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“Flying the Southern Cross Route: Seventy-Five years of Australian Commercial Air Service to North America” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library, located in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/F3zqGMQD1t #FlyingSouthernCross#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.
In 1948, BCPA received the new, long-range, pressurized Douglas DC-6 airliner. For the long, forty-hour, multi-stop Southern Cross route, each aircraft was comfortably equipped with reclining seats, sleeping berths, and a lounge in the aft. #FlyingSouthernCross#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.
BCPA’s transpacific service was launched in 1947 and branded the “Southern Cross” route, which originally consisted of stops in Sydney, Auckland, Fiji, Canton Island, Hawai’i, San Francisco, and Vancouver.
#FlyingSouthernCross#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.
One of the first Australian airlines to operate transpacific commercial air services to America was BCPA (British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines) which was formed by the governments of Australia, Great Britain, and New Zealand in 1947. #FlyingSouthernCross#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.
Fashionable and functional, this polyester tailored suit in the softer shade of #PanAm blue has a classic blazer with subtle cuff trim and was worn with a matching vest and ribbon bow tie. With two styles of optional headwear, the uniform was worn until 1991.
#Adolfo#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 15, 2023.
The late Cuban-born designer Adolfo Sardiña, who was born #onthisday in 1933, established his New York salon in 1963. His uniform program for Pan American’s 6,800 flight attendants in 1980 has Adolfo’s “romantic look” of simple, elegant design. #Adolfo#PanAm#AvGeek#uniformThis tweet was posted on February 15, 2023.
Cheers to a happy Valentine’s Day! This beverage menu from United Air Lines from the 1960s features a Special Very Dry Martini-on-the-Rocks (Gin or Vodka). Are you celebrating Valentine’s Day?
#UnitedAirLines#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 14, 2023.
Before people carried around cell phones in their pockets that automatically updated to the current time zone, airlines gave out convenient time converters to passengers on international flights. Have you been to any locations on this card?
#52Objects#Timezones#TWA#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.
New Blog Alert! Our History Program has reached its 100th interview! Read about the program and some of our favorite excerpts in our blog post: https://t.co/Oz026ryokS #blog#avgeek#oralhistoryThis tweet was posted on February 08, 2023.
What did SFO look like #onthisday in 1928? Construction of the second hangar was underway during this foggy February day.
#AvGeek#SFOHistory #SFOThis tweet was posted on February 01, 2023.
#Onthisday in 1929, the first Fairchild 71 was delivered to Pan American Airways. This rare photo of NC9726 was taken shortly after the aircraft was delivered to Pan American; it was then transferred to the PAA subsidiary airline Mexicana de Aviacion. #AvGeek#PanAm#Fairchild71This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.