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The Rosenthal China Company of Germany was contracted to create fine bone china tableware with a distinctive ambassadorial red sash and medallion design surrounding the cursive initials “RA”. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2022.
The Sikorsky S-40 was developed in response to requests from #PanAm president Juan T. Trippe for a high-capacity flying boat. With a cabin capable of carrying 38 passengers, it was nearly double the capacity of the airline’s next largest flying boat. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2021.
The Sud Aviation Caravelle was one of the first successful commercial jetliners produced in Europe. Development began in 1951, and the first prototype flew in 1955. #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on April 27, 2022.
The West Coast & Transcontinental routes flown by United Air Lines in 1936 follow almost exactly I-5 & I-80: http://t.co/p1reVdaqqU #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 11, 2013.
The Westland SRN-5 held 15 passengers and traveled at speeds up to 50 knots between Oakland International Airport, downtown San Francisco, and San Francisco International Airport. #avgeek #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.
The Winter Olympics just wrapped up in South Korea. Did you watch? Have you ever been to South Korea? #TravelTuesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 07, 2018.
The airline industry soared to new heights in the 1950s. Driven by great advances in aviation technology and a burgeoning consumer market, new commercial airliners introduced the future of air travel to the next generation of passengers. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
The airline's last flight departed #onthisday in 2008. Did you ever fly on Aloha Airlines? #Hawaii #AvGeek #AlohaAirlines This tweet was posted on March 31, 2023.
The all-metal Ford Tri-Motor, or “Tin Goose,” had a huge impact on commercial aviation in the late 1920s and 199 were produced. Shown here is a 4-AT Tri-Motor from Maddux Air Lines, a short-lived airline from the late 1920s based out of southern California. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 20, 2021.
The amphibious Sikorsky S-38 in both the S-38A and S-38B versions, affectionally called the “Flying Duck,” became the mainstay of Pan American Airways’s fleet, laying the foundations of the Caribbean and Central American networks in 1929 and 1930. #AvGeek #Sikorsky #PanAm This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
The coach section of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar featured a full-service bar surrounded by small alcoves for socializing and was equipped with twin passenger seats that TWA claimed were the “finest coach seats in the world.” #wingwednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
The cockpit of the Boeing 314 measured 21 feet by 9 feet with over 6 foot-tall ceilings. #PanAm #AVGeek This tweet was posted on March 07, 2016.
The colors were coordinated with the cabin interiors of the airline’s Lockheed Constellation for trans-Atlantic service at the height of the propliner era. #OlegCassini #uniform #avgeek #flightattendant This tweet was posted on April 11, 2022.
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 company had a near monopoly on inter-East Coast services from the 1930s to the 1950s. Eastern promoted its image with an eagle symbol and a slogan describing its airplanes as “The Great Silver Fleet.” #DefunctThursday #Eastern #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on May 05, 2022.
The dedication ceremony of Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, the original name of @flySFO, commenced #onthisday in 1927. #SFOhistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 07, 2019.
The early days of airmail - a Boeing Model 40-A at Mills Field, 1927: http://t.co/esB6jx1q4F #avgeek #tbt This tweet was posted on May 08, 2014.
The eight-passenger #Fokker F-7a/3m inaugurated #PanAm’s first scheduled passenger flight from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, on January 16, 1928. #avgeek #onthisday This tweet was posted on January 16, 2018.
The eight-passenger Fokker F-VIIa/3m inaugurated Pan American Airways’ first scheduled passenger flight on January 16, 1928. #Onthisday #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 16, 2019.
The end of an era: two flying boats look on from Seaplane Harbor as a “Connie” takes off above them. http://t.co/w5AnPLxT0o #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 15, 2014.
The first #AmericanAirlines #Boeing 747 jet flight to New York took off from SFO #onthisday in 1970. #SFOHistory #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 19, 2017.
The first #Boeing 747 SP (Special Performance) was delivered to Pan American World Airways #onthisday in 1976. The 747 SP was a smaller version of the 747 designed to have extra-long range and the ability to fly non-stop from New York to Tokyo. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 05, 2020.
The first #Boeing737 took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1967. #Lufthansa received the first #Boeing 737 later that year in December and started service the following February. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 09, 2018.
The first Airbus A380 was delivered to Singapore Airlines #onthisday in 2007. #avgeek #a380 #TDiH This tweet was posted on October 15, 2016.
The first Airbus A380, the world's largest capacity commercial passenger jet, took off on its maiden flight on April 27, 2005. Currently, four airlines - Emirates, Air France, British Airways, and Lufthansa - fly the planes to SFO. Have you ever flown on an Airbus A380? #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 16, 2019.
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 DC-3 was delivered to #PanAm #onthisday in 1937. #AvGeek #DC3 This tweet was posted on October 01, 2016.
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with @AmericanAir. The #DC10 was initially designed to be operated on transcontinental or regional routes at smaller airports thus broadening the widebody market to more airlines and the public. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with American Airlines. Have you ever flown on a McDonnell Douglas DC-10? #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 05, 2018.
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service on @AmericanAir's LA to Chicago route #onthisday in 1971. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 05, 2016.
The first Western Air Express flight departed #onthisday in 1926 with an airmail flight from LA to SLC in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. A merger in 1930 between TAT (Transcontinental Air Transport) and Western Air Express formed TWA, Transcontinental & Western Air. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 17, 2019.
The first Western Air Express flight departed on April 17, 1926 with an airmail flight from LA to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. Western Air Express changed its name to Western Airlines in 1941 and was acquired by Delta Air Lines in 1986. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 13, 2019.
The first around-the-world flight began OTD in 1924. #HowThingsChange: it took 175 days to complete! #AVGeeks #Aviation This tweet was posted on April 06, 2012.
The first flight of #PanAm's #Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was from SFO to Honolulu #onthisday in 1949. #Avgeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on April 02, 2017.
The first flight of the #Airbus #A380, the world's largest commercial passenger jet, took off #onthisday in 2005. #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 27, 2017.