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Did you know that Delta Airlines is named for the Mississippi Delta region where the company first operated? The name was suggested by Catherine FitzGerald, Delta Employee Number 6 and one of the first women to serve on an airline’s board of directors. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 15, 2019.
Photos are live on Mills Field! Read about the process of adding these images and how they continue to link SFO, our collection and exhibitions, and all of the places, airlines, aircraft, and airports depicted within, to the entire world. https://t.co/vBudsVXvqc This tweet was posted on January 04, 2019.
Do you recognize this location? San Francisco has changed a lot in the last sixty years but these buildings have stayed the same. Fun fact: this street is now a one-way street! #SFHistory Image: KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) sales office, 1952. Gift of Julian Veovich. 2013.126.002 This tweet was posted on December 21, 2018.
In late 1945, #PanAmerican realized the superiority of the DC-4 over the #Boeing 314 flying boat and began operating the airliner on transpacific routes and, by 1948, on transatlantic routes to Europe. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 26, 2018.
Our online database features highlights from our food service collection. Spanning more than 85 years of food service history in commercial aviation, this collection features plates, glasses, and other specialty items from airlines from all over the world. https://t.co/Qdqx9n0LXP This tweet was posted on December 23, 2018.
#AmericanAir purchased a large fleet of the airliner and eventually became the world’s largest MD-80 operator. (Currently, #Delta Air Lines is the largest operator.) The aircraft proved ideal for the carrier’s many mid-range, regional services. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 11, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
#RoyalAirMaroc, the flag carrier of #Morocco, commenced service in 1949. The country's largest airline, it operates 55 aircraft to over 90 destinations. Have you ever flown on Royal Air Maroc? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on November 13, 2018.
Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the #Lockheed L-1011 #TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 16, 2018.
Our online database contains a wide variety of airline brochures, including route maps from the 1920s. Check out our collection of maps on our online database: https://t.co/0g3kXvbu8u #avgeek #united This tweet was posted on November 18, 2018.
Hollywood #fashion designer Howard Greer (1896–1974) created this fitted suit in light blue wool gabardine for #TWA (Trans World Airlines) in 1944.#avgeek #uniform #flightattendant #1940s This tweet was posted on November 08, 2018.
RT @museumofflight: Historic airliner trucked 300 miles to be a hotel bar https://t.co/AP7xW2Yk8f via @CNNTravel This tweet was posted on October 15, 2018.
This Cooks Travel Agency poster from the 1960s features several different aircraft and airlines. How many do you recognize? Did you fly any of these aircraft or airlines? Where did you go? This tweet was posted on October 16, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1919, #KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., or KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) was founded. The company is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. Have you ever flown on KLM? #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 07, 2018.
The #Stinson Model A was one of the last commercial airliners produced in the United States with a steel-tube and fabric fuselage. It was a relatively successful short-range, medium-capacity, tri-motor airliner. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on October 03, 2018.
With a cruising speed of over 160 miles per hour, the #Stinson Model A was one the fastest tri-motor airliners available at the time. During the mid-1930s, it was primarily operated by American Airlines on their Detroit–Chicago route. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on October 03, 2018.
Cast your mind far, far back to the days before cell phones... When travelling internationally, how would you make a phone call? United Airlines offered pre-paid phone cards through their mileage reward programs. Do you remember using phone cards? #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 25, 2018.
This United Airlines Air Lines Service Center was built in 1958 and designed by Myron Goldsmith during his time at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, one of the largest architectural firms in the world. #SFOhistory This tweet was posted on September 20, 2018.
@avspacemuseum The artifacts we look to borrow from other museums usually relate to the stories we are want to tell. For example for our exhibition, "The Douglas DC-3: Legacy of an Airline Legend," the Wings of History Air Museum, loaned us their cutaway Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Engine This tweet was posted on September 12, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 1993, #Boeing finished production on their 1,000th 747, a 747-400 that was delivered to #Singapore Airlines in October. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 747? #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 10, 2018.
In 1978, Gail Gorski became the first female pilot to be hired by United Airlines. A pilot based in the SF Bay Area, she was an original charter member of the International Society of Women Pilots (ISWP). #WomeninAviation #WomensEqualityDay This tweet was posted on August 26, 2018.
For #Braniff's “The End of the Plain Plane” campaign, designer #AlexanderGirard introduced a vivid color pallet, while Italian-born fashion impresario #EmilioPucci re-conceptualized the airline uniform. This tweet was posted on August 29, 2018.
In 1962, #SFO ranked as the fourth busiest airport in the U.S. The fleets of jet airliners used by both domestic and international carriers created demands for new boarding area configurations and new terminals. #TBT #SFOhistory This tweet was posted on August 23, 2018.
At the end of World War II, the #French aircraft manufacturer Breguet began designing a large-capacity, mid-range #airliner that would ultimately become the four-engine, double-deck 763 Provence. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on August 24, 2018.
Our online database features a selection of our collection of airline bags. Check it out here: https://t.co/fbLPCY7rB8 Do you own any airline bags? This tweet was posted on August 12, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 1971, the first of this type of aircraft service started at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Flown by United, this aircraft was the first three-engine, or tri-jet, wide-body airliner to arrive at SFO. Can you guess what this aircraft is? #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 14, 2018.
In the mid-1950s, Fokker Aircraft of the Netherlands began developing an airliner that would fill a major niche in regional commercial aviation, the F-27 Friendship. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on August 08, 2018.
The Fokker F-27 would be one of the most successful and enduring regional airliner designs of the postwar era and beyond, with nearly 600 produced and operated worldwide. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on August 08, 2018.
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with American Airlines. Have you ever flown on a McDonnell Douglas DC-10? #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 05, 2018.
The high-wing, short-range design of the the Fokker F-27 incorporated two powerful Rolls Royce Dart turboprop engines and featured outstanding short takeoff and landing capabilities, which made it ideal for regional airlines operating out of small airports. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on August 08, 2018.
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industries, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. The A310 was a shortened fuselage version of the A300 with a redesigned wing and undercarriage. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on July 27, 2018.