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On the afternoon of November 22, 1935, a Pan American Airways Martin M-130 named “China Clipper”, lifted off from the waters of the San Francisco Bay into the sky and history books as the inaugural scheduled transpacific airmail flight. #AvGeek #ChinaClipper #PanAm This tweet was posted on November 22, 2022.
Our exhibition detailing the entire adventurous endeavor, "China Clipper", is online at: https://t.co/MPq52u5pOS You can also read the entire exhibition catalog and watch all three segments of “Clipper Glory” there! #AvGeek #ChinaClipper #PanAm This tweet was posted on November 22, 2022.
Under construction for three years, the 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal building was extensively documented. Browse over one hundred and fifty photos from its construction in our online database: https://t.co/b70eOVeJLL #AvGeek #SFOHistory #SFO #MillsFieldSFO This tweet was posted on November 18, 2022.
“More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on November 18, 2022.
More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx #TWA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2022.
TWA’s first all-air coast-to-coast service took place on October 25, 1930, in a Ford Tri-motor. The trip took 36 hours and included an overnight stay in Kansas City. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
The Rosenthal China Company of Germany was contracted to create fine bone china tableware with a distinctive ambassadorial red sash and medallion design surrounding the cursive initials “RA”. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2022.
This set included embossed entree, bread, and side plates, along with a bowl and a demitasse cup with saucer. TWA also included Swedish glassware with the Royal Ambassador medallion and salt and pepper shakers. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on November 29, 2022.
Designed in complete secrecy under Lockheed’s chief research engineer, the 049 Constellation developed into an extremely fast, highly advanced, & revolutionary large-capacity airliner with a unique dolphin-shaped fuselage and distinctive tripletail. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
During the late 1930s, TWA, under the leadership of its visionary controlling shareholder Howard Hughes, requested that the Lockheed Aircraft Company of Burbank, CA, produce a fast, large-capacity, pressurized airliner. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
Formed in 1931 from the merger and acquisition of several airlines, United Air Lines grew and prospered as one of the leading U.S. coast-to-coast carriers during the ensuing decades. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
In 1959, the airline launched Douglas DC-8 jet service on its transcontinental routes, and shortly thereafter, introduced the Silhouette “Debonair” pattern for its first-class inflight meal services. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
More than a Meal: Airline Meal Service Sets, 1960s–80s” is on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/RZvuSbD00G #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek #PaxEx This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Prepared in its San Francisco kitchen, United’s hearty entrees included broiled ham steaks with pineapple and whipped potatoes. The set was in use until 1970. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
The service mark was repeated on the glassware, while the silver-plated flatware by the International Silver Company featured United’s shield logo with the carrier’s cursive-script logotype. The pattern was designed in a traditional, retrospective style. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Transcontinental and Western Air Inc (TWA) was founded in July 1930 through a merger of several airlines and was one of the first airlines to offer transcontinental service. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
United contracted the Syracuse China Company of Syracuse, NY, to create ceramic plates, bowls, coffee cups, and saucers in a classic, beige, scalloped edge design. The pattern comprised a brown line around the rim and United’s shield and circle logo. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2022.
Ever wonder what airplane tickets looked like in the 1920s? Browse through nearly one hundred tickets and ticket jackets spanning from the late 1920s to the 2010s in our online database: https://t.co/HTWhjvSgNU #AvGeek #Boeing #collections #tickets This tweet was posted on December 09, 2022.
In 1957, TWA inaugurated the transpolar great-circle route to Europe from Los Angeles and San Francisco with the Lockheed 1649 Starliner. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
Several months later, TWA extended service to Rome, Athens, Lisbon, and Madrid with Lockheed 049 Constellations. In 1950, the company changed its name to Trans World Airways, retaining its well-known initials. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
Until WWII, Transcontinental and Western Air Inc (TWA) primarily operated domestic passenger and mail services in the U.S. In early 1946, TWA inaugurated transatlantic services from NY to Paris and Frankfurt with Lockheed 049 Constellations. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.
Excluded from civilian work as an airline pilot due to her gender, Crookston switched gears and was hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
John T. McCoy, aeronautical artist and historian, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1909. McCoy began his painting career in the early 1930s, painting portraits of private airplanes to finance his flying lessons. #AvGeek #Watercolors #JohnTMcCoy This tweet was posted on December 14, 2022.
Learn more about Maxine Crookston Schmidt in “Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” on display in the SkyTerrace and online at: https://t.co/aL3GtInqlj The SkyTerrace, located pre-security in Terminal 2, is open Friday-Monday from 10am to 6pm. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. Born in Salt Lake City, Crookston dreamed of flying as a child. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Maxine Crookston transferred to San Francisco in 1946 and became the first female air traffic control watch supervisor in the country. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
“I got interested in air traffic controlling because of my love for aviation…Flying was complete happiness to me.” —Maxine Crookston (Schmidt), 2015 #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Around the same time, in 1962, TWA opened their iconic terminal, the Trans World Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen, at New York International Airport, later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
In 1962, Pan American World Airways commissioned McCoy to produced eight paintings depicting “Historical First Flights of Pan American Clippers.” Later #PanAm commissioned additional works that included aircraft from its fleet of jet clippers. #AvGeek #Watercolors #JohnTMcCoy This tweet was posted on December 14, 2022.
In 1971, TWA introduced a new flight attendant uniform conceived by Valentino Garavani in preparation for their Lockheed L-1011 TriStar delivery. In 1972, the airline proclaimed the L-1011 to be “the next generation of the jet age.” #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
In the early 1960s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) was operating the 707-320 on the transpolar, route from Los Angeles to Paris. By 1969, TWA 707s were also flying transpacific routes to Asia. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
Our newest exhibition, “Supersonic Transport: The First Generation” is now on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/ghULprZLZt #SSTFirstGeneration #AvGeek #Concorde This tweet was posted on December 16, 2022.
Pan American World Airways used McCoy’s watercolors on menus, prints, advertisements, postcards, and other promotional items. Check out more than eighty of these objects here: https://t.co/9V9LUO4Gd9 #AvGeek #Watercolors #JohnTMcCoy #PanAm This tweet was posted on December 14, 2022.
TWA was purchased by American financier Carl Icahn in the 1980s, though the company struggled in the post airline-deregulation era. The airline filed for bankruptcy three times between 1992 and 2001, when it was acquired by American Airlines. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
Ames (@NASAAmes) was the second laboratory created by NACA and was named in honor of Joseph Sweetman Ames, a leading physicist and one of the founding members of NACA. #NASAAmesWind #AvGeek #NASA @NASA This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
NASA’s Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (@NASAAmes) remains a world-leading wind tunnel facility for testing aircraft components, models, and airframes. #NASAAmesWind #AvGeek #NASA @NASA This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.