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The airline expanded its routes beyond the California corridor to include Seattle, Portland, Houston, and New Orleans, and by 1987, Chicago, Vancouver, and Anchorage. #DefunctThursday #AirCal
This tweet was posted on January 20, 2022.
In 1972, #EmilioPucci designed the “727 #Braniff Place Blue Pant Collection” to commemorate the company’s fleet of #Boeing 727 airliners. #FlightPatterns #Braniff #EmilioPucci
This tweet was posted on January 18, 2022.
Wishing everyone the happiest, healthiest, and most joyful of New Years! May your dreams take flight in 2022.
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Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), holiday greeting
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.705
#HAPPYNEWYEAR
This tweet was posted on December 31, 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.
RT @flySFO: 🍂🦃 Happy #Thanksgiving! This year, we are especially grateful for our passengers, employees, airlines, small businesses, and ev…
This tweet was posted on November 25, 2021.
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photograph: San Francisco Airport, TWA (Trans World Airlines) Lockheed L-049 Constellation; late 1940s
In memory of Maxine Crookston Schmidt
2016.067.030
This tweet was posted on December 06, 2021.
Can you believe it has been 20 years? On December 1, 2001, the final Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight departed from Kansas City, Missouri, and landed in St. Louis. #avgeek #OTD
This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
From 1965–74, #EmilioPucci created multiple series of wild, mix-and-match, “non-uniform” uniforms for #Braniff in a variety of vivid colors and bold patterns that revolutionized airline fashion. #FlightPatterns #Pucci #flightattendant
This tweet was posted on November 30, 2021.
Originally formed as Transcontinental & Western Air in 1930, #TWA was one of the oldest airlines in the U.S. and traced its history back to Western Air Express, which was founded in 1925. What is your favorite TWA memory? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
As airline travel became more reliable during the 1930s, San Francisco’s airport initiated major improvements to keep pace. By 1937, SFO had paved and widened runways and taxiways to welcome heavier and faster airliners such as the Douglas DC-3. #SFOHistory #MillsField
This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.
The Boeing 787 is the latest wide-body jet airliner manufactured by Boeing. Named the Dreamliner, the aircraft was first introduced by All Nippon Airways (ANA) in 2011. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
The first commercial airliner with an airframe primarily made of composite materials, the Boeing 787 features larger windows than any other aircraft in service, as the composite materials do not require reinforcements like aircraft constructed of aluminum. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
Introduced by Singapore Airlines on October 25, 2007, the last A380 built made its first flight in March 2021. 251 of the airliners were built between 2005 and 2021.
#WingWednesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 10, 2021.
The Airbus A380 is the world's only full-length double-decker commercial airliner. It is currently the largest operating passenger jet in the world that can safely transport between 450 to 853 people, depending on class configuration. #WingWednesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 10, 2021.
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model airplane: Singapore Airlines, Airbus A380; c. 2008
Transfer
2011.212.005 a b
This tweet was posted on November 10, 2021.
Boeing adopted the two-engine, widebody concept with its 777 airliner, which was introduced on June 7, 1995. The 777 was a joint collaborative project between Boeing & 8 major airlines, including United, ANA (All Nippon Airways), British Airways, & Japan Airlines. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
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postcard: United Airlines, Boeing 777; c. 1995
Gift of Craig Lynes
2003.105.195
poster: United Airlines, Boeing 777; late 1990s
Gift of United Airlines Archives
1999.047.644
This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
The first Boeing aircraft to incorporate fly-by-wire controls, the 777 is also the first to use a fiber optic avionics network on a commercial airliner. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 777? #WingWednesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
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brochure: Singapore Airlines, Boeing 777-300ER; 2014
Collection of SFO Museum
2014.076.016
advertisement: ANA (All Nippon Airways), Boeing 777-200; c. 2005
Gift of Robert Behr
2011.001.021
This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.
#Onthisday in 1918, DDL (Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S), or Danish Air Lines, was founded. The airline merged with other Scandinavian airlines to form #SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) in 1951. SAS is the flag carrier for Norway, Denmark, & Sweden. Have you ever flown on SAS?
This tweet was posted on October 29, 2021.
Taking off from Idlewild airport in NY #onthisday in 1958, #PanAm became the first airline to inaugurate scheduled transatlantic commercial jet service on a Boeing 707. 111 passengers boarded the jetliner, named “Clipper America,” bound for Le Bourget Airport, Paris. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 26, 2021.
Pan American Airways began service in Central America with the Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor, a robust, three-engine, twelve-passenger airliner affectionately known as the “Tin Goose.” #PAAinCA #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 01, 2021.
Pan American Airways pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation. #PAAinCA #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 01, 2021.
This 1978 TWA (Trans World Airlines) uniform by American fashion icon Ralph Lauren, signaled a turn toward nostalgic romanticism in airline uniform design. #RalphLauren
This tweet was posted on October 14, 2021.
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uniform standards guide: TWA (Trans World Airlines), flight service personnel; 1982
Gift of Shirley A. Rohe
2020.044.088
This tweet was posted on October 14, 2021.
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Trans World Airlines female flight attendant uniform 1978
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
Blouse, tie, pocket square: Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International, Inc.
Jacket insignia: Museum purchase
2001.016.315-.316, 2002.113.173, .180, .182, 2007.051.045
This tweet was posted on October 14, 2021.
The history of @flySFO parallels the development of commercial aviation in the US. From daring pilots who flew mail in open-cockpit biplanes to jet airliners that safely shuttle hundreds of passengers thousands of miles away, SFO has witnessed great strides in aviation.
This tweet was posted on October 18, 2021.
Based on the earlier A300, the Airbus A310 had a shortened fuselage with a redesigned wing and undercarriage. It also had a lower purchase price than other wide-body airliners and was designed to be more economical to operate. #WingWednesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industrie, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. Both the A300 and A310 established Airbus as a major European airliner manufacturer. #WingWednesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
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postcard: Swissair, Airbus A310; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.841
model airplane: Lufthansa German Airlines, Airbus A310-200; 1987
Gift of Jim Lund
2012.150.019
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
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United Air Lines flight attendants review route map with a family aboard a Boeing 747 widebody airliner c. 1973
Gift of United Airlines Archives
1999.047.300
R2021.0601.082
This tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.
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model airplane: United Airlines, Boeing 757-500; 1990s
Gift of United Airlines Archives
1999.047.750 a b
postcard: LTE International Airways, Boeing 757-200; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0961
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
The Boeing 767 took off on its maiden flight on September 26, 1981, and was introduced into service with United Airlines a year later on September 8, 1982. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.
During the 1980s, @Qantas purchased 6 Boeing 767-200ERs (ER for extra range) and 41 767-300ERs, which proved ideal for the carrier’s expansion into the Asian market. The spacious, comfortable, widebody airliners proved reliable and economical to operate for Qantas. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.
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photograph: United Airlines, Boeing 767 on Boeing factory floor; c. 1982
Gift of United Airlines Archives
2005.015.038
This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.
In Sept 2020, @flySFO had a special visit from an unusual airplane, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124 Ruslan! It is the world’s largest production military cargo aircraft and the second largest transport aircraft after the Antonov An-225 Mriya. Have you ever seen an AN-124?
This tweet was posted on September 27, 2021.
























