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Since starting service, Southwest has the distinction of almost exclusively operating the Boeing 737 family, except for a brief period when the airline operated Boeing 727s. #avgeek #southwest This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
The initial “Love Bird” service out of Dallas Love Field offered twelve daily round-trip flights from Dallas to Houston and six round-trip flights from Dallas to San Antonio on Boeing 737-200s with $20 one-way fares. #avgeek #southwest This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
Looking for a little design inspiration? Browse a selection of airline and aircraft manufacturing advertisements from the 1920s to the present in our online database! https://t.co/XIaue5PRC9 #museumlife #avgeek #aviation This tweet was posted on February 28, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1969, the first Concorde took off on its maiden flight departing from Toulouse, France. Developed as a joint endeavor between the governments of Great Britain and France, the aircraft that made this flight, Concorde 001, was built in France. #Concorde #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 02, 2022.
BEA introduced the turboprop Vickers Viscount, the world’s first jet-powered airliner to enter service, in 1950 and inaugurated scheduled service in 1953. #DefunctThursday #BEA #BOAC #AvGeek #BritishAirways This tweet was posted on February 24, 2022.
Construction of a new terminal at San Francisco Airport began in 1951. Designed in the International Style, the seven-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
See "The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal" on display in the SkyTerrace and online at: https://t.co/zF42RVXD05 The SkyTerrace, located pre-security in Terminal 2, is open Friday-Monday from 10am to 6pm and it is free! https://t.co/oOlmCB27Yp #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
The airline industry soared to new heights in the 1950s. Driven by great advances in aviation technology and a burgeoning consumer market, new commercial airliners introduced the future of air travel to the next generation of passengers. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
To keep pace with the revolution in commercial aviation, major airports around the world updated their facilities with longer runways, expansive taxiways, and modern passenger terminals. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
BEA (British European Airways), was formed by the Civil Aviation Act of 1946 in Great Britain. #DefunctThursday #BEA #BOAC #AvGeek #BritishAirways This tweet was posted on February 24, 2022.
BEA inaugurated Comet 4B jetliner service to numerous destinations in Europe in April 1960. In 1974, BEA merged back with British Overseas Airways Corporation to form British Airways, the current flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. #DefunctThursday #BEA #BOAC #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 24, 2022.
What’s on the menu today? Browse over 700 menus from 1937 to 2018 in our online database. https://t.co/mL6joabp1l #menu #collections #museumlife #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 25, 2022.
A fleet of stretched & updated DC-8 types, the Super 60 Series, was operated by #Braniff in the 1970s. Artist Alexander Calder conceived the colorful livery scheme for one of these aircraft, which was colorful christened “Flying Colors of South America.” #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
Have you visited our new aviation collections website? With 35,000 objects available to browse, our online database features a selection of digitized materials from our museum, archive, & library collections. Check out 100 model airplanes here: https://t.co/suvAtHN7Pm #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 09, 2022.
Texas-based Braniff International Airways, which operated from 1930 to 1982, has the distinction of being one the very few airlines named eponymously for its owner. #DefunctThursday #Braniff #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
Following airline deregulation in 1978, #Braniff’s strategy for this period was aggressive expansion of new domestic and international routes. While successful in the short term, the company ultimately overextended and was forced into bankruptcy in 1982. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Wonder what was on the menu of a United Air Lines flight on this day in 1963? Served aloft aboard the Mainliner aircraft was a flaked tuna vinaigrette, a pot roast of beef burgundy, and a sweetheart cake. #avgeek #united #menu #ValentinesDay This tweet was posted on February 14, 2022.
In 1965, Braniff radically changed its identity by introducing the “BI” logo and bright color schemes designed by Alexander Girard for its jets, along with bold new flight crew uniforms by Italian designer Emilio Pucci. #DefunctThursday #Braniff #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1964, Eastern Air Lines first introduced the Boeing 727. The aircraft was a medium range, intermediate-capacity jetliner that could serve regional airports with short runways. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 01, 2022.
The #Boeing727 featured a clean swept wing, a high horizontal stabilizer, and a unique tri-jet configuration. This design dictated that the horizontal stabilizer be placed well away from the middle engine, high on top of the vertical stabilizer. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 01, 2022.
The first flight of the Boeing 247 took off #onthisday in 1933. Often referred to as the first modern airliner, the ten-passenger airliner was primarily operated on United’s “Mainline” transcontinental route. #AvGeek #Boeing #United This tweet was posted on February 08, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1959, an American Airlines Boeing 707 took off from Los Angeles to New York. Landing at Idlewild, now known as Kennedy International Airport, the Boeing 707 completed the first scheduled nonstop intercontinental jet passenger service. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 25, 2022.
In 1957, Ansett acquired its major competitor ANA (Australian National Airways) and assumed the name Ansett-ANA. In 1964, Ansett-ANA received delivery of its first pure turbojet, the Boeing 727. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
It continued operating as a low-price domestic airline during the early 1950s. During the 1960s, the airline also offered service to New Guinea branded as “Golden Orchid” flights. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
Over-expansion into international markets eventually led to Ansett’s financial demise in 2001. Shortly after, a brief effort to revive the airline with limited services was unsuccessful, and in March 2002, the airline ceased operations. #AnsettAirways #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 27, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1949, Pan American World Airways received their first delivery of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. #PanAm launched #Stratocruiser transpacific service from San Francisco to Hawai’i in April 1949, and transatlantic service to London in June 1949. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1889 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation founder Allan Lockheed was born in Fremont, California. In 1915, he and his older brother, Malcolm Loughead, opened a flying concession at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, selling rides on their Model G aircraft #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1895, legendary fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga was born in Getaria, Spain. He opened an Air France department within his Paris fashion house for the creation of this stewardess uniform from 1969. #AvGeek #AirFrance #Balenciaga This tweet was posted on January 21, 2022.
The knee-length, shaped skirt has kangaroo pockets, and the turned down collar of the Terylene twill blouse adds to the outfit’s liberating comfort. After finishing the Air France collection, Balenciaga closed his fashion house. #AvGeek #Balenciaga #AirFrance This tweet was posted on January 21, 2022.
This winter suit, in navy blue woolen serge, perfects the semi-fitted look as it liberates the form and retains a lithe appearance. Overlaid flap pockets and a riding hat in satin velour create la mode aéronautique. #AvGeek #Balenciaga #AirFrance This tweet was posted on January 21, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1935, Amelia Earhart departed from Honolulu, HI bound for Oakland, CA. With this historic flight, she became the first person to fly solo to the United States mainland from Hawai’i. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 11, 2022.
SFO Museum is proud to announce the launch of our new collections’ website! Search through over 30,000 objects from our aviation collection. Take a look here: https://t.co/6UsAK6Y8WU #collections #museumlife #SFOHistory #AvGeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on January 12, 2022.
#PanAmericanAviationDay encourages citizens from North, Central, & South America to increase their interest in aviation and commemorates the Wright Brother’s first sustained flight of a controlled, powered, heavier-than-air aircraft. What is your favorite aviation memory? #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 17, 2021.
Crookston dreamed of flying as a child. She served with the Civil Air Patrol as a survey pilot and with the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor, but she was excluded from work as an airline pilot due to her gender. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City, she transferred to San Francisco in 1946 and became the first female air traffic control watch supervisor in the country. #SFOHistory #avgeek #SFO #SFHistory This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Learn more about Maxine Crookston Schmidt in our exhibition, “Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” on display in the SkyTerrace & online at: https://t.co/aL3GtInqlj The SkyTerrace, located pre-security in T2, is open Friday-Monday from 10am to 6pm. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.