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"Wherever in the world you want to go...the world's largest fleet of over-ocean Jets is at your service...the Pan Am Jet Clipper Fleet" This tweet was posted on August 07, 2017.
#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the late founder and President of Pan American, who was born #onthisday in 1899. #PanAm’s unrivaled string of aviation firsts included first commercial service across the oceans, first successful jet service, and the first widebody service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 27, 2019.
#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 1959, Qantas’ first jet service departed from Sydney Airport destined for San Francisco. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 29, 2016.
#OnThisDay in 1959, a #TWA #Boeing 707 inaugurated jet service at San Francisco International Airport. @flySFO #SFOHistory #avgeek #jetage This tweet was posted on March 20, 2017.
#OnThisDay in 1959, an American Airlines Boeing 707 took off from Los Angeles to New York. Landing at Idlewild, now known as Kennedy International Airport, the Boeing 707 completed the first scheduled nonstop intercontinental jet passenger service. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 25, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1959, the inaugural #jet aircraft service departed from #SFO. Operated by #TWA (Trans World Airways), this first #Boeing #707 flight officially launched SFO into the jet age. This tweet was posted on March 20, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 1960, a Boeing 707 departed from New York to Rio de Janeiro, as the first jet service to Rio. This tweet was posted on August 03, 2016.
#OnThisDay in 1964, the #Boeing 727 was introduced by Eastern Air Lines. Boeing's only tri-jet, at the time of its production from the 1960s to the 1980s the 727 was Boeing's best-selling jet with over 1,800 sold. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 727? This tweet was posted on February 01, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1969, the first widebody jet landed @flySFO. Pan American World Airways brought its new Boeing 747 “jumbo jet” to SFO to advertise the new class of airliner. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 747? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 21, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1951, construction began on the new terminal building at San Francisco International Airport. The new terminal (now Terminal 2) was built to serve the international community in the coming jet age. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 05, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1958, the first scheduled Pan American World Airways jet service took off from Idlewild, New York. Flying to Paris, Pan Am carried 111 passengers across the Atlantic. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on October 26, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1959, Hawai’i became the 50th U.S. state. Pan American inaugurated Boeing 707 jet service to Honolulu three days after Hawai’i gained statehood. Have you ever been to #Hawaii? #MuseumFromHome #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 21, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1959, the first domestic #jet service took off from #Miami to #NewYork in a #Boeing 707 jet leased by #National Airlines from #PanAm. Did you ever fly on a 707? This tweet was posted on December 10, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1961, the first regularly screened movie on a scheduled commercial jet flight was shown on a TWA Boeing 707. Other airlines, such as Pan Am, followed suit soon after. What was the last movie you watched on an airplane? This tweet was posted on July 19, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1969 the first wide-body jet landed at San Francisco International Airport. This tweet was posted on December 21, 2015.
#Onthisday in 1970, the first #Lockheed L-1011 #TriStar took off on its maiden flight. Only 250 L-1011 TriStar jets were produced and production halted in 1982. Did you ever fly on a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar? #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 16, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1970, the world's first ever scheduled #Boeing 747 wide-body jet service was flown by #PanAm. Named "Clipper Young America," it departed John F. Kennedy International Airport at 1:52AM. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 22, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1983, Central Terminal was rededicated as the International Terminal. Constructed between 1951 and 1954, the Central Terminal ushered SFO into the jet age. It served as the International Terminal until the current IT opened in 2000. #SFOHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 13, 2020.
A popular style of aviation photography, that became symbolic of the jet age, was a flight attendant poised in the cowling of a jet engine. Do you have any similar photos to share? This tweet was posted on December 13, 2017.
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the #Lockheed L-1011 #TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 16, 2018.
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 #TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970. Did you ever fly on a #Lockheed #L1011 TriStar? #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 18, 2019.
After many years of redesigning, the much-improved, lengthened, D.H. 106 Comet Mk. 4 was delivered to BOAC in 1958. Shortly after, the airline inaugurated regular transatlantic jet service from London to New York with one refueling stop in Newfoundland. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.
Air France engaged the House of #Dior to launch its new collection in 1962 as the jet age transformed world travel. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on October 07, 2016.
As a result of its reliability, capacity, and considerably reduced seat-mile cost, the 707 proved to be the world's first viable commercial jetliner with regular and sustained scheduled service, and revolutionized the airline industry by ushering in the jet age. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.
Before the jet air bridge, passengers would board would board planes, regardless of heat, rain, snow, or wind. This tweet was posted on July 12, 2016.
Boeing's 727 took off OTD in 1963. Close on its heels, the much larger 747 lifted off in 1969, beginning the age of the jumbo jet. #AVgeeks This tweet was posted on February 09, 2012.
By 1962, Piedmont's service extended to Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. Their entry into the jet age was powered by a Boeing 727 in 1967. Piedmont started to operate Boeing 737s the next year. #DefunctThursday #Piedmont #AvGeek This tweet was posted on September 29, 2022.
By the end of the 1950s, the airline had rapidly expanded into 35 cities. In 1966, Ozark entered the jet age and purchased several Douglas DC-9 aircraft, and added destinations all over the country. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
Can't get enough of the dawn of the jet age? Check out our database for everything #Boeing707. https://t.co/8wIhtU9N4k #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 01, 2017.
Continental's service mark featured an aerodynamic oval with jet contrails designed to communicate the carrier’s new global services. Over the next 20 years, “Contrails Red” became the predominant color, while the symbol also appeared in gold, black, and white. #AirlineMealSets This tweet was posted on June 21, 2023.
Created to be an easily viewable, three-dimensional presentation of the Jet Mainliner in miniature, the cutaway model contains a highly detailed cockpit and cabin interior with minute features that accurately replicate the actual United DC-8 as launched in 1959. #aircraftmodels This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.
David Klein produced numerous iconic 1950s-60s Jet Age posters. His one for San Francisco? Nailed it. http://t.co/RcI3opuHH0 This tweet was posted on January 13, 2015.
Did you ever fly on an #ANA Pokemon jet? #PokemonGo #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on July 19, 2016.
Dubbed “The Uniform for the Superjet Era,” and created for the new wide-body jet service, this 1971 Pan American #uniform marked a new direction in the airline's approach to fashion. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2018.
Entering the jet age, the company purchased Douglas DC-8s, Boeing 720s, and Boeing 707-320s. After merging with Republic Airlines in 1986, the company dropped Orient from their branding. #DefunctThursday #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.