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Happy birthday, Stan Herman!
This image was posted on September 17, 2021.
#avgeek #crewlife #uniforms #fashion #stanherman
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.
This image was posted on September 15, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #sst #supersonictransport #concorde #airfrance #britishairways
On September 15, 1963, the South Terminal (now Harvey Milk Terminal 1) was dedicated at San Francisco International Airport.
This image was posted on September 14, 2021.
#sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek
Amid the height of the Cold War, the U.S.S.R. was committed to producing a supersonic transport (SST) before the Western world.
This image was posted on September 08, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #sst #supersonictransport #tupolev #aeroflot
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industries, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970.
This image was posted on September 01, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #aviationhistory #a300 #airbus
#OnThisDay in 1930, the City and County of San Francisco began to purchase the property of Mills Field, which would become San Francisco International Airport.
This image was posted on August 30, 2021.
#sfohistory #sfo #sanfrancisco #sfhistory #avgeek
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a wide-body, long-range tri-jet airliner introduced in 1972.
This image was posted on August 25, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #l1011 #lockheed #tristar
The first wide-body jumbo-jet to be introduced, the Boeing 747 revolutionized long-distance, transoceanic commercial aviation and set the standard for all other wide-body designs that followed.
This image was posted on August 18, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #boeing #boeing747 #cathaypacific #panam
The DC-9 was designed by Douglas as a mid-range jetliner with a smaller capacity than the Boeing 727 and with the ability to serve the short runways of small regional airports.
This image was posted on July 28, 2021.
#wingwednesday #hughesairwest #douglasaircraft #dc9 #avgeek #airplane
#Onthisday in 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland was born in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
This image was posted on July 27, 2021.
#dehavilland #tdih #avgeek #airplane
Artist Alexander Calder was born #onthisday in 1898.
This image was posted on July 22, 2021.
#alexandercalder #avgeek #braniff
Word of the day: phillumenist - a collector of matchbooks or matchboxes, "lover of light."
This image was posted on July 02, 2021.
#avgeek #matchbook #graphicdesign #phillumenist
The Lockheed L-188 Electra was the only large turboprop airliner produced in the United States.
This image was posted on June 30, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #lockheed #l188
Trans World Airlines (TWA) took a subtle approach to their 1968 summer uniform.
This image was posted on June 29, 2021.
#flightpatterns #avgeek #airline #airlineuniform #1960s #fashion #twa
Century Pacific Air Lines was one of the early commercial airline companies to operate at Mills Field.
This image was posted on June 22, 2021.
#sfohistory #avgeek #airline #aviationhistory
Introduced in 1952, the de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet was the first commercial passenger jetliner to enter service, years before the introduction of other jetliners.
This image was posted on June 16, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #dehavilland #dehavillandcomet #jet
Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter, an American dancer, actress and model who became a promoter, educator, marketer, commercial pilot, and philanthropist, was born on this day in 1915.
This image was posted on June 14, 2021.
#onthisday #otd #aviationhistory #womeninaviation #avgeek
Mid-1960s airline fashion showcased bright and colorful, patterned fabrics for the first time in the industry.
This image was posted on June 10, 2021.
#flightpatterns #avgeek #airline #airlineuniform #1960s #fashion #northwestairlines
The L-1649 Starliner, the final variant in Lockheed’s Constellation-based design series, embodied the zenith in large-capacity, piston-engine airliner development, rivaled only by the Douglas DC-7C, with which it was designed to compete.
This image was posted on June 09, 2021.
#wingwednesday #airplane #avgeek #aviationhistory #lockheed #l1649 #lockheedconstellation #twa
The DC-7 was Douglas Aircraft’s last design evolution of the piston-powered, four-engine, low-wing airliner layout that began with the DC-4.
This image was posted on June 02, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #dc7
Not one, but TWO exhibitions and galleries opened this week!
This image was posted on May 28, 2021.
#flightpatterns #stonewarestories #avgeek #museum #uniforms #pottery
Introduced in 1951, the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation was an enhanced-range, stretched upgrade of the L-049 Constellation and was developed primarily to compete on transatlantic routes with the Douglas DC-6.
This image was posted on May 26, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #lockheed #l1049 #superconstellation
Are you as excited as we are that the Sky Terrace @flysfo is reopening?
This image was posted on May 25, 2021.
#sfo1954 #sfohistory #skyterrace #airport #avgeek
Motorcycling and aviation legend Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born #OnThisDay in 1878.
This image was posted on May 21, 2021.
#earlyamericanmotorcycles #motorcycle #vintagemotorcycle #engine #glenncurtiss #avgeek
It's Wing Wednesday!
This image was posted on May 19, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #martin404
Preeminent French couturier Pierre Balmain was born #OnThisDay in 1914.
This image was posted on May 18, 2021.
#fashioninflight #fashion #balmain #avgeek #twa #cathaypacific
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft when introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1949.
This image was posted on May 12, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #boeing #boeing377
United Air Lines highlighted many of their destinations in a series of advertisements placed in Time magazine in late 1944 and 1945.
This image was posted on May 11, 2021.
#aviationhistory #unitedairlines #avgeek #traveltuesday
#OnThisDay in 1927, Mills Field was officially dedicated.
This image was posted on May 07, 2021.
#sfohistory #sfhistory #airport #aviationhistory #avgeek
The Hughes H-4 Hercules flying boat, also known as the “Spruce Goose,” was designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company as an ultra-large, transoceanic military transport for use during World War II.
This image was posted on May 05, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #sprucegoose #howardhughes
Developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company, the Martin 2-0-2 was intended to supersede the DC-3.
This image was posted on April 28, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #martin202 #aviationhistory
The Douglas DC-6 was initially conceived of as a military transport but its design was changed to a civilian airliner following the end of World War II.
This image was posted on April 21, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #dc6 #douglasdc6
It's National Parks Week!
This image was posted on April 20, 2021.
#nationalparkweek #findyourpark #avgeek
In the late 1930s, Lockheed was developing a large, high-speed, pressurized airliner, designated the L-044 Excalibur.
This image was posted on April 14, 2021.
#wingwednesday #avgeek #airplane #l049 #lockheed #lockheedconstellation