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📸: photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), aerial view; c. 1970 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.259 This tweet was posted on January 31, 2023.

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.

“But what does it mean to have a trans man in lesbian space? This image was posted on August 16, 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.

“When I was five years old, I found my older brother’s first communion suit. This image was posted on July 18, 2023. #tosurviveonthisshore

“I was a teenager back in the ’60s. This image was posted on June 23, 2023. #tosurviveonthisshore #pride

Did you know that in Skylounge configuration, United Air Lines’ Douglas DC-3 Mailiners had seats that were able to rotate? This image was posted on June 20, 2023. #52objects #triviatuesday #avgeek

Happy Juneteenth! This image was posted on June 19, 2023.

“I always felt more like girls, like women. This image was posted on June 16, 2023. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, which premiered in 2012, was Edwaard Liang’s first major work for San Francisco Ballet. This image was posted on June 13, 2023. #sfballetat90 #ballet

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.

“I knew that I might lose family, that people might reject me. This image was posted on June 06, 2023. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

The Convair XC-99 was a prototype cargo aircraft used by the United States Air Force in the 1940s. This image was posted on June 05, 2023. #52objects

SFO Museum mourns the passing of Captain Moon Fun Chin (1913–2023), one of commercial aviation’s greatest heroes. This image was posted on May 16, 2023.

How many of you take time to review the safety information card once you’ve boarded an airplane? This image was posted on May 15, 2023. #52objects #avgeek #safety

Born in 1933, in Henan, China, Fong Chung-ray found his interest in abstract art when reading American journals and books after moving to Taiwan in 1949. This image was posted on May 09, 2023. #fongchungray #apahm #aapiheritagemonth #aapihm #publicart #painting

May the Force Be With You! This image was posted on May 04, 2023. #starwarsday #maythe4th #may4thbewithyou #starwars #amenitykit

“I find that the majority of trans men of color choose to live non-disclosed, low- or no-disclosure for economic reasons, for safety reasons, and for family reasons. This image was posted on April 24, 2023. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

Glenn H. Curtiss (1878–1930) started the Curtiss Company in 1902 to manufacture engines and motorcycles. This image was posted on April 21, 2023. #enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory