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#Onthisday in 1929 Richard Byrd and his crew completed the first flight over the South Pole. #TerraCognito https://t.co/TkSyilQBiq This tweet was posted on November 27, 2016.

The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was founded by an Act of the British Parliament #onthisday in 1939. #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on November 24, 2016.

In 1935, the inaugural transpacific #PanAm Clipper service from CA to Manila carried 110,865 letters. #Onthisday #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on November 22, 2016.

Today marks the 81st anniversary of #PanAm's China Clipper’s adventurous transpacific endeavor. #Onthisday #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on November 22, 2016.

#Onthisday the first flight of #PanAm's #Sikorsky S-40 departed from Dinner Key, Miami, Florida, destined for Cristobal in the Canal Zone. This tweet was posted on November 19, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1970, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar took its maiden flight. Have you ever flown on a #Lockheed L-1011 #TriStar? #avgeek #L1011 This tweet was posted on November 16, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1940, the Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was commissioned at the San Francisco Airport. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on November 15, 2016.

Happy Birthday, #WayneThiebaud! See “18th Street Downgrade”, post-security, in Terminal 3. #HBD #OnThisDay @SFAC https://t.co/pO95dZDSmy This tweet was posted on November 15, 2016.

#OnThisDay in 1980, the last commercial flight of the de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C departed London operated by the British airline, Dan Air. This tweet was posted on November 09, 2016.

#OnThisDay in 1948, the first #PanAm airmail service to Barcelona, Spain departed from NY. Have you ever been to Barcelona? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on November 08, 2016.

#Onthisday in 1941, #PanAm's Captain John Tilton departed San Francisco for the first airmail service to Fiji. #AviationHistory #tdih #otd This tweet was posted on November 05, 2016.

#Onthisday Danish Air Lines was founded in 1918. The airline merged with other Scandinavian airlines to form SAS in 1946. This tweet was posted on October 29, 2016.