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Stinson became the first woman in the United States to perform an aerial loop and continued to perform the stunt hundreds of times without a mishap. #EnduranceEngines #KatherineStinson #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.
When San Francisco Opera presented German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner’s* monumental four-part series "Der Ring des Nibelungen" for the first time in 1935, Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad introduced the company to Brünnhilde. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on March 30, 2023.
There is still time to sign up for our monthly post-security Opera tours. Every first Tuesday of the month at 10am, we will lead a group of visitors behind security to see “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration!” Sign up here: https://t.co/BTtcSXdt9g #SFOperaCentennial https://t.co/W6cL7aXEYq This tweet was posted on June 28, 2023.
A number of furniture pieces were also missing, including entire rows of seats. Because the figures of the passengers were used multiple times in the interior, it was possible to take molds from intact figures in order to recreate the lost pieces. #jetage #aircraftmodels #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 06, 2022.
Did you know SFO Museum has the freestanding schedule board from San Francisco Airport’s 1937 passenger terminal? For years the board was large enough to post the arrival and departure times for all scheduled airlines serving San Francisco. #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 19, 2022.
Dedicated roadways streamlined traffic to the 1954 terminal, and passenger entryways on both levels were fitted with hands-free, automatic doors—an exciting new invention at the time. Passenger operations exceeded 2.5 million for the first year. #SFOHistory #SFO #AvGeek #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on October 04, 2022.
Our newest blog post is live! Long-time visitors to @flySFO—especially airline employees—know that the airport has changed significantly over time. Registrar Tomo Aono documents the Airport’s cargo areas through historic & contemporary photos: https://t.co/kx5AXYKDVM #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on October 03, 2022.
German mathematician Alexander Brill (1842–1935) created some of the earliest mathematical models which were made from plaster. These models allowed students to see the geometry of complex functions, revolutionary to mathematics at the time. #MathAtSFO #mathematicalmodels This tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.
See “This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance” by Jacob Hashimoto, on display in the Grand Hyatt, Level 4 and online at: https://t.co/EEKWhES1r6 #AAPIHM #JacobHashimoto #sculpture @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 09, 2022.
RT @usfca_museum_ma: Our program held a site visit to @SFOMuseum for the first time since the start of the pandemic this past Tuesday, and… This tweet was posted on October 11, 2022.
Over time, the photographs in this series have become a document of the neighborhood, parts of which remain and parts of which are no longer there. #KariOrvik #Geneva #photography #SFHistory This tweet was posted on May 16, 2022.
In 1959, it changed its name to Mexicana and introduced a new logo. Three British-produced de Havilland Comet 4Cs were purchased during this time and Comet service was inaugurated to Los Angeles on July 4, 1960. #DefunctThursday #Mexicana This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.
The ensemble consisted of a blouse or camisa, a long skirt or saya, and a pañuelo or square piece of cloth folded several times and placed over the shoulders. A tapis, or overskirt, completed the outfit. #PineappletoPina #piña This tweet was posted on May 23, 2022.
Student animators Arlene Bongco and Angeline Vu from San Jose State University illustrate familial love between a seamstress and her son, who peeks his head into her sewing room, hopeful for story time. https://t.co/hxgF894fe6 #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #AAPIHM #SJSU @SJSU https://t.co/f3kbJyyGv6 This tweet was posted on May 26, 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 1944, National was awarded a New York-Miami route; flights began the following year. Flight times on the route were shortened in 1946 when the Douglas DC-4 was introduced, allowing non-stop flights and increasing both revenue and prestige.#DefunctThursday #NationalAirlines This tweet was posted on June 09, 2022.
Matilde Moisant was born in Indiana and learned to fly at her brother’s Moisant Aviation School. Instructed along with her friend Harriet Quimby, Moisant earned her pilot’s license in 1911. She was the second licensed woman aviator in the U.S. at that time. #EarlyWomenAviators This tweet was posted on June 28, 2022.
Following a war time assignment in Alaska, Northwest used their experience in the territory to open transpacific service to Asia via Alaska in 1947. With this transpacific expansion, the company rebranded itself as Northwest Orient Airlines. #DefunctThursday #NorthwestOrient This tweet was posted on June 30, 2022.
The Shona are the largest Indigenous group in Zimbabwe. Shona language is part of the Bantu language group and includes several dialects. Shona traditions have evolved over time, but aspects of traditional #Shona culture still thrive in rural areas. #ZimbabweSculpture #Zimbabwe This tweet was posted on October 12, 2022.
The high school students worked with clay for the first time to create the Luggage Project. Each student designed a piece of luggage with three meaningful objects to place inside. How would you show your love for your family without depicting one’s family? #studentart This tweet was posted on October 17, 2022.
The light and airy ensemble, which was perfectly suited to the humid climate, consisted of a blouse or camisa, a long skirt or saya, and a pañuelo or square piece of cloth folded several times and placed over the shoulders. #PineappletoPina #piña This tweet was posted on October 19, 2022.
SFO Museum is saddened to hear that the sculptor and art historian Mary Fuller McChesney, passed away recently at 99 years old. Read more about Mary Fuller McChesney’s amazing life in her New York Times obituary: https://t.co/Z1toCsUbcl This tweet was posted on July 10, 2022.
In Andrés Gallegos’ graduate thesis film at San Francisco State University, a savvy eleven-year-old shoe shiner in Talca, Chile proves his resourcefulness during turbulent times. https://t.co/s0oA7fUN7a #shoeshiner #andrésgallegos #sfsu #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/koJMWnRBGT This tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.
“More than a Meal” presents eight airline meal service sets from the 1960s to the 1980s, along with menus & images of inflight meal services from the time. See this exhibition pre-security in the Intl Terminal or online at: https://t.co/RZvuSbU32G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
During the early twentieth century, the idea that children should spend time at play or in school, led to toys that encouraged learning. At mid-century, a large school-aged population triggered an urgency for new, more rigorous mathematical curricula in the US. #MathAtSFO This tweet was posted on April 11, 2022.
This is your last week to see “Flight Patterns—Airline Uniforms from the 1960s–70s.” During the 1960s, conservative-yet-elegant flight attendant suits evolved into ensembles that mirrored the fun-loving, free-spirit of the time. #FlightPatterns #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 04, 2022.
Air West’s stewardesses were outfitted in futuristic, slim-cut, high-fashion ensembles created by Oleg Cassini and reminiscent of uniforms worn in the original Star Trek television series, which was popular at the time. #DefunctThursday #AirWest This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.
During World War II, all sides used mechanical ciphers. The U.S. military’s M-209 portable crypto machine required users to encrypt text one letter at a time. By turning a crank, the scrambled message printed out on paper tape. #MathAtSFO #Math #cryptology #cipher This tweet was posted on March 28, 2022.
In 1968, Air West was formed out of a merger of three regional carriers: Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Air Lines, and West Coast Airlines. All three were struggling financially and a consolidation of routes and equipment seemed the best solution at the time #DefunctThursday #AirWest This tweet was posted on March 17, 2022.
RT @airandspace: #OTD in 1929, Blanche Noyes flew solo for the first time. She would earn her pilot's license that July, becoming the first… This tweet was posted on February 16, 2022.
His first time working in bronze, "Time, Turn, and Light" depict ambiguous sets of hands interacting with everyday objects such as clocks, a flashlight, a candle, and a doorknob. #WoodyDeOthello #publicart #SFAC @SFAC This tweet was posted on January 28, 2022.
See "Time, Turn, and Light" by Woody De Othello, on display, post-security, in the Outdoor Terrace Observation Deck on the departures level of the International Terminal G Concourse. https://t.co/dXXKlG0CS1 #WoodyDeOthello #publicart #SFAC @SFAC This tweet was posted on January 28, 2022.
German filmmaker Sylvia Borges was inspired by choir rehearsals in an empty parking lot during the COVID-19 pandemic to produce a film that speaks to forced separation, but also to unity & resilience during these difficult times. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #SylviaBorges #Particles This tweet was posted on January 21, 2022.
RT @airandspace: #OTD in 1976, the supersonic Concorde entered commercial service. Two flights took off at the same time, one operated by A… This tweet was posted on January 21, 2022.
RT @airandspace: On this day in 1935, the Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST) flew for the first time. Its day-plane version was the DC-3, one… This tweet was posted on December 17, 2021.
Within the frame were seventeen bays for hydrogen gas cells, within twelve of these bays, located below the hydrogen bags, were storage bags for Blau gas. The gas extended the range of the craft by nearly thirty hours of flying time. #WingWednesday #WinglessWednesday This tweet was posted on December 08, 2021.