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Too busy to write a post card during your fabulous trip to San Francisco?
This image was posted on June 26, 2023.
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Did you know that in Skylounge configuration, United Air Lines’ Douglas DC-3 Mailiners had seats that were able to rotate?
This image was posted on June 20, 2023.
#52objects #triviatuesday #avgeek
The Convair XC-99 was a prototype cargo aircraft used by the United States Air Force in the 1940s.
This image was posted on June 05, 2023.
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Before the age of cell phones and seat-back entertainment systems, inflight entertainment was generally low tech and relied on games that passengers brought themselves or those distributed by the airlines.
This image was posted on May 30, 2023.
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How many of you take time to review the safety information card once you’ve boarded an airplane?
This image was posted on May 15, 2023.
#52objects #avgeek #safety
How much information can you squeeze on to a matchbook cover?
This image was posted on May 01, 2023.
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Visitors to the Aviation Museum will no doubt recognize this large Pan Am floor globe!
This image was posted on April 03, 2023.
#52objects #avgeek #panam #sfhistory #sfohistory #earthmonth
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
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
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.
This image was posted on February 13, 2023.
#52objects #timezones #twa #avgeek