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"I know a man who lives in the Bay Area.
This image was posted on February 02, 2021.
#panam #sikorsky #avgeek
The Sikorsky S-40 was developed in response to requests from Pan American Airways’ president Juan T. Trippe for a high-capacity flying boat.
This image was posted on January 27, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #aviationhistory #sikorsky
The all-metal Ford Tri-Motor, or “Tin Goose,” as it was nicknamed, had a substantial impact on the early advancement of commercial aviation in the late 1920s.
This image was posted on January 20, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #fordtrimotor #postcard
We have over 1,700 model aircraft in our collection!
This image was posted on January 19, 2021.
#behindthescenes #avgeek #conservation #modelaircraft
Built in 1954, a spacious restaurant named the International Room provided panoramic views of the airfield at SFO.
This image was posted on January 14, 2021.
#avgeek #museumfromhome #sfohistory
Introduced in 1925, and initially conceived by Fokker designer Walter Rethel as a single engine transport, the Fokker F.VII was later redesigned as a trimotor transport by Reinhold Platz for entry in the 1925 Ford Reliability Tour.
This image was posted on January 13, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #fokker #airplane
In 1945, Ada Brown became the founder and first President of the earliest recognized flight attendant union, the Air Line Stewardess Association (ALSA).
This image was posted on January 13, 2021.
#womeninaviation #adabrown #avgeek #museumfromhome
As the world grows more and more interconnected, can you imagine what it was like to fly around the world in the 1930s, when the aviation industry was just in its infancy?
This image was posted on January 12, 2021.
#avgeek #photography #paa #panam #museumfromhome #1930s
Each airport around the world is assigned a three-letter IATA (International Air Transport Association) code to make them easily and quickly identifiable.
This image was posted on January 07, 2021.
#avgeek #museumfromhome
On this last day of 2020, we wrap up SFO Museum’s 40th anniversary year with a celebration of the Aviation Museum & Library, which opened in December 2000.
This image was posted on December 31, 2020.
#sfohistory #tbtsfom #sfomat40 #avgeek #museumfromhome