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Happy Birthday, San Francisco International Airport! This image was posted on May 07, 2020. #avgeek #sfohistory #museumfromhome

Our retired Assistant Director, Aviation, John Hill, returned earlier this year for a conversation about his book “Pan Am at War: How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II”. This video was posted on May 05, 2020. #avgeek #sfohistory #museumfromhome #paa #panam #history

The speed of the advancement of aviation in the twentieth century is aptly illustrated in this image from the late 1950s. This image was posted on May 04, 2020. #avgeek #museumfromhome #paa #panam

People Express Airlines commenced operations #onthisday in 1981. This image was posted on April 30, 2020. #avgeek #peopleexpress #museumfromhome

Masterminded by advertising executive Mary Wells Lawrence and unveiled in 1965, Braniff’s revolutionary new identity shocked the airline industry. This image was posted on April 29, 2020. #avgeek #museumfromhome #braniff #crewlife #fashion

Playing cards, because of their size and weight, were ideally suited for use on airliners. This image was posted on April 28, 2020. #avgeek #museumfromhome #cards

The first Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial passenger jet, took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 2005. This image was posted on April 27, 2020. #avgeek #airbus #museumfromhome #a380

Two things we love: commercial aviation and hearing from YOU! This image was posted on April 24, 2020. #avgeek #museumfromhome

We’re hoping that our collection can help to spread a little sunshine! This image was posted on April 21, 2020. #avgeek #nationalairlines #museumsunshine #museumfromhome

Freighter versions of the Boeing 747 were built differently from most other cargo planes. This image was posted on April 20, 2020. #museumfromhome #avgeek #747

Dubbed “The Uniform for the Superjet Era,” and created for the new wide-body jet service, this 1971 Pan American uniform marked a new direction in Pan Am’s approach to fashion. This image was posted on April 15, 2020. #avgeek #museumfromhome #panam #fashion #crewlife

#Onthisday in 2011, the newly remodeled Terminal 2 opened. This image was posted on April 14, 2020. #sfohistory #avgeek #museumfromhome #airport

Ever wonder what aircraft maintenance looked like in the late 1930s? This image was posted on April 13, 2020. #united #dc3 #avgeek #museumfromhome

Have you flown on Air Canada? This image was posted on April 10, 2020. #museumfromhome #tca #aircanada #canada #avgeek

#Onthisday in 1969, the first British-made Concorde took off on its maiden flight departing from Filton, England, to RAF Fairford. This image was posted on April 09, 2020. #museumfromhome #avgeek #concorde

Following Pan American World Airways’ introduction of the Boeing 747 in January 1970, BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) received deliveries of the aircraft and launched transatlantic service in April 1971 between London and New York. This image was posted on April 07, 2020. #widebodyav #avgeek #widebody #jumbojet #aircraftmodel #flightattendant #747 #museumfromhome

#Onthisday in 1926, Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator from San Francisco, launched his air mail service. This image was posted on April 06, 2020. #united #museumfromhome #avgeek

In the 1930s, Pan American Airways embarked on a multiyear project to establish transpacific air service and created a route that included multiple island layovers. This image was posted on April 03, 2020. #chinaclipper #panam #avgeek #museumfromhome

Hollywood fashion designer #HowardGreer (1896–1974) created this fitted suit in light blue wool gabardine for TWA in 1945. This image was posted on April 01, 2020. #twa #avgeek #crewlife #uniform #fashion #1940s #museumfromhome

The Pan Am Historical Foundation was established #onthisday in 1992 by a group of former Pan American employees to preserve and promote the unique heritage of Pan American World Airways, Inc. and its incomparable contributions to the technology, convenience, safety and excitement of commercial aviation. This image was posted on March 31, 2020. #panamerican #panam #paa #sanfrancisco #chinaclipper #goldengatebridge #avgeek #museumfromhome

During the Vietnam War, commercial airliners along with their crews were chartered to fly U.S. troops into and out of combat zones. This image was posted on March 30, 2020. #freedombird #avgeek #veterans #vietnamwar #airlines #airline #crewlife #museumfromhome

The Douglas DC-3, which first flew in 1935, was one of the first airliners to be equipped with a galley. This image was posted on March 27, 2020. #avgeek #aviation #dc3 #dinnerware #tableware #ceramics #museumfromhome

The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation history when it opened in 1934. This image was posted on March 25, 2020. #avgeek #paa #panam #miami #dinnerkey #florida #museumfromhome

In 1971, TWA (Trans World Airlines) introduced a new group of flight attendant uniforms conceived by Rome-based fashion designer Valentino Garavani. This image was posted on March 23, 2020. #widebodyav #avgeek #widebody #jumbojet #jetage #valentino #fashion #crewlife #uniform #flightattendant #museumfromhome

The first flight of the Boeing 747-8I occurred #onthisday in 2011. This image was posted on March 20, 2020. #boeing #avgeek #747 #lufthansa #museumfromhome

This photo from 1948 shows the airport’s information counter inside SFO’s passenger terminal built in 1937. This image was posted on March 19, 2020. #tbt #sfohistory #avgeek #sfo #museumfromhome

On March 16, 1947, the Convair 240 made its maiden flight. This image was posted on March 18, 2020. #convair #avgeek #museumfromhome

The Boeing 747 jumbojet was a revolutionary airliner. This image was posted on March 13, 2020. #widebodyav #avgeek #widebody #jumbojet #jetage #viewmaster #747 #panam