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In 1938, a modified version of the Lockheed Model 14 was flown by Howard Hughes and a crew of four to circumnavigate the northern hemisphere, covering 23,804 miles in three days and nineteen hours, a world record. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 07, 2018.

The Golden Gate Kindergarten Association is a non-profit organization in San Francisco with a dual mission: it operates a preschool for children, known as the Phoebe A. Hearst Preschool, and it also holds the #RhodaKellogg collection of children’s art. This tweet was posted on December 09, 2018.

The Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra was a twin-engine, low-wing monoplane with a clean, aerodynamic fuselage and a twin tail. It was developed in response to criticism from airlines that the earlier Model 10 Electra was too small. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 07, 2018.

"Behind the world of the artisan is…that desire to take an inanimate material, and bring it to life in a form or image that will sing out; that desire to pay homage to my surroundings, to my creativity..." - Michael Lloyd (b. 1950) This tweet was posted on December 14, 2018.

Clara Adams was a wealthy widow and able to take part in some of the most important flights in aviation history. Here she is with other passengers waiting to board the inaugural flight of the #PanAmerican Hawaii Clipper in 1936. #womeninaviation #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 12, 2018.

Have you ever seen the cockpit of the Concorde? The Front Dash Panel Controls operated by the pilot and the first officer are shown in this photo. Starting in March we will also have a whole photography show on airline cockpits! #StayTuned This tweet was posted on December 13, 2018.

NOW PLAYING: "Ari" by Alex Murawski. Murawski presents a fresh interpretation of a “coming-of-age” story that encourages self-acceptance, invites compassion, and celebrates the courage it takes to be who you truly are. https://t.co/5FmWDLDIg7 #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/raDDy6rsXA This tweet was posted on December 10, 2018.

RT @ArhoolieFdn: Mr. Chris' year-end letter has posted: https://t.co/lkhI1CxrDs Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season. ❄️ https://t… This tweet was posted on December 13, 2018.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was an updated version of the DC-9, which was introduced in 1965. Like the DC-9, the MD-80 provided a mid-range, medium capacity airliner capable of serving short runways of small regional airports. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 11, 2018.

#CleveJones (with hand raised) and colleagues unfurled a 1.25 mile-long “Sea-to-Sea” flag in Key West, made by #GilbertBaker, for the 25th Anniversary of the #rainbowflag stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. #RainbowFlagSFO This tweet was posted on November 30, 2018.

A very special thank you to Sandy Lerner for making this exhibition possible. See "Caticons: The Cat in Art" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/9YU4UP82hO #Caticons This tweet was posted on December 01, 2018.

Beginning in 1782, French brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier successfully tested several passengerless hot air balloons near their home in France. A year later, at Versailles, they launched a hot air balloon with animals as test passengers. #IntoTheEther This tweet was posted on December 14, 2018.

NEW BLOG POST: Dear Eric, Mr. Staller, Your Emperor of Creative Genius. We recently received this letter from the parents of a delighted young traveler, and share it with their permission. Read more on our blog: https://t.co/9ksPoRIcw2 This tweet was posted on December 02, 2018.

RT @flySFO: SFO is a great place to find gifts or pick up a special treat! Enter this week's giveaway to win an SFO Goodie bag filled with… This tweet was posted on December 03, 2018.

Special thanks to The Pearson Silver Collection. "A Sterling Renaissance: British Silver Design 1957 to 2018" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/70YAuXoOld #silver @GoldsmithsCo This tweet was posted on December 14, 2018.

The #767 was the first two-engine widebody airliner to be produced by #Boeing. A smaller widebody airliner than the 747, the 767 had a capacity between 200 and 300 passengers and the range for most transoceanic routes. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on November 30, 2018.

According to Chris Strachwitz, “Narciso [Martínez] was a fast and snappy player…so efficient at the accordion that he was able to record twenty titles in one day.” #StoryofArhoolie #Arhoolie This tweet was posted on November 20, 2018.

Dubbed “The Uniform for the Superjet Era,” and created for the new wide-body jet service, this 1971 Pan American #uniform marked a new direction in the airline's approach to fashion. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2018.

Operating a Boeing 727, the last Pan American World Airways flight took off from Barbados to Miami, Florida, #onthisday in 1991. What are your favorite memories of Pan Am? This tweet was posted on December 04, 2018.

RT @airlinemaps: Happy 99th birthday Avianca! 🎂 A throwback to your 60th: https://t.co/scy5HvcPuy https://t.co/0FmtKnpXPn This tweet was posted on December 05, 2018.

Within the span of a single lifetime, #Boeing went from producing piston-engine, propeller-driven aircraft to modern jetliners. Shown here in an United Airlines photo are the model 247, introduced in 1933, next to the iconic 747, introduced in 1970. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 06, 2018.

Janet Knight, the first woman to earn a transport license at Mills Field, began flying in 1930. By 1934, she was the owner and operator of the Summit Flying School, which had a base at San Francisco Airport. #SFOHistory #WomeninAviation #Aviatrix This tweet was posted on November 21, 2018.

We wish you a relaxing, cozy, and soothing #Thanksgiving weekend of being with your loved ones, friends, family, and animals alike. See more #cats in our exhibition "#Caticons: The Cat in Art" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/9YU4UP82hO This tweet was posted on November 24, 2018.

What's going on at the museum? We're getting ready for an upcoming exhibition on #1950s consumerism. Here, our Conservator gives a little TLC to a lunchbox from the short-lived television program Men Into Space, which aired for a single season in 1959. #behindthescenes #sneakpeak This tweet was posted on November 21, 2018.

RT @flySFO: We had a great time at our 2018 lighting ceremony last night! ❄️🌟 https://t.co/rFzlNFLFB5 This tweet was posted on November 28, 2018.

Special thanks to The Pearson Silver Collection. "A Sterling Renaissance: British Silver Design 1957 to 2018" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/70YAuXGpJN #BritishSilver This tweet was posted on November 27, 2018.

"I see my work as a continual exploration into the possibilities within the technique of enameling and indulging the wonderful range of colors available to me." - Jane Short (b. 1954) #BritishSilver This tweet was posted on November 14, 2018.

A very special thank you to Sandy Lerner for making this exhibition possible. See "Caticons: The Cat in Art" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/9YU4UP82hO #Caticons #cat #cats #caturday This tweet was posted on November 10, 2018.

Introduced to Europe from Japan in the 16th century, fans were an essential fashion accessory in the formal dress of a wealthy woman. #Caticons #cats This tweet was posted on November 16, 2018.

Los Angeles-based artist #RobertRamirez depicts these classical #greek #urns in an expressive style that gives them a heroic presence. #Hellenic This tweet was posted on November 15, 2018.

Painted fans were common around the turn of the 20th century, when French painter Adolphe Thomasse decorated fans with a menagerie of animal images, including cats. #Caticons This tweet was posted on November 16, 2018.

The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe Veterans Day. All other galleries are open. We offer a heartfelt thank you to all of the members and families of the US military. Here, members of the US Army Air Force 327th Fighter Squadron pose at SFO in 1943. This tweet was posted on November 12, 2018.

The paper dress was a 1960s pop-cultural phenomenon and fashion fad. This design was based on a black-and-white, photographic print of a tabby #cat by graphic artist #HarryGordon (1930–2007). #Caticons #fashion This tweet was posted on November 10, 2018.

#HappyBirthday to #IsamuNoguchi. Born #onthisday in 1904 in Los Angeles to an American-born mother and a Japanese father, #Noguchi became a bicultural ambassador between the East and the West. #NoguchiSFO This tweet was posted on November 17, 2018.

@skydeas1 Thanks for coming to the Aviation Museum & Library this weekend! We hope you had a good time! This tweet was posted on January 30, 2012.

A very special thank you to Sandy Lerner for making this exhibition possible. See "Caticons: The Cat in Art" is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/9YU4UP82hO #Caticons #cats #cat This tweet was posted on November 16, 2018.