@SFOMuseum Instagram Posts Tagged SFOhistory This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Instagram account. There are 228 posts and this is page 2 of 19. See all the tags or all the Instagram posts that have been archived so far.
“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
#Onthisday in 1941, San Francisco Airport became an U.S. Army Air Corps training and staging facility.
This image was posted on December 07, 2022.
#avgeek #sfohistory
Under construction for three years, the 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal building was extensively documented.
This image was posted on November 18, 2022.
#avgeek #sfohistory #sfo #millsfieldsfo
The Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was commissioned #onthisday in 1940.
This image was posted on November 15, 2022.
#avgeek #sfohistory #coastguard
San Francisco and Oakland (SFO) Helicopter Airlines was founded in 1961.
This image was posted on November 10, 2022.
#defunctthursday #sfohelicopter #avgeek #aviationhistory #sfohistory
We haven’t seen a voting machine like this in a long time; if you look closely, you’ll find an interesting assortment of state and city propositions on the 1962 ballot.
This image was posted on November 08, 2022.
#vote #voting #sfohistory
#Onthisday in 2017, United Airlines’ last scheduled Boeing 747 flight departed from SFO.
This image was posted on November 07, 2022.
#united #boeing747 #sfohistory #avgeek
Hangar No.
This image was posted on October 25, 2022.
#sfohistory #millsfield #airport #avgeek #aviationhistory
Designed in the International Style, SFO’s 1954 Terminal was a seven-story building and employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals.
This image was posted on October 04, 2022.
#sfohistory #sfo #avgeek #sfo1954 #airport
Our newest blog post is live!
This image was posted on October 03, 2022.
#sfohistory #avgeek #airport #cargo
Want to nerd out about airport history?
This image was posted on September 29, 2022.
#sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek
#Onthisday in 1927, Hangar No.
This image was posted on September 23, 2022.
#avgeek #millsfield #sfohistory #sfo #airport