interior views of Sikorsky S-40 plane – Miami, Florida, 1931. Sikorsky S-40 was placed in operation by Pan American World Airways in 1931. The S-40s were the first four engine […]
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The Gold Diggers of 1937, ready to take flight
Girl in toy Spirit of St. Louis, 1927 Mildred Panagos (age 7 or 8) seated in a toy Spirit of St. Louis airplane. Photograph, 1927. Missouri History Museum Photograph and […]
Louella Parsons and a plane ‘Jane’, 1929
on May 15, 1930, Ellen Church becomes the world’s first airline stewardess, working a Boeing Air Transport flight from Oakland, California, to Chicago. The flight takes 20 hours and involves 13 […]