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#Onthisday in 1993, the first Airbus A321 took off on its maiden flight. When introduced, the A321-100 did not have the range expected by airlines. The heavier and longer-range A321-200 allowed for US transcontinental range with a full passenger load. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 11, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1994, the "rebooted" Frontier Airlines commenced operations. Have you ever flown on Frontier? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 05, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1994, the "rebooted" Frontier Airlines commenced operations. In 1994, the new Frontier introduced a livery that included animals – each with their own name – painted on the tail of every aircraft. #avgeek #frontier #livery #airbus
This tweet was posted on July 05, 2019.
#Onthisday in 2001, the final Trans World Airlines (#TWA) flight departed from Kansas City, Missouri and landed in St. Louis, Missouri. What is your favorite TWA memory? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 01, 2017.
#Onthisday in 2004, the longest regularly scheduled commercial nonstop flight departed from Singapore and landed in Newark, New Jersey operated by Singapore Airlines. Have you ever flown on this route? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 28, 2019.
#Onthisday in 2009, the Boeing 787 took off on its maiden flight. Named the #Dreamliner, 69 airlines fly over 1,900 routes with 992 aircraft in service all over the world. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 787? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on December 15, 2020.
#Onthisday in 2017, United Airlines’ last scheduled Boeing 747 flight departed from @flySFO. Recreating the journey of the first United 747 flight from SFO to Honolulu in 1970, the airline threw a farewell party in Terminal 3 of SFO. #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on November 07, 2019.
#Onthisday in 2017, United Airlines’ last scheduled Boeing 747 flight departed from SFO. Recreating the journey of the first United 747 flight from SFO to Honolulu in 1970, the airline threw a farewell party. #avgeek #UA747Farewell
This tweet was posted on November 07, 2022.
#Onthisday in 2019, the first flight landed at SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Nine gates opened with Southwest Airlines and JetBlue flights arriving and departing from the new terminal. #SFOHistory #HarveyMilkTerminal1 #HarveyMilkExhibition
This tweet was posted on July 23, 2021.
#Onthisday in 2019, the first flight landed at SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Nine gates opened with Southwest Airlines and JetBlue flights arriving and departing from the terminal. Have you been to SFO’s newest terminal? #HarveyMilkTerminal1 #SFOHistory #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on July 23, 2020.
#PanAm pioneered airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation. By 1930, the airline linked 29 Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories. #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on May 01, 2020.
#PanAm pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America in the late 1920s and early 1930s. #PAA began service in Central America with the Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor, a robust, three-engine, twelve-passenger airliner affectionately known as the “Tin Goose.” #PanAmCentralAmerica
This tweet was posted on December 12, 2019.
#RoyalAirMaroc, the flag carrier of #Morocco, commenced service in 1949. The country's largest airline, it operates 55 aircraft to over 90 destinations. Have you ever flown on Royal Air Maroc? #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on November 13, 2018.
#SAIDE (Services Aériens Internationaux d'Egypte) was a short-lived airline started in 1947 to link #Egypt to Greece & Italy. #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on August 29, 2017.
#SundayFunday inspiration: There's always sunshine above the clouds! #OnThisDay in 1950, #PanAm acquired American Overseas Airlines (AOA).
This tweet was posted on September 25, 2016.
#United Airlines traces its origin to the mid-1920s & 4 airmail routes that would become the backbone of United’s route system. #TheMainLine
This tweet was posted on July 07, 2017.
#United’s McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was the first of the three-engine, or tri-jet, wide-body airliners to arrive at SFO. #avgeek #sfohistory
This tweet was posted on August 14, 2017.
@AirlineReporter @united Thanks so much for stopping by! We hope you enjoyed "Flying #theMainLine: A History of United Airlines!" https://t.co/l3SGXC6Q8L
This tweet was posted on August 10, 2017.
@JamesJetsOften Thanks, James! We have an aviation exhibit coming up that might pique your interest too, on airline identity & branding :)
This tweet was posted on November 18, 2013.
@SFOrob @united @flySFO Thanks so much for stopping by! We hope you enjoyed "Flying #TheMainLine: A History of United Airlines!" https://t.co/l3SGXC6Q8L
This tweet was posted on August 14, 2017.
@alexandrablech "Flying #theMainLine: A History of #United Airlines", is on display, post-security, in Terminal 3 until March 2018. https://t.co/l3SGXC6Q8L
This tweet was posted on July 12, 2017.
@avspacemuseum The artifacts we look to borrow from other museums usually relate to the stories we are want to tell. For example for our exhibition, "The Douglas DC-3: Legacy of an Airline Legend," the Wings of History Air Museum, loaned us their cutaway Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Engine
This tweet was posted on September 12, 2018.
@bradgilreath Hi! Thanks so much for your question! According to a timetable from the late 1930s, Eastern Airlines flew only as far west as San Antonio and Chicago at that time.
This tweet was posted on April 15, 2019.
@hharteveldt @united Thanks so much for stopping by! "Flying #TheMainLine: A History of United Airlines" will be up until March 2018! https://t.co/l3SGXC6Q8L
This tweet was posted on July 03, 2017.
@jefftabaco Bingo! United We Stand: United Airlines Uniforms will open in the Aviation Museum on Friday!
This tweet was posted on April 03, 2013.
@museumguy Always commercial aviation & currently airline fashion, Art Nouveau, & Marguerite Wildenhain for upcoming exhibits. #AskACurator
This tweet was posted on September 16, 2015.
@sfbrent “Fashion In Flight: A History of Airline Uniform Design" exhibition included only a portion of the uniform collection held at SFOMuseum. 1/2
This tweet was posted on September 13, 2017.
@smandola @flySFO Hm, we're not sure. It could have been a repainted American Airlines plane. They have a few planes painted in the historic livery of older airlines they've acquired. https://t.co/ZA8vhxhFYq
This tweet was posted on October 17, 2019.
@telstarlogistic *Love* the factoid about 36 million annual passengers for all US airlines! Last year, @flySFO alone had 44 million.
This tweet was posted on December 30, 2014.
@united See "Flying the Main Line: A History of #United Airlines", on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/l3SGXC6Q8L #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 26, 2017.
@united opened the airline industry's first kitchen in Oakland, California in the late 1930s.
This tweet was posted on June 27, 2016.
A 1937 brochure from ENTA, Costa Rica's 1st natl airline, include an image of the country's famous oxcarts: http://t.co/SqjbIm7RXJ #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 30, 2013.
A 1960s pet cargo label from Seaboard & Western Airlines has a purrfect #Valentine's Day message: http://t.co/UE5zBJ2V
This tweet was posted on February 14, 2012.
A rare 1930s, 1:39 scale model of an American Airlines Douglas Sleeper Transport. Introduced in 1936,… http://t.co/grQUy6Hrcq
This tweet was posted on June 14, 2013.
A slideshow of airline uniforms over the years featuring some uniforms in our collection! http://t.co/aDd2tKDoBM
This tweet was posted on August 31, 2015.
Advanced for its time, the Boeing 247 accommodated only ten passengers, which made it less economical to operate than larger capacity airliners, particularly the more fuel-efficient, fourteen-seat Douglas DC-2, introduced a year later in 1934. #WingWednesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 03, 2021.