@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged Stratoliner This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 6 posts . See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

Only ten Boeing 307s were produced: one prototype, five for TWA, three for Pan American, and one for Howard Hughes. This one was looking good at @flySFO back in 1946! #AvGeek #Stratoliner This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.

Named the Stratoliner for its ability to cruise near the stratosphere, the airliner had a circular cross-section, tear-drop-shaped fuselage to handle the stresses of pressurization. TWA touted its quietness, speed, and capability of flying above bad weather. #AvGeek #Stratoliner This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.

The Boeing 307 Stratoliner was put into service #onthisday in 1940 by both Pan American and Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA). The #Stratoliner was the first commercial airliner to have a pressurized cabin. #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.

Named the “#Stratoliner” for its ability to cruise near the stratosphere, TWA touted the #Boeing 307's quietness, speed, and advanced capability of flying above bad weather and turbulence. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on July 05, 2018.

The #Boeing 307 #Stratoliner was the first commercial airliner put in service to have a pressurized cabin in 1940. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on July 05, 2018.

#OnThisDay in 1940, the first #TWA (Trans World Airlines) #Boeing 307 #Stratoliner inaugurated transcontinental service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 08, 2017.