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Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Katherine Stinson (1891-1977) was the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot’s certification. This image was posted on March 28, 2023. #enduranceengines #womenshistorymonth

Christening ceremonies for airplanes arose from the tradition of christening ships, where a fluid was broken or poured on a ship’s hull and the ship was blessed with a name and good luck. This image was posted on March 27, 2023. #52objects #womenshistorymonth #sfohistory #avgeek #shirleytempleblack

Initially, Congress banned Concorde service to the United States due to concerns over the aircraft’s sonic boom, but five months after the Concorde’s inaugural flight, an exception was made in May 1976 for transatlantic service to Washington Dulles International Airport from London and Paris. This image was posted on March 24, 2023. #ssttimemachine

While in a bookstore, choreographer Cathy Marston came across Charles Webb’s 1963 novel “The Graduate.” Glancing at the book jacket, she realized that the book was written in San Francisco. This image was posted on March 24, 2023. #sfballetat90 #ballet #womenshistorymonth

There was beautiful weather #onthisday in 1966! This image was posted on March 23, 2023. #throwbackthursday #sfohistory #avgeek

“The Color of Horizons” by Dana Hemenway recently was awarded first prize by Fiber Art Now for their Fiber Reimagined juried exhibition! This image was posted on March 22, 2023. #publicart #danahemenway #5womenartists #womenshistorymonth

In 1963, the United States launched a government-funded Supersonic Transport (SST) program to compete with the joint British and French Concorde project. This image was posted on March 21, 2023. #sstfirstgeneration #avgeek #concorde

Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter (1915-2020) was an American dancer, actress and model who became a promoter, educator, marketer, commercial pilot, and philanthropist. This image was posted on March 20, 2023. #52objects #womeninaviation #womenshistorymonth

The Bruton sisters — Margaret (1894–1983), Esther (1896–1992), and Helen Bruton (1898–1985) — were multidisciplinary artists who worked in painting, printmaking, mosaic, terrazzo, and bas-relief. This image was posted on March 20, 2023. #californiamodernistwomen #5womenartists #womenshistorymonth #thebrutonsisters #brutonsisters #margaretbruton

Freda Koblick (1920–2011) was a native of San Francisco who pioneered cast-acrylic plastic sculpture. This image was posted on March 17, 2023. #californiamodernistwomen #fredakoblick #5womenartists #womenshistorymonth

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This image was posted on March 17, 2023.

#OnThisDay in 1947, the Convair CV-240 took off on its maiden flight. This image was posted on March 16, 2023.