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NEW BLOG ALERT: “Katherine Stinson in San Francisco 1917” by our Curator of Aviation Dennis Sharp is up on our blog.
This image was posted on May 31, 2022.
#katherinestinson #avgeek #aviationhistory #bayareahistory #aviatrix
#Onthisday in 1928, the Sikorsky S-38 took off on its first flight.
This image was posted on May 25, 2022.
#avgeek #sikorsky #seaplane #aviationhistory #panam
It’s happening!!
This image was posted on May 24, 2022.
#avgeek #behindthescenes #sneakpeek #aviationhistory
During the first years of powered flight, a number of courageous women took to the skies at a time when popular opinion held that flying was both socially inappropriate and physically impossible for women.
This image was posted on May 23, 2022.
#earlywomenaviators #avgeek #aviationhistory
#Onthisday in 1932, Amelia Earhart departed from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in a single-engine Lockheed Vega 5B.
This image was posted on May 20, 2022.
#ameliaearhart #womeninaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory
General Arthur Fook Yuen Lym was born in San Francisco in 1890.
This image was posted on May 18, 2022.
#aapihm #avgeek #aviationhistory #museum
What should you do during an emergency landing?
This image was posted on May 17, 2022.
#avgeek #safetyinformationcards #museum
Happy Birthday to French designer Christian Lacroix, born #onthisday in Arles, France, in 1951.
This image was posted on May 16, 2022.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #christianlacroix #airfrance #flightattendant
Started in 1945 by eleven former members of the Flying Tigers, the nickname for a special operations group of military pilots deployed to China during World War II, the Flying Tiger Line was the first scheduled all-cargo airline in the United States.
This image was posted on May 12, 2022.
#defunctthursday #flyingtigers #avgeek #aviationhistory
Happy 90th birthday to Valentino Garavani, who was born #onthisday in 1932 in Italy!
This image was posted on May 11, 2022.
#valentino #twa #avgeek #aviationhistory #fashion
Introduced in 1959, the Douglas DC-8 was United Air Lines’ first jet airliner to be launched into service and the second American jetliner to be launched into service after Boeing’s 707.
This image was posted on May 10, 2022.
#jetage #aircraftmodels #avgeek #united #dc8
Today is National Nurse’s Day.
This image was posted on May 06, 2022.
#nationalnursesday #ellenchurch #boeing #avgeek #aviationhistory