Several months later, TWA extended service to Rome, Athens, Lisbon, and Madrid with Lockheed 049 Constellations. In 1950, the company changed its name to Trans World Airways, retaining its well-known initials. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA
This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
Since starting service, Southwest has the distinction of almost exclusively operating the Boeing 737 family, except for a brief period when the airline operated Boeing 727s. #avgeek #southwest
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
Smart looking and allowing greater ease of mobility for the demands of jet service, it was issued from 1965 to 1968 and became known as “the cheerleader” because of its flared skirt.
#avgeek #WilliamTravilla #united
This tweet was posted on March 22, 2022.
Smocks and aprons are a crucial yet often overlooked part of a flight attendant’s uniform and can vary wildly in design from one airline or era to another. Browse our collection of over one hundred smocks & aprons in our online database: https://t.co/pUb01199b1
#crewlife #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 18, 2022.
So cool to see depictions of fashionable folks in 1934 boarding their plane...that is docked on water! http://t.co/8x4paRFlvD #PanAm #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 26, 2013.
Sold through mail-order catalogs and at airport stores and sometimes given out to first-class passengers, airline bags became a desirable status symbol that identified its user as a member of the new globe-trotting jet set. https://t.co/oVQUiov5WJ
#flightbags #airlinebags #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 05, 2022.
Some of the final objects to be reinstalled are model aircraft suspended from the ceiling. Our preparators took great care in re-hanging models of the Pan Am Clipper (a Sikorsky S-42) and the China Clipper (a Martin M-130).
#AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek
This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
Stanley Henry Page (1885-1964) was a San Francisco Bay Area engineer who was inspired by the new technologies of flight. Page merged his love of flying with glass plate photography. #StanleyHenryPage #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 04, 2019.
Successful advertising in 2 words: the Duke. 1960s Air France ad featured the star & a prominent flight bag: http://t.co/wSFkHXgqkk #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 18, 2013.
TCA's 1950s ultra-modern Super Constellation was dubbed "the Queen of the Skies" http://t.co/QkzHS5mj On view: http://t.co/XdvohqRo #avgeek
This tweet was posted on January 24, 2013.
TWA was purchased by American financier Carl Icahn in the 1980s, though the company struggled in the post airline-deregulation era. The airline filed for bankruptcy three times between 1992 and 2001, when it was acquired by American Airlines. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA
This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
TWA's last scheduled Boeing 707 flight took off on its final departure #onthisday in 1983, flying from MIA to JFK. This Boeing 707, registration number, N18710, joined TWA in March of 1967. #avgeek #TWA
This tweet was posted on October 30, 2018.
Take a walk through the past! Our collection
includes many interior photos of the airport through
the years, over one hundred and thirty of which are online: https://t.co/2ZN5zkSnR4
#AvGeek #SFOHistory #airport
This tweet was posted on December 21, 2022.
Taking off from Idlewild airport in NY #onthisday in 1958, #PanAm became the first airline to inaugurate scheduled transatlantic commercial jet service on a Boeing 707. 111 passengers boarded the jetliner, named “Clipper America,” bound for Le Bourget Airport, Paris. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 26, 2021.
The #Blériot XI monoplane took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1909. On July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot flew the aircraft over the English Channel from Calais, France, to Dover, England completing the first successful crossing of the Channel in an airplane. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on January 23, 2020.
The #Boeing727 featured a clean swept wing, a high horizontal stabilizer, and a unique tri-jet configuration. This design dictated that the horizontal stabilizer be placed well away from the middle engine, high on top of the vertical stabilizer. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 01, 2022.
The 1930s saw the company expand service westward from its Twin Cities base, and service to Seattle was flown by 1933. A year later, the airline was renamed Northwest Airlines and acquired the Lockheed 10-A Electra.
#DefunctThursday #AvGeek #NorthwestOrient
This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.