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Airlines touted the L-1011’s twin aisle, wide-body passenger comforts, ease of operation, and reduced environmental impact. The galley was placed in the luggage compartment, and meals were brought up via elevators. #wingwednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.

Despite its accolades, only 250 were ordered, well short of the projected 500. It was Lockheed’s first and only entry into the widebody airliner market. #wingwednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a wide-body, long-range tri-jet airliner introduced in 1972. It featured state-of-the-art avionics, including an autopilot with the capability of virtually flying and landing by itself, including in low-visibility weather conditions. #wingwednesday This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.

📸 2/2: negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), hovercraft; 1965 Transfer 2011.032.1327 timetable: SFO Helicopter Airlines; 1965 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2007.011.491 This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.

📸2/4: postcard: LTU (Lufttransport-Unternehmen) International Airlines, Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar; 1980s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.428 This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.

📸3/3: postcard: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; c. 1980 Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International 2002.113.487 This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.

📸3/4: 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.

In 1965, SFO Helicopter Airlines, which operated local helicopter flights between San Francisco and Oakland, introduced a new Transbay route operated by a hovercraft. #avgeek #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.

📸 1/2: brochure: SFO Helicopter Airlines, ground transport; c. 1965 Gift of the Paul H. Kowalewski Collection 2011.126.425 negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), hovercraft; 1965 Transfer 2011.032.1321 This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.

📸 1/3: Graduating class portrait of Trans World Airlines (TWA) hostesses wearing Dalton winter uniforms 1968 Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International 2002.113.383 R2021.0601.079 This tweet was posted on August 06, 2021.

📸 2/3: Trans World Airlines (TWA) uniform 1968 Dalton Apparel | Willoughby, Ohio Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International Jacket insignia: Gift of Vincent Ma 2002.113.087–.088; 2021.020.0463 L2021.0601.067–.068; L2021.0601.074 This tweet was posted on August 06, 2021.

📸 3/3: Trans World Airlines (TWA) hostesses at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) wearing Dalton winter uniforms 1968 Courtesy of TWA Museum at 10 Richards Road, Kansas City, Missouri R2021.0605.001 This tweet was posted on August 06, 2021.

Lufthansa German Airlines was the first carrier to place orders and influenced aspects of its design, including increasing the capacity to one hundred passengers. Lufthansa inaugurated the first service in 1968. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on August 04, 2021.

Over their 43 years in operation, the de Havilland Co. produced history-making aircraft such as the DH.60 Moth biplane, which Amy Johnson used to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930 & the DH.106 Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner, introduced in 1952. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 27, 2021.

SF based Hughes Airwest operated a large McDonnell Douglas DC-9 fleet, which were ideal for its West Coast routes. Painted in Sundance Yellow, the airline caricatured its DC-9 aircraft as flying bananas and advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West.” #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.

The DC-9 & its many variants were highly successful for airlines worldwide. The aircraft was produced for 41 yrs, first by Douglas, then McDonnell Douglas, & finally Boeing in numerous variants, with final deliveries of its last derivative, the Boeing 717, in 2006. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.

📸 2/3: photograph of illustration: Southern Airlines, Douglas DC-9; c. 1967 Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection 2011.061.0287 photograph: Ozark Air Lines, Douglas DC-9-15; c. 1966 Gift of William Rys, Jr. 2019.085.144 This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.

This Douglas DC-8-62, named Flying Colors of South America, entered service in 1973, on routes between the U.S. and premier South American destinations. Do you have a favorite airline livery? #avgeek #braniff #AlexanderCalder This tweet was posted on July 22, 2021.

📸 2/4: 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.

📸 3/4: 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.

#Onthisday in 2019, the first flight landed at SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Nine gates opened with Southwest Airlines and JetBlue flights arriving and departing from the new terminal. #SFOHistory #HarveyMilkTerminal1 #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on July 23, 2021.

RT @airandspace: On this day in 1940, the first pressurized cabin airliner, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, went into service with TWA. The las… This tweet was posted on July 08, 2021.

📸 3/3: All: United DC-8; 1962 Gift of United Airlines Archives 2005.015.028 DC-8 lounge; c. 1959 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0932 DC-8 cockpit; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.109.103 brochure: DC-8-61; c. 1967 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2012.096.188 This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.

"Australian Airliners Across the Pacific" illustrates the evolution of the aircraft utilized and passenger service implemented by Australian airline companies in their post-World War II transpacific services. https://t.co/3AWJNlEKRV This tweet was posted on July 13, 2021.

In 1960, Delta Airlines proudly introduced the 615 miles-per-hour Convair 880, produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, of San Diego, California. In January 1962, the airliner achieved a record top speed of 715 mph on a flight from Chicago to Miami. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 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.

The Lockheed L-188 Electra featured a relatively short-span, low-mounted, cantilevered wing with four Allison turboprop engines. The prototype flew in 1957, and the next year, initial deliveries went to American and Eastern Airlines. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

The Lockheed L-188 Electra was the only large turboprop airliner produced in the United States. The design originated in the mid-1950s with a request from American Airlines for a fast, mid-range, high-capacity airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

With the introduction of faster mid-range turbojets, the L-188 Electra was primarily relegated to regional airlines and cargo carriers. One of its more recent uses is as a large capacity air tanker used in the control of wildfires. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

📸 1/3: ad: L-188 Electra ; 1958 Purchase 2012.118.001 model airplane: Western Airlines, L-188-A Electra; Gift of the San Francisco Aeronautical Society 2018.127.005 a f photo: American Airlines, L-188 Electra; c. 1958 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.060 This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

📸 3/3: postcard: West Yellowstone Airport, Western Airlines, L-188 Electra; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.2421 postcard: Transamerica Airlines, L-188CF Electra; 1980s Gift of George Gayuski 2001.082.153 This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

📸 1/2: Chicago & Southern Air Lines (C&S); 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2012.065.180 California Central Airlines; c. 1953 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2012.065.147 Pan American World Airways; 1950s Gift of Barnaby Conrad III 2001.038.028 This tweet was posted on July 02, 2021.

📸 2/3: 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.

As a result of its reliability, capacity, and considerably reduced seat-mile cost, the 707 proved to be the world's first viable commercial jetliner with regular and sustained scheduled service, and revolutionized the airline industry by ushering in the jet age. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.

Upgraded variants were introduced during the 1960s, including a stretched version that was the largest capacity airliner until the introduction of the widebody Boeing 747 in 1970. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.

📸 3/3: All: Boeing 707 photo: China Airlines, 707-320C, LAX; 1971 Gift of the Family of Carl Chi-hsun Ma 2017.023.013 postcard: Saudi Arabian Airlines, 707; c. 1975 Gift of George Gayuski 2001.082.220 photo: Pan Am, 707-121 lounge; c. 1958 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0768 This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.

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