Excluded from civilian work as an airline pilot due to her gender, Crookston switched gears and was hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City. #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Extra seats let the Lodestar compete economically with the DC-3, but many U.S. airlines had fully committed to the DC-3. The first Lodestar was acquired in 1940 by Mid-Continent Airlines, which operated throughout the Midwest and was acquired in 1952 by Braniff. #WingWednesday.
This tweet was posted on March 24, 2021.
Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh helped map TWA’s early routes, earning the airline the nickname, “The Lindbergh Line” http://t.co/W5i7VOG7PD
This tweet was posted on May 19, 2014.
Featuring objects from PSA, AirCal, Pacific Air Lines, Air West & Hughes Airwest, "Catch Our Style" is a celebration of CA Regional Airlines
This tweet was posted on May 26, 2016.
Financial troubles began to plague the company leading to bankruptcy in 1970, yet the airline was able to still operate until 1976. SFO Helicopter Airlines resumed scheduled passenger service around 1983, but operations only lasted until 1985.#DefunctThursday #SFOHelicopter
This tweet was posted on November 10, 2022.
Finishing up the installation of 'The Douglas DC-3: Legacy of an Airline Legend' at the #Aviation Museum. http://t.co/oyszV9ZRZV
This tweet was posted on May 02, 2013.
First flown in 1957, the Boeing Model 707 was the second successful pure-turbojet airliner to be introduced, and effectively ushered in the jet age. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on January 24, 2018.
Flight attendants from multiple airlines wave at the thousands of visitors below, part of the dedication ceremony for the Central Terminal (now T2) in 1954. #TBT #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on February 01, 2018.
Flying Tiger Line was 'shooting for the moon' when they started the 1st all-freight airline in 1945: http://t.co/OxWIL7uJgT #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 03, 2014.
Following WWII, airlines began using melamine plastic dishes, marketed as Melmac. https://t.co/CXS7vwtX8X
This tweet was posted on April 22, 2016.
Following a war time assignment in Alaska, Northwest used their experience in the territory to open transpacific service to Asia via Alaska in 1947. With this transpacific expansion, the company rebranded itself as Northwest Orient Airlines.
#DefunctThursday #NorthwestOrient
This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
Following airline deregulation in 1978, #Braniff’s strategy for this period was aggressive expansion of new domestic and international routes. While successful in the short term, the company ultimately overextended and was forced into bankruptcy in 1982.
#DefunctThursday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air. In the next decade, US Air acquired Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) and Piedmont Airlines. #DefunctThursday #USAirways
This tweet was posted on December 29, 2022.
For more than ninety years, United Airlines personnel have filled the dozens of positions needed to sustain the operations of a global organization. #TheMainLine
This tweet was posted on December 29, 2017.
For “Flying the #FreedomBirds: Airlines and the #Vietnam War,” we interviewed flight attendants about their experiences serving on commercial airliners under contract by the U.S. Military Airlift Command (MAC) during the Vietnam War. Watch one here: https://t.co/rSaOtRWBlR
This tweet was posted on March 04, 2020.
For “Flying the Freedom Birds: Airlines and the Vietnam War,” we interviewed several flight attendants about their experiences serving on commercial airliners under contract by the U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) during the Vietnam War. https://t.co/XF8VYWsxR6
This tweet was posted on April 27, 2020.
Formed in 1931 from the merger and acquisition of several airlines, United Air Lines grew and prospered as one of the leading U.S. coast-to-coast carriers during the ensuing decades. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Formed in 1968 by the merger of three regional airlines (Pacific Air Lines, West Coach Airlines, and… http://t.co/m5gQrWZiyv
This tweet was posted on December 30, 2013.
Founded #onthisday in 1926, United Airlines was formed by a merger of four companies. National Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport, Boeing Air Transport, and Varney Air Lines were organized in 1931 under United Air Lines, Inc. #AvGeek #UnitedAirlines
This tweet was posted on April 06, 2022.
Founded as Varney Speed Lines in 1934, Continental Airlines expanded its domestic regional services during the 1950s & 60s. When the airline became an international carrier in the late 1960s, it launched a new corporate identity created by Saul Bass & Associates. #AirlineMealSets
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2023.
Founded by George T. Baker in 1934, National Airlines started as an air mail carrier, as did many airlines at that time. By the end of the decade, the growing company opened a service to New Orleans, called the “Buccaneer Route.” #DefunctThursday #NationalAirlines #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on June 09, 2022.
Founded in 1931 as Boston-Maine Airways, Northeast Airlines operated sporadically for a few months as a Pan American Airways carrier. In 1933, another Boston-Maine Airways was formed under contract with National Airways. #DefunctThursday
This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
Founded in July 1928, the Universal Airlines Corporation was a short-lived airline that acquired several different small airlines in the United States before being acquired itself by Aviation Corporation in 1929.
This tweet was posted on November 28, 2017.
Friday fun: Air New Zealand is the airline of Middle-earth with their Hobbit inspired safety video. http://t.co/ZRPBP6xp #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 02, 2012.
From a crop-dusting operation to a global airline, Delta was founded in 1925 as Huff Daland Dusters, one of the first aerial crop-dusting companies, and incorporated as Delta Air Service in 1928, the company’s first passenger flight occurred #onthisday in 1929.
This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
From an early age, Albert (Al) Mueller, Jr. loved travel, specifically airline travel. Al spent most of his working years as a travel agent and began collecting airline memorabilia at the age of eleven after flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco. #AvGeek #Blog
This tweet was posted on June 29, 2023.
From every personal snapshot, video clip, and diary entry of an airline employee emerges a series of experiences supporting the broader story of commercial aviation. These unique perspectives can offer an alternative take on the official account of an airline. #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on March 30, 2021.