@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged PanAmerican This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 25 posts and this is page 2 of 3. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

Clara Adams was a wealthy widow and able to take part in some of the most important flights in aviation history. Here she is with other passengers waiting to board the inaugural flight of the #PanAmerican Hawaii Clipper in 1936. #womeninaviation #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 12, 2018.

Learn more about early transpacific aviation in "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #chinaclipper #avgeek #panamerican #PAA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.

When the inaugural transpacific #PanAmerican Airways #clipper transpacific airmail service from California to Manila flight landed #onthisday in 1935, the welcoming ceremony was attended by estimated 250,000 people. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 29, 2018.

OnThisDay in 1958, the first scheduled #PanAmerican #Boeing 707 transatlantic commercial jet service was launched from Idlewild Airport, New York. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 26, 2018.

#Onthisday in 1927, Cy Caldwell took off for Havana from Key West in a Fairchild FC-2, named La Niña, with seven bags of mail, inaugurating #PanAmerican Airways' first service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 19, 2018.

World Wings International, Inc., an organization of former #PanAmerican flight attendants, conducted career surveys among their former colleagues which were later donated to SFO Museum. Photos of a selection of participants are on our website: https://t.co/cRvYfLlHsv This tweet was posted on October 17, 2018.

There's a bird, there's a bird, oh look, there's another bird. Midway Atoll was once used as an island stop by #PanAmerican on its transpacific flights from the 1930s to '50s. Now it is part of the #Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. This tweet was posted on July 30, 2018.

First flown in 1947, 176 #Convair 240s were produced for numerous airlines worldwide, including #PanAmerican World Airways, which operated a fleet of twenty of the type. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on July 17, 2018.

#OnThisDay in 1960, the #PanAmerican Worldport terminal opened at Idlewild Airport, now called John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Did you ever travel through the #Worldport? This tweet was posted on May 24, 2018.

When introduced in 1949 by #PanAmerican World Airways, the #Boeing 377 #Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. #avgeek #panam #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 14, 2017.

In the 1950s and ‘60s, the Saturday Evening Post printed #PanAmerican advertisements promoting their in-flight services to different destinations around the world. #panam #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 06, 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.