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The Concorde SST (supersonic transport) was the first successful transoceanic supersonic airliner—although the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic airliner to be introduced. Developed as a joint endeavor between the governments of Great Britain & France. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on September 15, 2021.
Happy 93rd birthday to Stan Herman! Herman was born #onthisday in 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City. The fashion designer counts several airlines including TWA (Trans World Airlines) among a long list of large companies for which he has created uniforms. #StanHerman
This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.
Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic airliner to be introduced, with freight and mail service starting in December 1975 and passenger service from Aeroflot Soviet Airlines in November 1977. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.
The 767 was the first two-engine widebody airliner to be produced by Boeing. It was designed to be a smaller widebody airliner than the 747, with a capacity for 200-300 passengers and the range for most transoceanic routes. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.
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Trans World Airlines female flight attendant uniform 1974
Stan Herman
Fashionaire, a Division of Hart, Schaffner, & Marx
SFO Museum
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International, Inc.
2002.113.128, .132-.133, .135, .139, .143
This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.
Happy Birthday, California! Our great state was admitted into the Union on this day in 1850. In 2015, we presented “Catch Our Style: California Regional Airlines 1950s–1980s”! #California #CatchOurStyle
This tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
The aircraft proved costly to operate when compared to newer subsonic airliners available at the time. With little market for high-priced supersonic travel in the Soviet Union, Aeroflot’s passenger service was intermittent and brief, and ended in June 1978. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.
This exhibition featured objects from California Airlines such as PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines), Air California (later AirCal), and Pacific Air Lines, Air West, and Hughes Airwest. Do you remember this exhibit? What’s your favorite California regional airline? #CatchOurStyle
This tweet was posted on September 09, 2021.
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industries, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. Air France introduced the aircraft in 1974 and Lufthansa followed two years later. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
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poster: Singapore Airlines, Airbus A300; c. 1981
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.273
postcard: Lufthansa; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.451
This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
Airlines touted the L-1011’s twin aisle, wide-body passenger comforts, ease of operation, and reduced environmental impact. The galley was placed in the luggage compartment, and meals were brought up via elevators. #wingwednesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
Despite its accolades, only 250 were ordered, well short of the projected 500. It was Lockheed’s first and only entry into the widebody airliner market. #wingwednesday #avgeek
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a wide-body, long-range tri-jet airliner introduced in 1972. It featured state-of-the-art avionics, including an autopilot with the capability of virtually flying and landing by itself, including in low-visibility weather conditions. #wingwednesday
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
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negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), hovercraft; 1965
Transfer
2011.032.1327
timetable: SFO Helicopter Airlines; 1965
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2007.011.491
This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.
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postcard: LTU (Lufttransport-Unternehmen) International Airlines, Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.428
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
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postcard: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; c. 1980
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International
2002.113.487
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
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brochure: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; 1972
Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie
2001.039.254 a b
postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), L-1011 TriStar; c. 1975
Gift of Ruth Y. Tamura
1998.153.011
This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.
In 1965, SFO Helicopter Airlines, which operated local helicopter flights between San Francisco and Oakland, introduced a new Transbay route operated by a hovercraft. #avgeek #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday
This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.
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brochure: SFO Helicopter Airlines, ground transport; c. 1965
Gift of the Paul H. Kowalewski Collection
2011.126.425
negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), hovercraft; 1965
Transfer
2011.032.1321
This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.
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Graduating class portrait of Trans World Airlines (TWA) hostesses wearing Dalton winter uniforms 1968
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International
2002.113.383
R2021.0601.079
This tweet was posted on August 06, 2021.
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Trans World Airlines (TWA) uniform 1968
Dalton Apparel | Willoughby, Ohio
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International
Jacket insignia: Gift of Vincent Ma
2002.113.087–.088; 2021.020.0463
L2021.0601.067–.068; L2021.0601.074
This tweet was posted on August 06, 2021.
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Trans World Airlines (TWA) hostesses at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) wearing Dalton winter uniforms 1968
Courtesy of TWA Museum at 10 Richards Road, Kansas City, Missouri
R2021.0605.001
This tweet was posted on August 06, 2021.
Lufthansa German Airlines was the first carrier to place orders and influenced aspects of its design, including increasing the capacity to one hundred passengers. Lufthansa inaugurated the first service in 1968. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on August 04, 2021.
The Swoop is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Continental Airlines began as Varney Speed Lines in 1934.
This image was posted on April 21, 2022.
#defunctthursday #avgeek #aviationhistory #continentalairlines
The Flair Airlines is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Breeze Airways is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Over their 43 years in operation, the de Havilland Co. produced history-making aircraft such as the DH.60 Moth biplane, which Amy Johnson used to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930 & the DH.106 Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner, introduced in 1952. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 27, 2021.
SF based Hughes Airwest operated a large McDonnell Douglas DC-9 fleet, which were ideal for its West Coast routes. Painted in Sundance Yellow, the airline caricatured its DC-9 aircraft as flying bananas and advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West.” #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
The DC-9 & its many variants were highly successful for airlines worldwide. The aircraft was produced for 41 yrs, first by Douglas, then McDonnell Douglas, & finally Boeing in numerous variants, with final deliveries of its last derivative, the Boeing 717, in 2006. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
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photograph of illustration: Southern Airlines, Douglas DC-9; c. 1967
Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection
2011.061.0287
photograph: Ozark Air Lines, Douglas DC-9-15; c. 1966
Gift of William Rys, Jr.
2019.085.144
This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
This Douglas DC-8-62, named Flying Colors of South America, entered service in 1973, on routes between the U.S. and premier South American destinations. Do you have a favorite airline livery? #avgeek #braniff #AlexanderCalder
This tweet was posted on July 22, 2021.
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postcard: Boeing 727; 1963
Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
2012.149.0603
photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Boeing 727; 1968
Transfer
2011.068.008.001
This tweet was posted on July 21, 2021.
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negative: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) jetway and aircraft; 1968
Transfer
2011.032.1917
This tweet was posted on July 21, 2021.
#Onthisday in 2019, the first flight landed at SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Nine gates opened with Southwest Airlines and JetBlue flights arriving and departing from the new terminal. #SFOHistory #HarveyMilkTerminal1 #HarveyMilkExhibition
This tweet was posted on July 23, 2021.
RT @airandspace: On this day in 1940, the first pressurized cabin airliner, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, went into service with TWA. The las…
This tweet was posted on July 08, 2021.


















