 02, 2018.
The 727 was Boeing's only tri-jet aircraft and, at the time of its production, Boeing's best-selling jet with over 1,800 sold. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 727? #TheMainLine This tweet was posted on January 10, 2018.
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industries, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. Air France introduced the aircraft in 1974 and Lufthansa followed two years later. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
The Airbus A310-300 was developed for international carriers with the range to fly transatlantic routes nonstop. Introduced in 1983, by Lufthansa and Swissair, the aircraft proved reliable in service while providing a comfortable and spacious cabin for passengers. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
The Airbus A320 family includes the Airbus A318, A319, A320, and A321. Introduced by Air France in 1988, Airbus has produced over 10,000 320 family aircraft to date. #WingWenesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
The Boeing 40 embarked on its maiden flight in July 1925. The first Boeing aircraft built to carry passengers, it was primarily used as an air mail plane. Boeing Air Transport, which would later become United Air Lines, introduced the Boeing 40 on July 1, 1927. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 20, 2023.
The Boeing 787 is the latest wide-body jet airliner manufactured by Boeing. Named the Dreamliner, the aircraft was first introduced by All Nippon Airways (ANA) in 2011. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
The Concorde SST (supersonic transport) seated one hundred in specially designed seats arranged in twenty-five rows of four seats placed two by two. Flying onboard the aircraft was comfortable, smooth, and quiet; an experience passengers remembered for a lifetime. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 15, 2021.
The Concorde’s Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 engines were atypical for commercial airliners. Featuring a turbine-driven compressor that thrust heated, compressed air through a propelling nozzle, these engines were usually installed in military aircraft. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on January 19, 2023.
The Convair 990 Coronado took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1961. Though only 37 aircraft were built, the 990 is still the fastest non-supersonic commercial aircraft ever. Have you ever flown on a #Convair 990 #Coronado? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 24, 2019.
The DC-10 was #McDonnellDouglas’ answer to #Boeing’s #widebody 747 #jumbojet. The aircraft had a slightly smaller capacity of up to 400 passengers, yet offered similar wide-body spaciousness and comfort to the #747. #AviationEvolutions #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 20, 2018.
The DC-9 & its many variants were highly successful for airlines worldwide. The aircraft was produced for 41 yrs, first by Douglas, then McDonnell Douglas, & finally Boeing in numerous variants, with final deliveries of its last derivative, the Boeing 717, in 2006. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
The Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, known as the “Spruce Goose,” was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company as an ultra-large, transoceanic military transport for use during WWII. The massive flying boat remains the largest all-wood airplane built. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 05, 2021.
The L-1049G Super Constellation variant, introduced into service in 1955 by TWA (Trans World Airways) and Northwest Orient Airlines, was the ultra long-range version of the aircraft. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on May 26, 2021.
The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was introduced in 1935 as the manufacturer's first all-metal aircraft, developed to compete with the Douglas DC-2 and Boeing 247. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 24, 2021.
The Martin Model 130 flying boat was designed to meet #PanAm's requirements for a long-range, transoceanic aircraft to cross the expanse of the Pacific. It had a clean, aerodynamic design and was equipped with “sea wings” for buoyancy, instead of sponsons. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 03, 2021.
The Parker 51 fountain pen, designed by Marlin Baker & Kenneth Parker & introduced in 1941, was compared to the sleek, aerodynamic North American P-51 fighter. Parker proclaimed, “it looks for all the world as if it had been planned by aircraft designers!” #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on May 10, 2019.
The Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior is a nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine. The Wasp Junior was designed for the mid-size engine market and was installed in numerous civil, commercial, and military aircraft. #AviationAluminum This tweet was posted on June 20, 2019.
The RC-3 Seabee was an all-metal, single-engine, sport amphibian aircraft introduced in 1946. When Republic acquired the design in 1943, the company decided to produce the aircraft in aluminum for military use, as well as the civilian sport market. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on May 17, 2018.
The Southern Cross was initially acquired as a salvaged aircraft. Reequipped with new Wright J-5 engines and the latest Micarta propellers, the plane was based and tested at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco (later @flySFO). #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
The aircraft proved costly to operate when compared to newer subsonic airliners available at the time. With little market for high-priced supersonic travel in the Soviet Union, Aeroflot’s passenger service was intermittent and brief, and ended in June 1978. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.
The company changed its name to Allegheny Airlines in 1953. By the mid- 1950s, Allegheny operated Convair 440's, 540's and Martin 2-0-2s. The company’s first jet aircraft introduced into service was the DC-9. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.
The first Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial passenger jet, took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 2005. The double-decker aircraft has a wingspan of 261 feet (78 meters) and a maximum seating capacity of over 800 passengers. #Airbus #A380 #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.
The first Boeing aircraft to incorporate fly-by-wire controls, the 777 is also the first to use a fiber optic avionics network on a commercial airliner. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 777? #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
The first commercial airliner with an airframe primarily made of composite materials, the Boeing 787 features larger windows than any other aircraft in service, as the composite materials do not require reinforcements like aircraft constructed of aluminum. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
The first flight of the Boeing 247 took place #onthisday in 1933. Considered the first modern airliner, the Boeing 247 had a maximum speed of 200 mph, faster than the U.S. Army Air Corps’ fighter aircraft of the time. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 07, 2020.
The first passenger flights in the late 1940s between Australia and the U.S. lasted almost two days and made three stops along the way. In the decades that followed, faster and longer-ranged aircraft improved the experience of the flight. #AustralianAirliners #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 29, 2022.
The first production aircraft were requisitioned for the war effort as C-69 military transports. Following the war, Constellations were converted to civilian passenger configurations and were introduced into commercial service in 1946. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
The first supersonic aircraft? Not the Concorde... Check your answer here: http://t.co/J3Mp2YPjW2 #avgeek #modelplanes This tweet was posted on July 10, 2014.
The green paint on this piece of fuselage from a Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor is Zinc Chromate, a corrosion resistant protectant and organic matter barrier developed by the Ford Motor Company in the late 1920s and used to preserve metal aircraft parts and fuselages. #AviationAluminum This tweet was posted on April 03, 2019.
The jetliner was introduced by SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) in April 1959, followed by Air France. United Air Lines was the only major U.S. carrier to purchase the aircraft and inaugurated service in 1961. #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on April 27, 2022.
The medium- to short-haul, narrow-bodied aircraft have ranges of up to 4,315 miles and cruising speeds of around 515mph. The A320 family was the first to feature an entirely computerized glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight control technology. #WingWenesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
The medium-to-long-range aircraft had a narrow body, sharply swept-back wings, and a capacity for up to 110 passengers. The aircraft was claimed to be the fastest commercial jetliner in service at the time with a maximum cruise speed of 615mph. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.
The only tri-jet developed by Boeing, the 727 also had a uniquely located door and air stair that allowed passengers to exit from the back of the aircraft. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 09, 2021.
The work requires assembling, documenting, photographing, and disassembling the models. This particular aircraft is a remote controlled 1:3.5 scale model of a Davis D-1 with a functional radial engine. #BehindtheScenes #AvGeek #MuseumMonday #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.
The world’s first twin-engine wide body aircraft, the #Airbus #A300, was introduced #onthisday in 1974. Did you ever fly on an Airbus A300? #avgeek #otd This tweet was posted on June 14, 2018.