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#OnThisDay in 1968, the first 747 rolled out of Boeing's Everett, Washington plant. The plant was completed in 1967, and within it, a large group of Boeing employees nicknamed "The Incredibles" built the first 747-100. #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
Artist Stacy Speyer (@cubesandthings) began making a series of geometric metal sculptures as an artist-in-residence at the @Exploratorium. #MathAtSFO This tweet was posted on October 04, 2021.
Speyer created these three polyhedra—a dodecahedron, a hexahedron, and a rhombic triacontahedron, by bending the corners (vertices), bolting them to the edges of each polyhedron, and leaving the faces open. #MathAtSFO This tweet was posted on October 04, 2021.
The Boeing 767 took off on its maiden flight on September 26, 1981, and was introduced into service with United Airlines a year later on September 8, 1982. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.
📸2/2: promotional print: Boeing 747 prototype first flight; 1969 Anonymous gift 2016.115.031 brochure: Boeing Company Tour Center, Everett, Washington; c. 2002 Gift of David Armstrong Abercrombie 2015.032.318 a b This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
RT @airandspace: 110 years ago today, Matilde Moisant flew to a height of 1,200 feet in her Blériot XI type monoplane at Nassau Boulevard A… This tweet was posted on September 24, 2021.
📸1/3: poster: Boeing 767, The appeal of a profitmaker; early 1980s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2006.010.421 poster: Boeing 767, The anatomy of a profitmaker; early 1980s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2006.010.422 This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.
Following the success of its best-selling, narrow-body 727 trijet, Boeing began developing a twin engine aircraft as its successor, the 757. #WingWendesday #Boeing This tweet was posted on September 29, 2021.
In Sept 2020, @flySFO had a special visit from an unusual airplane, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124 Ruslan! It is the world’s largest production military cargo aircraft and the second largest transport aircraft after the Antonov An-225 Mriya. Have you ever seen an AN-124? This tweet was posted on September 27, 2021.
In the 1930s, Dorothy “Dot” Robinson (1912–1999) regularly challenged male competitors in endurance and sidecar races, and during the Second World War, rode as a military dispatch rider with a select group of women. #EarlyWomenMotorcyclists This tweet was posted on September 28, 2021.
The 757-200, the first variant produced, carried up to 228 passengers and had a range of approximately 3,900 nautical miles (7222 kilometers). #WingWendesday #Boeing This tweet was posted on September 29, 2021.
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.
"Stoneware Stories: 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. For more info: https://t.co/L3foSINclL #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on September 16, 2021.
Casually sophisticated, the pinstripe flared pants and a rib-knit turtleneck top of TWA’s 1974 uniform by Stan Herman were worn with the belted safari-style polyester jacket. #StanHerman This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.
Credited as one of the first to introduce pant suits for women, this 1974 TWA uniform by Stan Herman in lightweight wool was part of a popular mix-and-match set worn until 1977. #StanHerman This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.
Despite owning at least three potteries in South Carolina, Collin Rhodes likely never worked as a potter himself. The most common motif employed at his C. Rhodes Factory was the maker’s mark, boldly lettered in slip to distinguish it from other makers. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on September 16, 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.
The Concorde SST (supersonic transport) seated one hundred in specially designed seats arranged in twenty-five rows of four seats placed two by two. Flying onboard the aircraft was comfortable, smooth, and quiet; an experience passengers remembered for a lifetime. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 15, 2021.
The service aboard the British Airways Concorde was all one class: Concorde Class. Considered comparable or a step above most airlines’ first-class services, it included premium spirits and gourmet meals, served on dishes designed specifically for the Concorde. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 15, 2021.
Joseph Frederic Merkel road-tested his first #motorcycle in 1900. Like many early manufacturers, Merkel based his initial design on a small engine attached to a bicycle-like frame with a simple belt-drive to the rear wheel. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles #FlyingMerkel 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.
This 1914 Flying Merkel on display is equipped with a seven-horsepower twin-cylinder engine, v-belt drive, and optional speedometer driven by the front wheel. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles #motorcycle #vintagemotorcycle #FlyingMerkel This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.
“HARVEY MILK LIVES” proclaimed graffiti spray painted on Castro Street after Milk’s assassination. This photo, taken by Daniel Nicoletta the day after the White Night Riots on May 21, 1979, was a prescient forecast of Milk’s enduring legacy #HarveyMilk #LGBT #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on September 21, 2021.
📸: 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.
"Aurora Australis” by Carlo Séquin was generated on a 3D printer and cast in bronze by Steve Reinmuth in Eugene, OR. Named for the Southern Lights, sharp eyes will notice that the sculpture is also a Möbius band. #MathAtSFO #Mathematics This tweet was posted on September 10, 2021.
Carlo Séquin, a professor in the Computer Science Division at UC Berkeley, takes sculptures of other artists and looks for underlying mathematical structures. He then slightly modifies these structures and produces novel, complex forms. #MathAtSFO #Mathematics This tweet was posted on September 10, 2021.
With a maximum cruising speed of Mach 2.15, the Tupolev Tu-144 was the fastest production SST ever produced. Four Kuznetsov NK-144 afterburning turbofan engines powered the aircraft. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.
By 1930, weather studies confirmed that Mills Field was the best possible location for an airport, and San Francisco began a ten-year purchasing program with the Mills Estate to acquire 1,112 acres. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2021.
New exhibition alert! During the nineteenth century, an array of devices allowed scientists to explore the world and universe in a closer, more logical manner. #AntiqueScientificInstruments This tweet was posted on September 13, 2021.
Our newest exhibition features a selection of rare mid-19th to early-20th century instruments from a variety of scientific fields. “Curiosity & Discovery: #AntiqueScientificInstruments” is on display, post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/xVRj5Lb3cS This tweet was posted on September 13, 2021.
See a teenager who documents her aspirations while living in Jordan’s Azraq Refugee Camp, the expressions of frustration and strength from transgender schoolchildren, an animated tribute to a young boy’s imagination, and a “coming of age” story of self-acceptance. #VideoArtsSFOM This tweet was posted on September 03, 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.
The fuselage of the Airbus A300 was wide enough to seat eight across in economy, which was arranged in a two-four-two configuration with two aisles. The first-class cabin seated six across, also with two aisles, in a two-two-two arrangement. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 01, 2021.
With many students returning to in-class learning after a very difficult year-and-a-half, celebrate September with four pre-pandemic shorts that reflect the imagination, courage, and resilience of our #children. #VideoArtsSFOM This tweet was posted on September 03, 2021.
“There really wasn’t time to be scared. We were just too busy.” Our newest #blog post describes. through the career documents of Flight Attendant Jane Thoe, the actions of the crew of #PanAm World Airways Flight 845 in the first major accident involving a Boeing 747. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 31, 2021.
📸: Dreams Without Borders 2015 Muna Al Hariri . Listen 2018 Jake Graf . Rudy with a Flashlight 2016 Jon Chester . Ari 2015 Alex Murawski This tweet was posted on September 03, 2021.