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#OnThisDay in 1939, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (@nasaames) was established as part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).
This image was posted on December 20, 2022.
#nasaameswind #avgeek #nasa
For the past thirty-four years, Lions Clubs around the globe have sponsored a unique art contest in schools and youth groups that provides students the opportunity to promote peace.
This image was posted on December 19, 2022.
#studentartsfo #lionsclub #studentart #peaceposters
For “Long Arc of Day,” Kim Anno combined multiple scenes of San Francisco Bay and the California landscape into one image.
This image was posted on December 19, 2022.
#sfac #publicart #sanfranciscobay
Our newest exhibition, “Supersonic Transport: The First Generation” is now on display in the Aviation Museum and Library.
This image was posted on December 16, 2022.
#sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde
San Francisco Opera christened a new home at the War Memorial Opera House on October 15, 1932.
This image was posted on December 16, 2022.
#sfoperacentennial #sfopera #opera
In the early 1960s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) was operating the 707-320 on the transpolar, route from Los Angeles to Paris.
This image was posted on December 15, 2022.
#defunctthursday #avgeek #twa #transworldairlines
John T. McCoy, aeronautical artist and historian, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1909.
This image was posted on December 14, 2022.
#avgeek #watercolors #johntmccoy #panam
“I got interested in air traffic controlling because of my love for aviation…Flying was complete happiness to me.” —Maxine Crookston (Schmidt), 2015 Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s.
This image was posted on December 13, 2022.
#sfohistory #avgeek #maxinecrookstonschmidt #maxinecrookston
Japanese art was influenced by other Eastern countries, such as China and India.
This image was posted on December 13, 2022.
#japonisme #japan #design #dragon #ceramics
What’s happening at the museum?
This image was posted on December 12, 2022.
#museummonday #behindthescenes #museumlife
Representations of older transgender people are nearly absent from our culture and those that do exist are often one-dimensional.
This image was posted on December 09, 2022.
#jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming
Ever wonder what airplane tickets looked like in the 1920s?
This image was posted on December 09, 2022.
#avgeek #boeing #collections #tickets