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Introduced in 1964, the Boeing 727 was a medium-range jetliner designed to serve regional airports with shorter runways. Beginning in the early 1970s, PSA offered Boeing 727 interiors in peach, pink, & magenta, similar to the colors featured on their liveries at the time. #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on June 05, 2024.
This three-seat coach section was manufactured by Boeing for installation in the 727 airliner in the 1960s. It was upholstered in the 1970s by PSA in an intricate floral pattern fabric inspired by the countercultural, flower-power designs of the era. #AvGeek #Braniff
This tweet was posted on June 05, 2024.
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Braniff International Boeing 727 interior; early 1970s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.2506
https://t.co/sDk8Jyha3H
coach seat section: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Boeing 727 cabin interior; 1970s
Gift of Chris and Leacy Laborde
2021.057.010
https://t.co/EHkUuAn5Zr
This tweet was posted on June 05, 2024.
Introduced in 1964, the Boeing 727 was a medium-range jetliner with intermediate capacity designed to serve regional airports with shorter runways.
This image was posted on June 05, 2024.
#avgeek #braniff
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postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA); c. 1968
Gift of David Winckoski
2011.195.046
postcard: West Coast Airlines, Fairchild F-27, San Francisco; 1960s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.1722
This tweet was posted on January 05, 2024.
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
#Onthisday in 1933, construction on the Golden Gate Bridge started.
This image was posted on January 05, 2024.
Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air. In the next decade, US Air acquired Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) and Piedmont Airlines. #DefunctThursday #USAirways
This tweet was posted on December 29, 2022.
Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air.
This image was posted on December 29, 2022.
#defunctthursday #usairways #avgeek #airline
By the mid-1960s, PSA had grown substantially and was flying record numbers of passengers. It added the turbojet Boeing 727 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 to its fleet and expanded its routes to include Sacramento, San Jose, and Ontario.
#DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
In 1949, Kenny Friedkin, a flight trainer and test pilot, formed Pacific Southwest Airlines or PSA. The airline began weekly round-trip flights between San Diego and Oakland with a single leased Douglas DC-3. #DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
Two years later, the route’s terminus moved to SF. By the end of the decade, PSA added the Douglas DC-4 and the Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop to its fleet and offered nearly 100 flights a week to numerous destinations throughout CA. #DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
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1. postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Douglas DC-3; 1940s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.1194
2. postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Douglas DC-4; 1960
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.547
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
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3. photograph: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Lockheed L-188 Electra; 1959
Gift of Christopher and Lacey Laborde
2018.120.047
4. postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Douglas DC-9-31; 1970
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.534
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
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postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Boeing 727-100; c. 1970
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.537
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
In 1970, PSA introduced a form-fitting polyester princess-line dress with a matching jacket, complemented by either a heart-shaped hat or dome-style hat and a choice of boots or pumps. #DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines
This tweet was posted on October 20, 2022.
In 1986, USAir, driven by other mergers taking place in the aviation industry, (Western airlines was purchased by Delta Air Lines and AirCal was bought by American Airlines) acquired PSA. PSA's last flight was on April 8, 1988.
#DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
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postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; 1974
Gift of William Rys, Jr.
2019.085.094
PSA stewardesses serve cocktails in a Lockheed L-1011 cabin mockup 1972
PSA 1972 Annual Report
SFO Museum
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.047
This tweet was posted on October 20, 2022.
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souvenir certificate: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA); 1988
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.168.706
This tweet was posted on October 20, 2022.
Initially for temporary publicity, in 1969, Pacific Southwest Airlines or PSA began painting smiles on the nose of its aircraft.
This image was posted on October 20, 2022.
#defunctthursday #pacificsouthwestairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
In 1949, Kenny Friedkin, a flight trainer and test pilot, formed Pacific Southwest Airlines or PSA, a commuter airline operating in California.
This image was posted on October 06, 2022.
#defunctthursday #pacificsouthwestairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
Wishing everyone the happiest, healthiest, and most joyful of New Years! May your dreams take flight in 2022.
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Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), holiday greeting
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.705
#HAPPYNEWYEAR
This tweet was posted on December 31, 2021.
This exhibition featured objects from California Airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California (later AirCal), and Pacific Air Lines, Air West, and Hughes Airwest. Do you remember this exhibit? What’s your favorite California regional airline? #CatchOurStyle
This tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
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brochure: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; 1972
Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie
2001.039.254 a b
postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), L-1011 TriStar; c. 1975
Gift of Ruth Y. Tamura
1998.153.011
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
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postcard: Boeing 727; 1963
Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
2012.149.0603
photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Boeing 727; 1968
Transfer
2011.068.008.001
This tweet was posted on July 21, 2021.
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negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) jetway and aircraft; 1968
Transfer
2011.032.1917
This tweet was posted on July 21, 2021.
Eastern was the first to inaugurate service of the Lockheed L-188 Electra in January 1959. The regional airline PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), based in San Diego, purchased three of the aircraft, which proved ideal for the carrier’s West Coast routes. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.
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all: L-188 Electra
photo: American Airlines; c. 1958
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.165.061
postcard: Eastern Air Lines; c. 1959
Gift of David Armstrong Abercrombie
2015.037.129
slide: PSA; late 1970s
Gift of Daniel Hahn
2015.038.072
This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2015, we presented “Catch Our Style: California Regional Airlines 1950s–1980s” which featured objects from airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California, and Pacific Air Lines. https://t.co/OogQHquVtN #TBTSFOM #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on December 03, 2020.
Wishing everyone the happiest, healthiest, and most joyful of New Years!
This image was posted on December 31, 2021.
Happy Birthday, California!
This image was posted on September 09, 2021.
#california #catchourstyle #aircalifornia #hughesairwest
The Lockheed L-188 Electra was the only large turboprop airliner produced in the United States.
This image was posted on June 30, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #lockheed #l188
The Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA)
This is a company.
In honor of our 40th anniversary, every week this year we are highlighting one of our past exhibitions.
This image was posted on December 03, 2020.
#tbtsfom #sfomat40 #museumfromhome
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970.
This image was posted on November 16, 2020.
#avgeek #museumfromhome #lockheed






















