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#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the first President of Pan American World Airways, who was born #onthisday in 1899. Under Trippe, #PanAm became an innovative business model that became the blueprint for the global air transport system. #JuanTrippe #PanAmerican #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 27, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1958 the first scheduled #PanAmerican #Boeing 707 jet service took off from Idlewild, NY. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? This tweet was posted on October 26, 2017.
#OnThisDay in 1960, the #PanAmerican Worldport terminal opened at Idlewild Airport, now called John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Did you ever travel through the #Worldport? This tweet was posted on May 24, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1927, Cy Caldwell took off for Havana from Key West in a Fairchild FC-2, named La Niña, with seven bags of mail, inaugurating #PanAmerican Airways' first service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 19, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1947, the #PanAmerican #Lockheed Constellation Model 749 Clipper America completed its first around the world flight, landing at @flySFO. Originating in NY’s La Guardia Airport on June 17, 1947, the 22,170- mile course, logged a total flying time of 102hrs & 50m. This tweet was posted on June 29, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1991, the last #PanAmerican World Airways flight took off. What is your favorite memory of Pan American? #avgeek #panam This tweet was posted on December 04, 2017.
As the #December chill has descended on the Bay Area, SFO Museum staff would love to visit a beach like this one featured on a #PanAmerican poster advertising the tropical island of #Bermuda. Do you have any getaway plans this month? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on December 10, 2019.
By 1930, the Pan American Airways System linked twenty-nine Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories with regularly scheduled airmail, passenger, and cargo flights. #DefunctThursday #PanAmerican #PanAm #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.
Clara Adams was a wealthy widow and able to take part in some of the most important flights in aviation history. Here she is with other passengers waiting to board the inaugural flight of the #PanAmerican Hawaii Clipper in 1936. #womeninaviation #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 12, 2018.
First flown in 1947, 176 #Convair 240s were produced for numerous airlines worldwide, including #PanAmerican World Airways, which operated a fleet of twenty of the type. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on July 17, 2018.
Glenn L. Martin was born on #onthisday in 1886. The Martin company produced numerous types of aircraft, including the Martin M-130, which #PanAmerican used to inaugurate the first scheduled #transpacific airmail service in 1935. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 17, 2020.
How many menus did Pan Am issue? A lot! Browse through over 500 of them in our online database: https://t.co/F4qGotpYp7 #AvGeek #PanAm #PanAmerican #Menu This tweet was posted on October 03, 2022.
In late 1945, #PanAmerican realized the superiority of the DC-4 over the #Boeing 314 flying boat and began operating the airliner on transpacific routes and, by 1948, on transatlantic routes to Europe. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 26, 2018.
In the 1950s and ‘60s, the Saturday Evening Post printed #PanAmerican advertisements promoting their in-flight services to different destinations around the world. #panam #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 06, 2017.
In the days before non-stop flights, a journey across the Pacific Ocean took many days and required multiple stops along the way, including those flown by #PanAmerican. #ChinaClipper #MuseumFromHome #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 03, 2020.
Learn more about early transpacific aviation in "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #chinaclipper #avgeek #panamerican #PAA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.
Long before #PanAmerican used Midway Atoll as an island stop in the 1930s-50s on their transpacific route, Laysan #albatrosses had used the island for breeding. They even became the island's unofficial mascot. Midway is now part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. This tweet was posted on November 06, 2019.
OnThisDay in 1958, the first scheduled #PanAmerican #Boeing 707 transatlantic commercial jet service was launched from Idlewild Airport, New York. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 26, 2018.
Our collection features 2 photos of Lady Drummond-Hay, an English journalist, in Wake Island circa 1936, on a #PanAmerican transpacific adventure. Her profession as a journalist and her love of aviation enabled her to document many great events in aviation history. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 23, 2019.
The #Sikorsky S-40 was developed in response to requests from #PanAmerican Airways’ president Juan T. Trippe for a high-capacity flying boat. Capable of carrying 38 passengers, the cabins were spacious and luxuriously appointed with mahogany paneling. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 28, 2019.
There's a bird, there's a bird, oh look, there's another bird. Midway Atoll was once used as an island stop by #PanAmerican on its transpacific flights from the 1930s to '50s. Now it is part of the #Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. This tweet was posted on July 30, 2018.
Today is #WorldTourismDay! Where in the world would you like to go?#avgeek #panamerican #tourism This tweet was posted on September 27, 2019.
When introduced in 1949 by #PanAmerican World Airways, the #Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. #avgeek #panam #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 14, 2017.
When the inaugural transpacific #PanAmerican Airways #clipper transpacific airmail service from California to Manila flight landed #onthisday in 1935, the welcoming ceremony was attended by estimated 250,000 people. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.
World Wings International, Inc., an organization of former #PanAmerican flight attendants, conducted career surveys among their former colleagues which were later donated to SFO Museum. Photos of a selection of participants are on our website: https://t.co/cRvYfLlHsv This tweet was posted on October 17, 2018.