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#Onthisday in 1926, Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator from San Francisco, launched his air mail service. Varney Air Lines was acquired by @united Airlines in 1930. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on April 06, 2020.
To create #PanAm’s transpacific layovers, #onthisday in 1935, the North Haven set sail, carefully loaded in sequence with 2 pre-fab villages, 5 air bases, 250,000 gallons of fuel, barges, tractors, generators, and 50 ft timbers to build radio towers. #ChinaClipper #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on April 03, 2020.
The Pan Am Historical Foundation (@panamhistory) was established #onthisday in 1992 by a group of former #PanAm employees to preserve and promote the unique heritage of Pan American World Airways, Inc. Thank you for your donations to the SFO Museum collection. #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on March 31, 2020.
The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of #Miami, Florida was considered a milestone of design when it opened #onthisday in 1934. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome #PanAm
This tweet was posted on March 25, 2020.
The first flight of the passenger version of the #Boeing 747-8 took off #onthisday in 2011. The Boeing 747-8I (I for Intercontinental) was launched with #Lufthansa in 2012 and is 6 meters longer than the Boeing 747-100. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on March 20, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1993, the first Airbus A321 took off on its maiden flight. When introduced, the A321-100 did not have the range expected by airlines. The heavier and longer-range A321-200 allowed for US transcontinental range with a full passenger load. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 11, 2020.
Loftleiðir Icelandic (or Iceland Airlines) was established #onthisday in 1944 in Iceland. In 1973, Loftleiðir merged with Flugfélag Íslands to form #Icelandair, the current flag carrier of Iceland. Did you ever fly on #Loftleiðir? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 10, 2020.
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.
#Onthisday in 1969, the first #Concorde took off on its maiden flight departing from Toulouse, France. Developed as a joint endeavor between the governments of Great Britain and France, the aircraft that made this flight, Concorde 001, was built in France. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on March 02, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1965, the Douglas DC-9 took off on its maiden flight. The aircraft was produced for 41 years, first by Douglas, then McDonnell Douglas, and finally Boeing in numerous variants and derivatives. Have you ever flown on a DC-9? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 25, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1991, Continental Airlines introduced their new blue, gold, and grey aircraft #livery with a globe logo. It replaced the gold and red livery with “jetstresm” logo designed by #SaulBass and introduced in 1968. Do you remember this livery? #avgeek #graphicdesign
This tweet was posted on February 12, 2020.
The Big 2-0! #HappyBirthday to JetBlue which commenced operations #onthisday in 2000. Operating an Airbus A320, JetBlue's inaugural flight took off from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Have you ever flown on #JetBlue? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 11, 2020.