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Not all posters produced by airlines advertised their service destinations. This image was posted on July 24, 2024. #52posters #braniff #alexandercalder
In early 2004, the Virgin Group announced plans to create a United States-based, low-cost airline initially named "Virgin USA.” Although the public showed strong support for the creation of a new economy airline, the company experienced many complications during the approval process, including rivalries between New York and California cities, labor union disputes, resistance from all major U.S. airlines, and concerns that a Virgin Group airline would primarily be controlled outside of the U.S. After initially being denied approval by the Department of Transportation, a revised application was submitted in January 2007 stipulating that voting shares would be held by an approved trust and only two Virgin Group directors would serve on the airline’s eight-person board. This image was posted on July 23, 2024. #vxforever
Designed in the early 1940s under the leadership of Lockheed’s chief engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson (1910–90), with direction from TWA’s (Transcontinental & Western Air) owner Howard Hughes (1905–76), the Lockheed L-049 Constellation was introduced as a commercial airliner shortly after World War II. This image was posted on July 16, 2024. #cutabovemodels
Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection
This exhibition was on display between June 2024 and November 2024 in the AML 02 AML Back Gallery gallery, located in International Terminal
Shaped by decades of creating posters and sets for the stage and movies, Mark von Arenburg’s airline poster painting style evoked a similar drama and allure to his previous work in the entertainment industry. This image was posted on July 15, 2024. #airwaysartists #avgeek
During the postwar era, Pan American World Airways expanded its services throughout the globe and replaced its flying boat fleet with the latest land-based airliners. This image was posted on July 12, 2024. #airwaysartists #avgeek
This model of the Continental Air Lines Douglas DC-7B City of Los Angeles was crafted by Gary Field (b. This image was posted on June 24, 2024. #cutabovemodels
Harold McMillan Bixby (1890-1965), a midwestern businessman, started working for Pan American Airways in 1933 and helped manage PAA’s partnership in the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). This image was posted on June 18, 2024. #bixbycollection #panam #haroldbixby #avgeek
Throughout the eleven years of its operation, Virgin America supported the LGBTQ community and remained committed to LGBTQ rights and equality. This image was posted on June 14, 2024. #vxforever
The TAT European Airlines is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Introduced in 1964, the Boeing 727 was a medium-range jetliner with intermediate capacity designed to serve regional airports with shorter runways. This image was posted on June 05, 2024. #avgeek #braniff
Mark von Arenburg enjoyed a prolific art career from the 1920s to the 1950s. This image was posted on June 04, 2024. #airwaysairways #avgeek
In 2013, Virgin Produced, a Virgin Group production company, created a new type of musical airline safety video for Virgin America that amused and entertained its passengers in a uniquely Virgin way. This image was posted on May 29, 2024. #vxforever
Pan American Airways was established in 1927. This image was posted on May 28, 2024. #airwaysartists #paulgeorgelawler #panamerican
The Eurowings is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
The Sunair is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Paul George Lawler was one of the most recognized American airline poster artists of the early commercial aviation period. This image was posted on May 08, 2024. #airwaysartists
The DC-7 was Douglas Aircraft’s final design evolution of the piston-powered, four-engine, low-wing airliner concept that began with the DC-4 in the 1940s. This image was posted on May 03, 2024. #cutabovemodels
RT @airandspace: When Charles and Anne Lindbergh were surveying commercial routes for Pan American Airlines, they flew to 4 continents and… This tweet was posted on December 19, 2023.
See “Remain Seated: Airliner Passenger Chairs,” on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library, located on the departures level of the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/sm6ZR2E2Sr #AirlinerChairs #AircraftInteriors #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 15, 2023.
The bridge has been featured on numerous promotional prints for various airlines. These postcards from the 1950s and 1960s showcase how popular the bridge was in airline marketing. #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 05, 2024.
📸 1/2: postcard: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Boeing 707, Golden Gate Bridge; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1534 postcard: Western Airlines, Lockheed L-188 Electra, San Francisco; 1950s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1733 This tweet was posted on January 05, 2024.
Bixby joined Pan American in 1933 and worked for the airline for the rest of his career, retiring in 1955. #BixbyCollection #PanAm #HaroldBixby #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 08, 2024.
📸 2/2: postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA); c. 1968 Gift of David Winckoski 2011.195.046 postcard: West Coast Airlines, Fairchild F-27, San Francisco; 1960s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.1722 This tweet was posted on January 05, 2024.
See “Remain Seated: Airliner Passenger Chairs,” on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library, located on the departures level of the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/sm6ZR2E2Sr #AirlinerChairs #AircraftInteriors #AvGeek This tweet was posted on January 31, 2024.
At its peak, Virgin America flew to 31 destinations. Throughout the period of its operations, the airline earned a multitude of industry and consumer awards including the Condé Nast Readers' Choice Award and Travel Leisure Top Domestic Airline for ten consecutive years. This tweet was posted on February 12, 2024.
With @flySFO serving as its airport home base, the carrier operated a fleet of narrow-body, medium-to-long-range Airbus airliners on routes across the U.S. with a focus on major coastal cities, as well as Dallas, Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, and destinations in Hawai’i and Mexico. This tweet was posted on February 12, 2024.
poster: Japan Air Lines, Japan; 1980s Gift of Japan Airlines 2015.030.045 https://t.co/P2WRQRudYu #52Posters This tweet was posted on February 08, 2024.
In the 1930s, the CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board) awarded Pan American World Airways (PAA) exclusive rights to serve international destinations. After a long & hard-fought battle with the CAB & PAA, TWA (Trans World Airlines) was awarded certification to cross the Atlantic in 1945. This tweet was posted on March 05, 2024.
Our newest exhibition "A Cut Above: Airplane Models from the SFO Museum Collection" is now on display in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall. On display, are 18 outstanding examples of airliner models from SFO Museum’s aviation collection. This tweet was posted on March 04, 2024.
The Boeing 307 “Stratoliner” was the first commercial airliner to have a pressurized cabin. This 1940s postcard shows a weather chart advertising the “Stratoliner” which was able to fly at an altitude of over 30,000 feet, above bad weather and turbulence. #52Objects #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 10, 2023.
The Douglas DC-3 revolutionized commercial aviation during the late 1930s by enabling airlines to profit from passenger services. Prior to its introduction, airlines depended on mail contracts and freight services to remain profitable. #AirlinerChairs #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 28, 2023.
poster: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1649 Constellation, Paris; c. 1957 Collection of SFO Museum 1995.03.01 https://t.co/Ct8oPxcyP7 This tweet was posted on March 05, 2024.
See “Remain Seated: Airliner Passenger Chairs,” on display, pre-security in the Aviation Museum and Library, located on the departures level of the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/sm6ZR2E2Sr #AirlinerChairs #AircraftInteriors #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 28, 2023.
Virgin America commenced operations #onthisday in 2007. A low-cost, domestic airline headquartered in nearby Burlingame, CA, the airline operated a fleet of narrow-body Airbus A319, A320, A320 neo and A321 neo airliners on routes across the U.S. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 08, 2023.
📸: press packet: Virgin America c. 2007 Gift of Alaska Airlines 2018.083.091 This tweet was posted on August 08, 2023.