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See “Jet Mainliner in Miniature: The United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 Cutaway Model” only online at: https://t.co/IrPJ5olOig #jetage #aircraftmodels #avgeek #united #dc8 This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.
With a business-like look, this plum polyester knit dress suit has #Valentino’s signature buttons and scarf. It marks a transition in airline fashion as age limits were removed and the profession became a longer-term career. #AvGeek #uniform This tweet was posted on May 11, 2022.
Happy Birthday to French designer Christian Lacroix (b. 1951), who is often credited with reviving Parisian couture. In 2005, he brought the first major change to Air France’s uniform in 17 years with a wardrobe of over 100 pieces to dress the airline’s 36,000 employees. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on May 16, 2022.
With a discreet and timeless elegance, this robe-manteau style dress came in a navy blue and blue-gray wool blend. It has top-stitched ribbing at the closure and a Japanese-style tie belt. #AvGeek #AviationHistory #ChristianLacroix This tweet was posted on May 16, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1932, Amelia Earhart departed from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in a Lockheed Vega 5B. After 15 hours & 2,026 miles, she landed near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to successfully fly solo across the Atlantic. #AmeliaEarhart #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 20, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1928, the Sikorsky S-38 took off on its first flight. Developed based upon Sikorsky’s previous amphibious aircraft, the S-34 and S-36, the S-38 was Sikorsky’s first commercial success and first widely produced seaplane. #AvGeek #Sikorsky This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
Out of the one hundred and one Sikorsky S-38s built, Pan Am acquire thirty-eight of the versatile aircraft, the last of which was retired in 1940. #AvGeek #Sikorsky #PanAm This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
The amphibious Sikorsky S-38 in both the S-38A and S-38B versions, affectionally called the “Flying Duck,” became the mainstay of Pan American Airways’s fleet, laying the foundations of the Caribbean and Central American networks in 1929 and 1930. #AvGeek #Sikorsky #PanAm This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
The large twin engine plane had a crew of two and could seat ten passengers and their luggage. It had a cruising speed of 110 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 124 miles per hour. The S-38 amphibian could land or takeoff from the water as well as the land. #AvGeek #Sikorsky This tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
It’s happening!! The long-awaited re-opening of our Aviation Museum and Library will take place next week, Wednesday, June 1st at 10am! https://t.co/XXIZF4gCA6 #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
NEW BLOG ALERT: World-famous aviator #KatherineStinson, the 4th woman to receive a pilot’s certification in the U.S., visited SF for a public flying exhibition at San Bruno’s Tanforan Race Track in 1917. Read about her visit and aerial feats here: https://t.co/kZmJ9zImj9 #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 31, 2022.
Some of the final objects to be reinstalled are model aircraft suspended from the ceiling. Our preparators took great care in re-hanging models of the Pan Am Clipper (a Sikorsky S-42) and the China Clipper (a Martin M-130). #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
The Aviation Museum and Library will reopen Wednesday, June 1st at 10am. We can’t wait to welcome you in! https://t.co/XXIZF4gCA6 #AvGeek #BehindTheScenes #SneakPeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on May 27, 2022.
Do you know that you can search our collection website by airport? Browse through over 4,000 objects online related to our favorite airport, @flySFO—everything from photographs and postcards to correspondence and architectural drawings. https://t.co/1lO1Yj8dcg #AvGeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 06, 2022.
Happy National Donut Day! Virgin America began service to Portland International Airport (PDX) in 2012. This First-Class amenity kit features a cartoon illustration of a woman eating a Voodoo Doughnut in front of Mount Hood. What’s your favorite donut? #NationalDonutDay #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 03, 2022.
The long-awaited day has come: the Aviation Museum & Library re-opened today with a new facade and five new exhibitions! It’s open daily from 10:00am-4:30pm and remains free of charge. Learn more: https://t.co/6LDmtmJ33Q We’re excited to welcome you back! #avgeek #museum This tweet was posted on June 01, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1927, the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco officially began operations. #AvGeek #AviationHistory #SFHistory #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 07, 2022.
The Belgian-born Hélène Dutrieu first flew in early 1910 and earned her pilot’s license from the Aéro-Club de Belgique (Aero Club of Belgium) the same year, becoming only the fourth woman aviator to be licensed. #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 08, 2022.
The first graded airstrip was 4,950 feet long and surfaced in rolled rock fill covered with two inches of earth. Today the airport has four runways with the shortest measuring at 7,650 feet long and the longest at 11,870 feet long. #AvGeek #SFHistory This tweet was posted on June 07, 2022.
“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 08, 2022.
Founded by George T. Baker in 1934, National Airlines started as an air mail carrier, as did many airlines at that time. By the end of the decade, the growing company opened a service to New Orleans, called the “Buccaneer Route.” #DefunctThursday #NationalAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 09, 2022.
In the 1920s, aviation visionaries imagined how the nations of the Pacific Rim could be linked by a new mode of transportation: the aircraft. Lucrative and profitable airmail contracts were awarded by world governments. #Airmail #Australia #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 14, 2022.
Our newest gallery in the Aviation Museum and Library is open! (And doesn’t it look great?) #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 10, 2022.
The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security in the International Terminal Side A and is open daily from 10am to 4:30pm. #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 10, 2022.
“Going the Distance: Endurance Aircraft Engines and Propellers of the 1910s and 20s” is on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/DGnv8hSoAF #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 10, 2022.
Did you know our collections website has a recently acquired objects button? From a Hello Kitty airsickness bag (really!) to a Hughes Airwest beach towel, keep up with what we’re collecting and browse through almost 2,000 recently acquired objects: https://t.co/kGhUpnPDvL #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 15, 2022.
Delta’s inaugural flight from Dallas, Texas, to Jackson, Mississippi, via Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiana, on a Travel Air S-6000-B airplane carried five passengers and one pilot. #Delta #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
Fun fact: when Huff Daland Dusters became Delta Air Service, its name was in honor of the Mississippi Delta region. #Delta #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 17, 2022.
One of the earliest female French aviators, Mathilde Franck (1866–1956) was taught to fly by the Farman brothers, Henri (1874–1958) and Maurice (1877–1964), in early 1910. Soon after, she established a record distance flight of fourteen miles.#EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 21, 2022.
“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot This tweet was posted on June 21, 2022.
Despite expansion into new destinations the airline had crippling financial issues. It was acquired by Delta Air Lines in August 1972. #DefunctThursday #NortheastAirlines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
In the mid-1960s, a bright yellow livery was introduced, created by famed Industrial Designer Raymond Loewy. Nicknamed the yellowbirds, it was the airline's final livery. #DefunctThursday #NortheastAirlines #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on June 23, 2022.
#HappyBirthday to Juan Trippe, the first President of Pan American World Airways, who was born #onthisday in 1899. Under Trippe, #PanAm became an innovative business model that became the blueprint for the global air transport system. #JuanTrippe #PanAmerican #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 27, 2022.
“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot This tweet was posted on June 28, 2022.
In the wake of World War II, Australian airline companies embarked on the task establishing an air route across the Pacific Ocean to the United States. #AustralianAirliners #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 29, 2022.
The first passenger flights in the late 1940s between Australia and the U.S. lasted almost two days and made three stops along the way. In the decades that followed, faster and longer-ranged aircraft improved the experience of the flight. #AustralianAirliners #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 29, 2022.