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United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin at the front of the aircraft with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room.” #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2003, we presented “Mapping America,” which featured dozens of maps of the United States of America from colonial times to the nineteenth century. Do you remember seeing this exhibition? #SFOMTBT This tweet was posted on February 13, 2020.
@Maxjb Great question! The United Air Line Mainliner aircraft hanging from the ceiling at the Aviation Museum and Library is indeed a Douglas DC-3! Thanks for asking! https://t.co/4ds2HiV2QQ This tweet was posted on February 05, 2020.
NOW PLAYING: "Sweetheart Dancers" by Ben-Alex Dupris. Sean and Adrian, a #Ute and #Navajo #twospirit couple challenge perceptions of identity through their participation in Sweetheart Dance competitions at #powwows across the United States. https://t.co/mxbnUykr0O #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/1LW43r9IR9 This tweet was posted on November 26, 2019.
#Onthisday in 2017, United Airlines’ last scheduled Boeing 747 flight departed from @flySFO. Recreating the journey of the first United 747 flight from SFO to Honolulu in 1970, the airline threw a farewell party in Terminal 3 of SFO. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 07, 2019.
Lesser known and slightly older than the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened on #onthisday in 1936. The bridge has one of the longest spans in the United States and carries over 260,000 cars each day. Have you ever traveled across the Bay Bridge? This tweet was posted on November 12, 2019.
This #United Air Lines promotional print from around 1941 advertises their Mainliner service by showing the inside of a Douglas Aircraft DC-3. #avgeek #mainliner @united #DC3 This tweet was posted on October 11, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1959, @united & @Delta introduced the Douglas DC-8. Delta’s first DC-8 flight departed from New York Idlewild (later JFK) to Atlanta at 09:20AM. United’s first DC-8 flight departed from @flySFO to NYC 2 hrs & 10 min later. Have you ever flown on a DC-8? #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 18, 2019.
#KeliyAndersonStaley has been photographing individuals across the United States using the tintype process, a nineteenth century photographic process that was commonly used in portraiture through the 1930s. This tweet was posted on September 01, 2019.
RT @FlyPanAm: On this Labor Day in the United States, we recognize all those thousands of employees who worked so hard to make Pan American… This tweet was posted on September 03, 2019.
In the 1990s, United Airlines began operating the 747-400 and issued flight handbook manuals covering takeoffs, cruise, landing, and limitations of the aircraft. #ByTheBook This tweet was posted on September 03, 2019.
Our conservators are working on a months-long project to restore this United Air Lines DC-8 model. Several of the passengers’ missing parts were recast by our conservators from the remaining intact figures. This tweet was posted on August 12, 2019.
It's National Aviation Day! What are your favorite aviation memories? #NationalAviationDay #aviation #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building and United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 1959 SFO Museum Collection 2011.032.0525 This tweet was posted on August 19, 2019.
Born into a family of cabinetmakers from Germany, Anthony Kimbel (1822–95) came to the United States in the 1840s. Around 1862, Kimbel began working with French-born Joseph Cabus (1824–98). The duo began making Modern Gothic furnishings in the 1870s. #VictorianPedestals This tweet was posted on July 29, 2019.
How would you caption this 1960s publicity photo from United Airlines? Image: United Air Lines: DC-8 Interior, 1960s. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2015.098.024 #united #captioncontest #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 27, 2019.
@macjaeh @MTomlinson30 @united @flySFO We're thrilled to hear that you enjoyed our brochure! If you would like more brochures from other exhibitions, please email us at curator@flysfo.com with your mailing address. Thanks so much! This tweet was posted on June 24, 2019.
In the early 1970s, United Airlines commissioned aviation artist Nixon Galloway, to create a series of #watercolor #paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline and its subsidiaries from the beginning of the company’s history. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
Over the next ten years, #NixonGalloway created forty-three paintings of individual aircraft for #United. All of the #paintings were used as premium giveaways for passenger loyalty programs. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
RT @panamhistory: June 10, 1960, DC-8 Clipper Gauntlet N808PA was received by Pan Am, sold to United in 1967. Nice photo at Prestwick by Je… This tweet was posted on June 10, 2019.
Early color photographs of #SFO are rare, so we’re excited to share a recent gift to our collection. This photo from 1947 shows a United Air Lines aircraft in front of the Airport’s 1937 terminal building along with 3 of the original airplane hangars built in 1927/8. #TBT #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 13, 2019.
RT @united: To the 25,000 … Safe-keeping Early-rising Red-eye flying Aisle-walking Smile-inducing Gift-giving Hard-working World-traveli… This tweet was posted on May 31, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1976, the first #Concorde flights from the United States began at Washington Dulles International Airport. Did you ever fly on a Concorde? #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 24, 2019.
RT @flySFO: Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with @united in Terminal 3, Gate 85. Watch performances, eat food,… This tweet was posted on May 14, 2019.
Exciting news from @united! #avgeek https://t.co/5fuCMUcNEu This tweet was posted on April 24, 2019.
Have you ever been to a drive-in movie theatre? Drive-in theatres became a favorite entertainment destination during the golden age of the automobile. By 1954, the number of drive-in theatres operating in the United States had grown to more than 3,000. #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on April 10, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1926, Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator, launched his air mail service. In 1930, his company, Varney Air Lines, was acquired by United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, which is now @united. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 06, 2019.
Loftleiðir Icelandic (or Iceland Airlines) was established in 1944. As #Iceland is geographically situated between Europe and the United States, Loftleiðir became a major player in the transatlantic travel in the 1960s. Did you ever fly on #Loftleiðir? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on March 19, 2019.
#Television quickly surpassed radio as the most popular media in the United States during the 1950s. #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on March 11, 2019.
RT @airlinemaps: #OnThisDay Continental flew its last flight in 2012, when it merged into @united. Their proposed merger map from 2010 http… This tweet was posted on March 02, 2019.
The last Continental Airlines flight departed #onthisday in 2012. Leaving Phoenix, AZ, as Continental 1267, the flight landed as United Airlines 1267 in Cleveland, OH. Did you ever fly on #Continental? #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 02, 2019.
In 1959, United Air Lines and Delta Airlines introduced the Douglas DC-8. The DC-8-63 series, an updated, stretched, long-range variant of the DC-8 promoted as the "Super 63", was introduced nearly a decade later. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on February 22, 2019.
United Air Lines introduced its first Boeing 747 in 1970 for the popular west coast-to-Hawai’i route. United furnished their “Captain’s Lounge” with namesake chairs in an open layout. What are your fondest memories of the Boeing 747? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 14, 2019.
This photo from 1959 shows a group of #stewardesses in front of #United Air Lines' training center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They're wearing a new #uniform, released that same year, designed by Raymond Loewy as part of his complete re-branding of United's identity for the #jetage. This tweet was posted on February 20, 2019.
This rare view of the United Air Lines Ticket Office in downtown San Francisco is from circa 1933. Do you remember purchasing flight tickets at a ticket office? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 06, 2019.
Robert the #Robot was the first plastic toy robot manufactured in the United States. A small, windup record player hidden inside the toy enabled Robert to repeat the phrase, “I am Robert the Robot, the mechanical man, drive me, steer me.” #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on February 07, 2019.
Advertised as the “Picture-in-a-Minute” camera, this revolutionary device combined film exposure and processing into one unit. #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on January 23, 2019.