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Pan American Airways began service in Central America with the Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor, a robust, three-engine, twelve-passenger airliner affectionately known as the “Tin Goose.” #PAAinCA #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 01, 2021.
Pan American Airways pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation. #PAAinCA #avgeek
This tweet was posted on November 01, 2021.
Pan American Airways was awarded the overseas airmail route from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, with a deadline to start by October 19, 1927. #Onthisday in 1927, Cy Caldwell took off for Havana from Key West in a Fairchild FC-2, named La Niña, with 7 bags of mail. #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 19, 2021.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 incorporated many design features of the DC-10 such as the trijet configuration, but also differed as it featured a stretched fuselage, increased wingspan, a redesigned wing trailing edge, and a glass cockpit. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on October 20, 2021.
#OnThisDay in 1974, the Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde supersonic transport (SST) landed at @flySFO. This brief visit was part of a promotional tour to airports around the world. The Concorde was in service from 1976 to 2003. Did you ever fly on a #Concorde?
This tweet was posted on October 21, 2021.
#StonewareStories: Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates and online at: https://t.co/L3foSINclL
This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.
Intrigued by topology—the study of geometric properties that do not change when you stretch a shape— Bay Area physicist Cliff Stoll began making Klein bottles. #MathAtSFO #Mathematics #Kleinbottle
This tweet was posted on October 25, 2021.
Seating capacities on the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 varied from 285 in a three-class arrangement to 410 in an all-economy configuration. The medium- to long-range widebody aircraft had a range 7,000 to 10,000 miles and had a cruising speed of 588 mph. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on October 20, 2021.
Shortly after arriving in Edgefield, Thomas Chandler mastered the use of local kaolin clay and alkaline glazes, creating beautiful pots that exhibited a celadon-like gloss surface similar to those produced in China and Korea. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.
Thomas Chandler likely incorporated a large quantity of silica & lime in his glaze formula to create these wares. Chandler’s pale green glaze resulted from small amounts of iron oxide in the glaze combined with the pots being fired in a kiln deprived of oxygen. #StonewareStories
This tweet was posted on October 22, 2021.
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postcard: Finnair, McDonnell Douglas MD-11; 1990s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0700
postcard: World Airways, McDonnell Douglas MD-11; c. 2000
Gift of Mireille Boyd
2004.052.022 a
This tweet was posted on October 20, 2021.
Creating a Klein bottle is impossible in our universe—you need four spatial dimensions! In our 3-D universe, every Klein bottle must have a self-intersection, where tubing crosses through a wall. #MathAtSFO #Mathematics #Kleinbottle
This tweet was posted on October 25, 2021.
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist, Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919) created a haircare empire, including a product line, training schools, and salons, which made her one of the wealthiest African Americans of her time. #madamcjwalker
This tweet was posted on October 12, 2021.
Give a strip of paper a half-twist and tape the ends together— you get a Möbius loop, a one-sided shape with one edge. Make two Möbius loops and glue their edges together—you should get a Klein bottle. #MathAtSFO #Mathematics #Kleinbottle
This tweet was posted on October 25, 2021.
Happy Birthday, Ralph Lauren! Born #onthisday in New York City in 1939, the iconic American fashion designer began his career as a glove salesman for Brooks Brothers. #RalphLauren
This tweet was posted on October 14, 2021.
Marvin Lipofsky was a founding member of the American studio glass movement. For close to five decades, he worked in glass factories and workshops all over the world, earning him the title of the “roving ambassador of glass.” #MarvinLipofsky
This tweet was posted on October 15, 2021.
On the streets during the fall [in L’viv], they would rake up, sweep up all the leaves. And it's a beautiful fall…So, I used the colors that they had in the fall. I am trying to give you a feeling for the experience that I had."
— Marvin Lipofsky 2009
This tweet was posted on October 15, 2021.
The conservative traditionalism of the double-breasted navy blue wool jacket and a longer skirt harkens back to the military and more masculine suits of the 1930s. Ruby cuff ranks and stars on the sleeve mix with the Ivy League look of the oxford shirt, collar bar, and rep tie.
This tweet was posted on October 14, 2021.
This 1978 TWA (Trans World Airlines) uniform by American fashion icon Ralph Lauren, signaled a turn toward nostalgic romanticism in airline uniform design. #RalphLauren
This tweet was posted on October 14, 2021.
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article: Delta Air Lines, Airbus A320-200; 2019
Gift of Charlie Volkman
2019.033.003 a b
poster: Airbus A320, cockpit simulation; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2010.105.570
This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
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uniform standards guide: TWA (Trans World Airlines), flight service personnel; 1982
Gift of Shirley A. Rohe
2020.044.088
This tweet was posted on October 14, 2021.
Either a harlequin-patterned body blouse with collar, or a polka dot-patterned body blouse nicknamed the “Wonder Bread” with an attached pussycat bow, could be paired with any combination. #FlightPatterns
This tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.
SFO has witnessed great strides in aviation. For close to a century, the airport reinvented itself numerous times. Looking out over the busy runways and terminals today, one can only imagine the lonely stretch of pastureland that predated SFO. #MillsFieldSFO #SFOHistory #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 18, 2021.
The light, elegant aesthetic of these sculptures shows the power of mathematical ideas: with only a minimal amount of material, the unique character of a polyhedron comes to light. #MathAtSFO
This tweet was posted on October 04, 2021.
Based on the earlier A300, the Airbus A310 had a shortened fuselage with a redesigned wing and undercarriage. It also had a lower purchase price than other wide-body airliners and was designed to be more economical to operate. #WingWednesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
Introduced in 1973, this interchangeable, mix-and-match series was designed to give cabin crew even more creativity in their daily choice of uniforms. A jumper dress, vest, skirt, and pants were offered in each primary color along with a matching jacket. #FlightPatterns
This tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.
New exhibit alert! “The Victorian Papered Wall” is now on display pre-security in the International Terminal. From its inception, #wallpaper imitated luxurious materials, providing a more affordable alternative to tapestries, fabrics, and mural paintings. #victorianpaperedwall
This tweet was posted on October 08, 2021.
RT @flySFO: Hello #AvGeeks! Do you need a cool new bag for your next trip? Enter to win one of these limited edition #SFO travel bags.
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This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industrie, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. Both the A300 and A310 established Airbus as a major European airliner manufacturer. #WingWednesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
The Airbus A310-300 was developed for international carriers with the range to fly transatlantic routes nonstop. Introduced in 1983, by Lufthansa and Swissair, the aircraft proved reliable in service while providing a comfortable and spacious cabin for passengers. #WingWednesday
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
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United Air Lines flight attendants review route map with a family aboard a Boeing 747 widebody airliner c. 1973
Gift of United Airlines Archives
1999.047.300
R2021.0601.082
This tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.
"I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the wash-tub. ... from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations. I have built my own factory on my own ground!” Madam C. J. Walker, 1912
This tweet was posted on October 12, 2021.
Boeing's purpose-built plant in Everett, Washington, is the largest building in the world by volume, with a total volume of 472,370,319 cubic feet, covering a floor area of 399,480 square meters (98.3 acres). Have you ever been to the Boeing assembly plant? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
What’s going on at the museum? Our conservator is cleaning a few objects for our upcoming exhibition "The Victorian Papered Wall". This object, a bust of a woman, needed some light cleaning before going on display. Stay tuned for more #behindthescenes updates! #sneakpeek
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
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model airplane: United Airlines, Boeing 757-500; 1990s
Gift of United Airlines Archives
1999.047.750 a b
postcard: LTE International Airways, Boeing 757-200; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0961
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
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brochure: Boeing 757; c. 2000
Gift of the Paul H. Kowalewski Collection
2011.126.601
model airplane: Eastern Air Lines, Boeing 757; c. 2000
Anonymous gift
2016.100.019 a b
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.




























