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The Boeing 40 embarked on its maiden flight in July 1925.
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Happy Fourth of July!
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Did you know Bernard M. “Mike” Doolin, the fourth director of the airport was also an accomplished aviator?
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What did the Airport look like #onthisday in 1940?
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#sfohistory #avgeek
Joyce Hsu is a Bay Area artist best known for her mechanized creatures that inhabit a fantasy world of the artist’s creation.
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#joycehsu #apahm #apiheritagemonth #publicart
On January 21, 1976, Air France and British Airways marked a pivotal moment in the advancement of commercial aviation.
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#ssttimemachine #concorde #avgeek
The first Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial passenger jet, took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 2005.
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“Green Map” by Ellen Harvey inverts the traditional idea of a map to highlight the region’s green space.
This image was posted on April 25, 2023.
#earthmonth #ellenharvey #publicart #mosaic #map
Visitors to the Aviation Museum will no doubt recognize this large Pan Am floor globe!
This image was posted on April 03, 2023.
#52objects #avgeek #panam #sfhistory #sfohistory #earthmonth
Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Katherine Stinson (1891-1977) was the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot’s certification.
This image was posted on March 28, 2023.
#enduranceengines #womenshistorymonth
Christening ceremonies for airplanes arose from the tradition of christening ships, where a fluid was broken or poured on a ship’s hull and the ship was blessed with a name and good luck.
This image was posted on March 27, 2023.
#52objects #womenshistorymonth #sfohistory #avgeek #shirleytempleblack
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 in May 1976 for transatlantic service to Washington Dulles International Airport from London and Paris.
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#ssttimemachine
#Onthisday in 1927 the City and County of San Francisco signed a lease with the Mills Estate for 150 acres to use as an airport.
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#sfhistory #sfohistory #avgeek
People often ask: “Where is the museum at SFO?” One way to answer this question is to say: The airport is the museum.
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#blog #museumlife #wayfinding #sfo
Ruth Kadish was the first woman to serve on the San Francisco Airport Commission upon being appointed in 1976 by Mayor George Moscone; she served until 1984.
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While researching options for an airport between 1925-26, the office of San Francisco Mayor James Rolfe, Jr. sent telegrams to cities around the country to inquire about their own air field operations or intentions.
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In the 1930s, as commercial aviation evolved into a more practical mode of transportation, San Francisco Airport launched a series of major improvements.
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#millsfield #sfohistory #avgeek
#Onthisday in 1929, the first Fairchild 71 was delivered to Pan American Airways.
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The last commercial Boeing 747 jumbo jet is scheduled to be delivered today to Atlas Air from the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington.
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This pencil-drawn site plan was produced by the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Public Works, for the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, titled “Progress Chart for Grading / Contract No.
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#52objects #sfohistory #sfhistory #millsfield #airport
Did you know that SFO Museum is an actively collecting institution?
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#avgeek #collections #donations
New Year, new content!
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Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act, in 1979 Allegheny Airways changed its name to US Air.
This image was posted on December 29, 2022.
#defunctthursday #usairways #avgeek #airline
Happy Holidays!
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Take a walk through the past!
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#avgeek #sfohistory #airport
The first flight of the Boeing 707 took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1957.
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#boeing707 #boeing #avgeek #airplane
In the early 1960s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) was operating the 707-320 on the transpolar, route from Los Angeles to Paris.
This image was posted on December 15, 2022.
#defunctthursday #avgeek #twa #transworldairlines
What’s happening at the museum?
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#museummonday #behindthescenes #museumlife
#Onthisday in 1941, San Francisco Airport became an U.S. Army Air Corps training and staging facility.
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#avgeek #sfohistory
Happy Thanksgiving!
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