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There was beautiful weather #onthisday in 1966!
This image was posted on March 23, 2023.
#throwbackthursday #sfohistory #avgeek
#Onthisday in 1927 the City and County of San Francisco signed a lease with the Mills Estate for 150 acres to use as an airport.
This image was posted on March 15, 2023.
#sfhistory #sfohistory #avgeek
This terminal, shown under construction in 1983, does not look like this today.
This image was posted on February 28, 2023.
#sfohistory #triviatuesday
In the 1930s, as commercial aviation evolved into a more practical mode of transportation, San Francisco Airport launched a series of major improvements.
This image was posted on February 24, 2023.
#millsfield #sfohistory #avgeek
What did SFO look like #onthisday in 1928?
This image was posted on February 01, 2023.
#avgeek #sfohistory #sfo
This pencil-drawn site plan was produced by the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Public Works, for the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, titled “Progress Chart for Grading / Contract No.
This image was posted on January 09, 2023.
#52objects #sfohistory #sfhistory #millsfield #airport
Take a walk through the past!
This image was posted on December 21, 2022.
#avgeek #sfohistory #airport
“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