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#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 1941, San Francisco Airport became an U.S. Army Air Corps training and staging facility. #throwbackthursday #sfohistory
This tweet was posted on December 07, 2017.
#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.
#Onthisday in 2001, the final Trans World Airlines (#TWA) flight departed from Kansas City, Missouri and landed in St. Louis, Missouri. What is your favorite TWA memory? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 01, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1935, the inaugural #transpacific #PanAm #Clipper service landed in Manila from CA, covering 8,210 miles with a flying time of 59 hours and 48 minutes. Today, a nonstop flight from #SFO to #Manila takes around 15 hours. #avgeek #chinaclipper
This tweet was posted on November 29, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1935, a Pan American Airways flying boat named #ChinaClipper lifted off the surface of SF Bay, and strained into the sky, and opened the age of regular transpacific commercial air service. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #panam
This tweet was posted on November 22, 2017.
#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.
Qantas, an acronym for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, was founded on November 16, 1920. Have you ever flown on #Qantas? #onthisday #avgeek #Qantasturns97
This tweet was posted on November 16, 2017.
What did #SFO look like #onthisday in 1938? We found this gem in our collection! #ThrowbackThursday #avgeek #aviationhistorymonth
This tweet was posted on November 16, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1940, the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was commissioned. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 15, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1938, radio listeners across America were driven into a state of panic by #OrsenWelles' reading of “War of the Worlds.”
This tweet was posted on October 30, 2017.
RT @panamhistory: #Onthisday October 28, 1927: #PanAm's 1st Daily Round Trip Air Mail Flight from Key West to Havana on a Fokker F-7. Phot…
This tweet was posted on October 28, 2017.