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On July 25, 1909, Louis #Blériot flew the aircraft over the English Channel from Calais, France, to Dover, England. This was the first successful crossing of the Channel in an airplane. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on March 30, 2018.

See a 1:72 model of #2 the Bristol Brabazon in "#AviationEvolutions: The Jim Lund Model Airplane Collection", on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbajOXP https://t.co/OnweGa3Sbd This tweet was posted on March 14, 2018.

See "#AviationEvolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp This tweet was posted on March 11, 2018.

The Concorde seated approximately one hundred people and had only one class, "Concorde Class." All #Concorde SSTs were retired in 2003. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on March 11, 2018.

A supersonic transatlantic flight on the #Concorde between Paris and Washington D.C. lasted on average just three and one-half hours at 1,350 miles per hour, faster than the speed of the Earth's rotation. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on March 11, 2018.

The #Concorde was the first successful transoceanic supersonic airliner. On January 21, 1976 Air France launched its Concorde SST (supersonic transport) service between Paris and Rio de Janeiro. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on March 11, 2018.

See "#AviationEvolutions: The #JimLund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 12, 2018.

Promoted as the "Super Seven," #PanAm introduced the airliner in May 1956, on the Atlantic route from Miami to Paris, and in September 1957, on the time-saving, transpolar "great circle route," across the Arctic Ocean to Northern Europe. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on February 12, 2018.

In an effort to compete with TWA (Trans World Airlines) on transatlantic routes to Europe, Pan American World Airways ordered the extended-range DC-7C (dubbed the "Seven Seas") from Douglas Aircraft. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on February 12, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 24, 2018.

Designated "Star Stream" by TWA, the 707 proved to be a fast, reliable, intercontinental and transcontinental workhorse and was operated by the airline until the early 1980s. #AviationEvolutions #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 24, 2018.

First flown in 1957, the Boeing Model 707 was the second successful pure-turbojet airliner to be introduced, and effectively ushered in the jet age. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 24, 2018.