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The concept coincides with his choice of music—Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov’s (1873–1943) Symphonic Dances (1940)—the composer’s final major composition, which he wrote while living in the United States. “#SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on June 13, 2023.

Cheers to a happy Valentine’s Day! This beverage menu from United Air Lines from the 1960s features a Special Very Dry Martini-on-the-Rocks (Gin or Vodka). Are you celebrating Valentine’s Day? #UnitedAirLines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 14, 2023.

📸: beverage menu: United Air Lines, Valentine’s Day; 1960s Gift of Sandra Herrmann 2019.132.007 https://t.co/pAIlxbvoGk This tweet was posted on February 14, 2023.

In 1972, United Airlines celebrated 25 years of service to Hawai’i and rebranded its Hawaiian service as “Royal Hawaiian.” United’s flight attendants wore brightly colored, full-length Hawaiian-style dresses, or mu’umu’u. Do you remember these eye-catching uniforms? #52Objects This tweet was posted on February 21, 2023.

stewardess dress: United Air Lines, Hawai’i service holomu’u; early 1970s Gift of Georgia Panter Nielsen 2006.017.057 https://t.co/xSIqtBby6N This tweet was posted on February 21, 2023.

The last Continental Airlines flight departed #onthisday in 2012. Leaving Phoenix, AZ, as Continental 1267, the flight landed as United 1267 in Cleveland, OH. The airline began as Varney Speed Lines in 1934 and was renamed to Continental in 1937. #Continental #United #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 02, 2023.

In 1978, Gail Gorski became the first female pilot to be hired by United Airlines. Gorski, who started flying at the age of 16, was a Boeing 747 and DC-10 pilot based in the Bay Area and an original charter member of @ISA21_Pilots. #52Objects #WomensHistoryMonth #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 06, 2023.

📸: photograph: United Airlines, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Gail Gorski; c. 1978 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.310 https://t.co/lQGG86OQ9t This tweet was posted on March 06, 2023.

In 1963, the United States launched a government-funded Supersonic Transport (SST) program to compete with the joint British and French Concorde project. After much testing, Boeing SST’s design won the U.S. airframe contract. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on March 21, 2023.

Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Katherine Stinson was the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot’s certification. She first flew in 1911 and was licensed in 1912 at age 21. Stinson quickly became a star attraction at air meets. #EnduranceEngines #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 28, 2023.

Initially, Congress banned Concorde service to the United States due to concerns over the aircraft’s sonic boom, but five months after the Concorde’s inaugural flight, an exception was made for service to Washington @dulles_airport from London and Paris. #SSTTimeMachine #Concorde This tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.

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.

For over five years (2013–2018), photographer Jess T. Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre traveled throughout the United States creating “To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults.” #ToSurviveOnThisShore #TDOV This tweet was posted on March 31, 2023.

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was the commander of both of the first African American Air Force regiments, the 99th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group. He led both units into active combat during World War II. REAd more about his story here: https://t.co/nVzlXQG8rT This tweet was posted on June 19, 2023.

Did you know that in Skylounge configuration, United Air Lines’ Douglas DC-3 Mailiners had seats that were able to rotate? This illustration from the late 1930s shows the interior of a United Air Lines Douglas DC-3 with passengers socializing and playing games. #52Objects This tweet was posted on June 20, 2023.

The inaugural Singapore Airlines flight to the United States arrived at San Francisco on #onthisday in 1979. The DC-10 was painted with special livery which read “California here we come.” Have you ever flown on Singapore Airlines? #AvGeek #Singapore This tweet was posted on April 04, 2023.

photograph: United Air Lines, Douglas DC-3; 1930s Gift of the Family of Raymond B. Klinke, Sr. 2019.080.072 #52Objects #TriviaTuesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 20, 2023.

In the late 1940s, land-based aircraft, like the Douglas DC-4, the DC-6, and the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, made regularly operated commercial air routes between the United States & Australia a reality for airmail, cargo, and passengers alike. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.

🧵 The scale 1:10 United Air Lines DC-8 model in "Jet Mainliner in Miniature: The United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 Cutaway Model” is one of the largest objects in our collection. Conservators performed a thorough assessment of the model and developed a plan to address its condition. This tweet was posted on September 06, 2022.

See “Jet Mainliner in Miniature: The United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 Cutaway Model” on display, in the Aviation Museum, located pre-security in the International Terminal or online at: https://t.co/IrPJ5oDXwo #jetage #aircraftmodels #avgeek #united #dc8 This tweet was posted on September 06, 2022.

#Onthisday in 1981, the Boeing 767 departed on its first flight. It was introduced into service by United Airlines a year later, on September 8, 1982. #Boeing767 #avgeek #Boeing This tweet was posted on September 26, 2022.

“Contrails Red” became the predominant color, while gold, orange, and black were retained as secondary colors. In 2011, Continental merged with United Airlines. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #aviationhistory #ContinentalAirlines This tweet was posted on April 21, 2022.

📸: program: San Francisco Municipal Airport, Mills Field, United States Army Air Maneuvers; 1930 Gift of Clifford Keithley 2001.043.003 negative: Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, U.S. Army Air Service maneuvers; 1930 Transfer from SFO 2007.048.001 This tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.

The jetliner was introduced by SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) in April 1959, followed by Air France. United Air Lines was the only major U.S. carrier to purchase the aircraft and inaugurated service in 1961. #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on April 27, 2022.

📸 1/2: photograph: United Air Lines, Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, San Francisco International Airport (SFO); c. 1961 Anonymous gift 2016.115.003 postcard: Air France, Sud Aviation SE210 Caravelle; c. 1963 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.111 This tweet was posted on April 27, 2022.

📸 2/2: postcard: United Air Lines, Sud-Aviation 6R Caravelle; 1973 Gift of Howard Knapp 2001.136.012 postcard: United Air Lines, Sud Aviation Caravelle; 1960s Gift of David Armstrong Abercrombie 2015.037.165 This tweet was posted on April 27, 2022.

RT @airandspace: In 1932, Katherine Cheung became the first woman of Chinese descent to earn a pilot's license in the United States. She pe… This tweet was posted on May 03, 2022.

📸: United Air Lines, Ellen Church, first stewardess 1930 SFO Museum Collection Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.311 This tweet was posted on May 06, 2022.

Introduced in 1959, the Douglas DC-8 was United Air Lines’ first jet airliner to be launched into service. Branded the “Jet Mainliner” by United, it was a major advancement in airliner design and officially launched the airline into the jet age. #aircraftmodels #avgeek #dc8 This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.

To help promote the new airliner to the traveling public, United had Pacific Miniatures of Alhambra, CA, create several large cutaway models to highlight the DC-8’s new features & amenities, particularly its spacious & luxurious cabin interior. #aircraftmodels #avgeek #dc8 This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.

Created to be an easily viewable, three-dimensional presentation of the Jet Mainliner in miniature, the cutaway model contains a highly detailed cockpit and cabin interior with minute features that accurately replicate the actual United DC-8 as launched in 1959. #aircraftmodels This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.

See “Jet Mainliner in Miniature: The United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 Cutaway Model” only online at: https://t.co/IrPJ5olOig #jetage #aircraftmodels #avgeek #united #dc8 This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.

📸 1/2: United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 Air Atlas route map; 1959 paper, ink Collection of SFO Museum Gift of the McAfee family in memory of Robert E. McAfee 2015.126.039 This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.

📸 2/2: United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 Mainliner Captain R. T. Freng cutaway model aircraft; c. 1959 Pacific Miniatures, Alhambra, California scale 1:10 fiberglass, metal, wood, paint, plastic, paper, ink, fabric Gift of the Rollison Family 2018.128.001 a j This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.

Started in 1945 by 11 former members of the Flying Tigers, the nickname for a special operations group of military pilots deployed to China during World War II, the Flying Tiger Line was the first scheduled all-cargo airline in the United States. #DefunctThursday #FlyingTigers This tweet was posted on May 12, 2022.

During the 1990s, #Mexicana took over some of AeroMexico's routes to Canada and South America and introduced the Airbus A320. In 2010, after nearly 85 years of operation, the company filed for bankruptcy in the United States and Mexico and ceased operations. #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on May 19, 2022.

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