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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 March 26, 2024.
#sfohistory #sfhistory #womeninaviation #avgeek #womenshistorymonth
Ellen Church, remembered as the world’s first airline stewardess, was hired by Boeing Air Transport’s district manager, Steve Stimpson, in their San Francisco office in 1930.
This image was posted on March 20, 2024.
#ellenchurch #womenshistorymonth #avgeek
In the 1930s, the CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board) awarded Pan American World Airways (PAA) exclusive rights to serve international destinations.
This image was posted on March 05, 2024.
#52posters #avgeek #twa #traveltuesday
This year, in tandem with our forthcoming airline poster artist exhibition, we will be highlighting posters from our collection every week.
This image was posted on February 16, 2024.
#avgeek #52posters #united
Introduced in 1955, the Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation, also known as the “Super G,” was a longer-range upgrade variant of the Super Constellation.
This image was posted on January 31, 2024.
#airlinerchairs #aircraftinteriors #avgeek
The recent cold snap has us shivering, even in California.
This image was posted on January 30, 2024.
#avgeek #52posters #highlightsfromthecollection #aircalifornia
Virgin America was founded in 2004 by the Virgin Group to offer a more pleasurable domestic airline flying experience to the traveling public.
This image was posted on January 24, 2024.
#vxforever #avgeek #virginamerica
In 1927, Harold Bixby joined a consortium of St. Louis businessmen to help finance Charles Lindbergh’s (1902-74) historic non-stop transatlantic flight later that year.
This image was posted on January 08, 2024.
#bixbycollection #panam #haroldbixby #avgeek
Harold McMillan Bixby, a midwestern businessman with a strong interest in the emerging technology of aviation, worked for Pan American Airways in the 1930s to the 1950s.
This image was posted on December 29, 2023.
#bixbycollection #panam #paa #avgeek #haroldbixby
Inspired by San Francisco Airport’s 1937 terminal building, the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum is an architectural adaptation of the 1937 terminal’s interior and incorporates many similar architectural features.
This image was posted on December 26, 2023.
#52objects #sfohistory #sfomuseum #avgeek
Join us for a public panel discussion and exhibition tour of “Unlocking an Archival Treasure: The Harold Bixby Collection” tomorrow, December 9, 2023, from 1:30 to 3:00, in the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum & Library in the International Terminal.
This image was posted on December 08, 2023.
#bixbycollection #panam #haroldbixby #avgeek
The development of the Wright J-5 Whirlwind began in the early 1920s with the Lawrance Aero-Engine Corporation, a company founded in 1917 by Charles L. Lawrance (1882–1950).
This image was posted on December 05, 2023.
#enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory