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#Onthisday in 1899, Igor Siskorsky was born in Kiev (Kyiv) in modern day Ukraine. One of the most important early Sikorsky aircraft, the S-42, was developed to meet #PanAm’s requirement for a trans-oceanic flying boat. Shown here is the Pan Am Clipper S-42 in flight in 1935.
This tweet was posted on May 25, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1976, the first #Concorde flights from the United States began at Washington Dulles International Airport. Did you ever fly on a Concorde? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 24, 2019.
We’re looking forward to the first phase of the #HarveyMilk Terminal 1 opening in July! SFO Museum is presenting an exhibit honoring pioneering LGBTQ activist Harvey Milk, who was born #onthisday in 1930 and was the first openly gay elected official in California. #HarveyMilkDay
This tweet was posted on May 22, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1927, #CharlesLindbergh landed in Paris, France, after completing the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Departing from New York, after 33 1/2 hours, Lindbergh became an international star upon landing at Paris’ Le Bourget Field. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 21, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1939, Pan American Airways established the first regular air mail service across the Atlantic. Passenger service followed a month later. The trip took around 36 hours of flying time for a complete total of 51 total hours with layovers. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 20, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1953, the Douglas DC-7 took its maiden flight. The DC-7 could travel nonstop from coast to coast with a cruising speed of 360 mph and carried 58 to 95 passengers. Have you ever flown on a DC-7? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 18, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1930, Ellen Church began her first shift as the first female cabin crewmember at Boeing Air Transport (BAT). She pioneered the “stewardess” profession and recruited seven more women for hire. #EllenChurch #avgeek #WomenInAviation
This tweet was posted on May 15, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1982, Braniff International Airways ceased operations. What are your favorite Braniff memories? #Braniff #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 12, 2019.
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.
#OnThisDay in 1935, the DC-1 broke the record for the fastest transcontinental flight at eleven hours and five minutes. What’s the fastest you ever flew across the continent?
This tweet was posted on April 30, 2019.
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.
American Airlines was founded #onthisday in 1926! The airline celebrates its birthday as April 16, 1926, the date when Charles Lindbergh piloted the first Robertson Aircraft airmail route flight, carrying mail from St. Louis, Missouri, to Chicago, Illinois. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 15, 2019.