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The Link Flight Trainer played an important role in the development of commercial aviation. This image was posted on November 07, 2023. #52objects
The Boeing 727-2B7 is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
#Onthisday in 1938, Pan American Airways signed a multi-year lease with the City of San Francisco for a base at Treasure Island. This image was posted on August 22, 2023.
JAL introduced the Boeing 747 widebody in 1970. During this decade, JAL offered its passengers premium meal services on ceramic dishware created by Noritake of Japan featuring either a single crane or a flock of cranes in blue. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2023.
With one refueling stop in Dakar, the inaugural Air France Concorde flight required just seven hours. A nonstop flight on a subsonic Boeing 747 during this time required more than eleven hours. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.
In the 1990s, Qantas operated a large fleet of Boeing 747-400 widebody airliners. With a range of more than 7,000 miles, the aircraft was ideal for flying just over 400 business travelers and tourists swiftly and in comfort between Oceania and North America. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
One of these Boeing 747-400 was renamed and painted in a special livery in 1994 called Wunala (kangaroo) Dreaming to celebrate the art and culture of the indigenous Yanyuwa people from Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
📸 1/2 : 1. postcard: Qantas Airways, Boeing 747-400; Gift of Thomas Taffel 2021.046.048 2. slide: Qantas Airways, Boeing 747-400, Sydney Airport (SYD); c. 1994 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2015.108.169 This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
#Onthisday in 2017, United Airlines’ last scheduled Boeing 747 flight departed from SFO. Recreating the journey of the first United 747 flight from SFO to Honolulu in 1970, the airline threw a farewell party. #avgeek #UA747Farewell This tweet was posted on November 07, 2022.
Pan American World Airways and Qantas Airways favored the Boeing 707 jetliner for long-range international routes. These airliners did not need to stop as frequently and layovers in New Caledonia and Canton Island were no longer required. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 09, 2022.
📸 1/3: Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-320 disembarking in Honolulu; c. 1960 SFO Museum, Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.0336 This tweet was posted on November 09, 2022.
📸 2/3: Qantas Empire Airways, First Boeing 707 Flight, Honolulu–Sydney airmail flight cover; August 1, 1959 SFO Museum, Gift of Mrs. Siusiadh Rasmussen 2003.013.001 This tweet was posted on November 09, 2022.
Ever wonder what airplane tickets looked like in the 1920s? Browse through nearly one hundred tickets and ticket jackets spanning from the late 1920s to the 2010s in our online database: https://t.co/HTWhjvSgNU #AvGeek #Boeing #collections #tickets This tweet was posted on December 09, 2022.
Qantas introduced the new widebody Boeing 767 and upgraded to the 747-300 and 747SP widebody jetliners in the 1980s. By 1987, the airline maintained 21 747s and 6 767s in its fleet and placed a large order for the next generation 747-400, introduced in 1989. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on December 06, 2022.
📸 2/3: menu: Pan American World Airways, Historic First Flights series, Boeing 747; 1983 Gift of William E. Talbott 2012.151.018 https://t.co/UhVPBNZx4k This tweet was posted on December 14, 2022.
📸 3/3: menu: Pan American World Airways, Historic First Flights series, Boeing 314; 1986 Gift of the Pan Am Association 2000.058.1124 a b https://t.co/gu1kIqRjb4 This tweet was posted on December 14, 2022.
One of the largest and most influential projects ever undertaken by the Boeing corporation, the Boeing Model 707 was the second successful pure-turbojet airliner to be introduced. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #Boeing707 #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
The first flight of the Boeing 707 took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1957. The first Boeing 707 took flight on a rainy day from Renton Municipal Airport in Washington. #Boeing707 #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
📸: 1. postcard: Boeing; c. 1960 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.807 2. photograph: Boeing 707; 1957 Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.0832 This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
Browse through over one hundred images of Boeing 747s from our collection to see the variety of variants and liveries through the years: https://t.co/MzH6hwrDQD This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
The last commercial Boeing 747 is scheduled to be delivered today to Atlas Air from the Boeing Everett Factory. Introduced 53 years ago, the Boeing 747 created a whole new category of airliner, the wide-body jet. Have you ever flown on a 747? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.
In 1963, American President Kennedy announced the launch of a government-funded SST program to compete with the Concorde project. Three airframe designs were selected for review: the North American Aviation NAC-60, the Boeing 733, and the Lockheed L-2000. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on February 09, 2023.
Did you know Bernard M. “Mike” Doolin, the fourth director of @flySFO was also an accomplished aviator? After serving as a pilot in during WWI, Doolin worked at Standard Oil and was frequently seen at SFO piloting a Boeing Model 40 and a Stearman 4 Junior Speedmail. #52Objects This tweet was posted on June 12, 2023.
However, wind tunnel tests demonstrated the Lockheed SST suffered from shifts in the aircraft’s center of pressure as it accelerated. The transfer of fuel partially solved this problem, but it was ultimately rejected in favor of the Boeing design. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on February 09, 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.
But in 1971, with astronomically high costs, doubts about profitability, and pressure from environmental groups due to the noise pollution caused by supersonic aircraft, Congress cancelled funding for the SST program before Boeing could produce a prototype. #SSTFirstGeneration This tweet was posted on March 21, 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.
Celebrations christening airplanes have their roots in christening events held for ships. This TWA (Trans World Airlines) Boeing 747-131, was christened the “City of San Francisco” by diplomat and former child star, Shirley Temple Black on April 5, 1970. #52Objects This tweet was posted on March 27, 2023.
📸: negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), TWA (Trans World Airlines), Boeing 747-100; 1970 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2011.032.2241 https://t.co/dJEeCi4OFU This tweet was posted on March 27, 2023.
📸: poster: Pan American World Airways, Boeing 747-100; 1985 Gift of the Pan Am Historical Foundation 2014.039.056 https://t.co/S5lXFnfPNT This tweet was posted on March 31, 2023.
“I identify primarily as a woman and secondarily as transgender. This image was posted on August 02, 2023. #tosurviveonthisshore
The Boeing 40 embarked on its maiden flight in July 1925. This image was posted on July 20, 2023.
TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) introduced the pressurized Boeing 307 Stratoliner into service on July 8, 1940. This image was posted on July 10, 2023. #52objects #avgeek #stratoliner
Did you know Bernard M. “Mike” Doolin, the fourth director of the airport was also an accomplished aviator? This image was posted on June 12, 2023.
The Boeing 727-228 is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Boeing 737 MAX is an aircraft that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.