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In 1915, San Francisco presented a world’s fair of unprecedented grandeur—the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. One of the most exciting new technologies at the fair was the airplane, and daily flying demonstrations thrilled countless spectators. #FlyingPPIE This tweet was posted on October 09, 2019.

RT @airandspace: This #WomensEqualityDay, let's celebrate Bessie Coleman. In a time before women were supposed to fly airplanes, before Am… This tweet was posted on August 26, 2019.

Happy #NationalBookLoverDay! Did you know the Aviation Museum and Library at SFO holds more than 8,000 books and 600 periodical titles? The primary focus is on commercial aviation, airport development, airline history, and airplane manufacturing. https://t.co/FdXMSBSo3G This tweet was posted on August 09, 2019.

#Onthisday in 1961, the first regularly screened movie on a scheduled commercial jet flight was shown on a TWA Boeing 707. Other airlines, such as Pan Am, followed suit soon after. What was the last movie you watched on an airplane? This tweet was posted on July 19, 2019.

Early color photographs of #SFO are rare, so we’re excited to share a recent gift to our collection. This photo from 1947 shows a United Air Lines aircraft in front of the Airport’s 1937 terminal building along with 3 of the original airplane hangars built in 1927/8. #TBT #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 13, 2019.

The seat shown here was designed in 1940 by the Warren McArthur Corporation specifically for the Douglas DC-3 and C-47. It was the first seat designed by the company for passenger use in an airplane and adjustable to five positions. #AviationAluminum #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 08, 2019.

Did you know our collections staff catalog each object by hand? We recently received a donation of 1,000 photographs of airplanes. Cataloging includes affixing an accession number to each object, creating an object record in our database, and scanning each photo. #museummonday This tweet was posted on May 13, 2019.

Sometimes, it really is all fun and games at the museum! The nearly 300 model airplanes displayed in “Aviation Evolutions” need to go back into storage and our collections team is playing a game of museum Tetris to find the most efficient way to pack them. #behindthescenes This tweet was posted on April 08, 2019.

The use of aluminum in airplane airframes was pioneered by Jugo Junkers, who in 1920 introduced the F 13, the world’s first all-metal airliner made of the aluminum alloy “Duralumin,” which was corrugated throughout the airframe for added strength. #AviationAluminum This tweet was posted on April 03, 2019.

During the 1930s, when most Americans struggled to make a living, the modern airplane became an inspiring symbol of hope. To stimulate consumerism, a broad array of products were designed and marketed in homage to the airplane. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on March 21, 2019.

“Early morning and looking out of the airplane window, watching as the mist rises from the peaks and valleys below. Sunlight filters through the moisture, creating discrete layers of mountains—shifting with the movement of the sun, the atmosphere.” #VanessaMarsh This tweet was posted on March 24, 2019.

RT @TheNinetyNines: American Phoebe Omlie was born in 1902 & was the 1st woman to obtain her airplane mechanics license. #WomensHistoryMont… This tweet was posted on March 19, 2019.

@kk_aero Very close! This is a Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior airplane radial engine from the 1930s! Thanks for guessing! This tweet was posted on March 12, 2019.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on February 22, 2019.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp This tweet was posted on February 15, 2019.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbajOXP #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on February 07, 2019.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 28, 2019.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 25, 2019.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display pre-security in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 17, 2019.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbajOXP #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on January 09, 2019.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 26, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 07, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/cKZ3eqRaLg #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 11, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on November 30, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on November 02, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on October 25, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on November 09, 2018.

The #Hughes H-4 #Hercules (aka the "Spruce Goose") was one of the largest planes ever constructed, intended as a wartime aircraft to move troops and material across the Atlantic Ocean. The massive flying boat was the largest all-wood airplane built. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on November 02, 2018.

RT @BoingBoing: A database of instructions for making different paper airplanes https://t.co/ViPsKRNxg6 This tweet was posted on October 23, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions #dc10 This tweet was posted on October 12, 2018.

This postcard circa 1925 depicts tennis being played in the sky on the wings of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplane. The back side reads “Ivan Unger and Gladys Roy playing tennis on wings of airplane in flight.” #WomeninAviation This tweet was posted on October 10, 2018.

@OdeToOm This is adorable! Thank you so much for stopping by and for sharing! We hope you enjoyed our museum and our model airplane exhibition! https://t.co/lZ4ZbajOXP This tweet was posted on October 01, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp This tweet was posted on October 03, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/Vrpyf1Ctbt #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on September 27, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on September 13, 2018.

See "Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection", which features more than 200 models, on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum. https://t.co/lZ4ZbaBqmp #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on August 30, 2018.

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