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Pan American World Airways’ 1948 advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post promoted the luxury of Sleeperette service to Australia and New Zealand with a color illustration of a woman holding a koala. This image was posted on October 08, 2019. #avgeek #paa #panam #sleeperette #traveltuesday #1940s

Happy 100th Birthday KLM! This image was posted on October 07, 2019. #avgeek #klm #airfrance #happybirthday #klm100

Stanley Henry Page (1885-1964) was an early twentieth-century San Francisco Bay Area engineer who, like many young men of his generation, was inspired by the new technologies of flight. This image was posted on October 04, 2019. #stanleyhenrypage #avgeek #sanfrancisco #photography #sfhistory #aerialphotography

With the success of its Boeing 747 service, which began in 1970, Continental Airlines introduced its next jumbojet airliner in 1972, the DC-10 trijet, McDonnell Douglas’ first widebody airliner. This image was posted on October 02, 2019. #widebodyav #avgeek #widebody #jumbojet #jetage #dc10

The first #PanAm delivery of a Douglas DC-3 was #onthisday in 1937. This image was posted on October 01, 2019. #avgeek #dc3 #panam #paa #panamerican

Austrian Airlines traces its commercial air transport origins back to 1923 with the establishment of ÖLAG (Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG, or Austrian Airlines). This image was posted on September 30, 2019. #avgeek #austria #austrianairlines

Today is #WorldTourismDay! This image was posted on September 27, 2019. #avgeek #panamerican #tourism

#Onthisday in 1973, the first non-stop Concorde flight over the North Atlantic was completed in a record-breaking duration of 3 hours 33 minutes. This image was posted on September 26, 2019. #concorde #avgeek #airfrance

#Onthisday in 1903, Olive Ann Beech (née Mellor) was born in Kansas. This image was posted on September 25, 2019. #avgeek #womeninaviation #beechcraft #beech #womeninhistory

Happy Autumn! This image was posted on September 23, 2019. #avgeek #united #autumn #travel #firstdayoffall

The Boeing 747, which was first flown in 1969 and launched into service in 1970 by Pan American World Airways, revolutionized long-distance commercial air travel and set a completely new standard in airliner design, the “widebody” or “jumbojet.” Not to be left behind in the widebody market, aircraft manufacturers McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed Aircraft followed with their own widebody airliners, the DC-10 and L-1011 TriStar. This image was posted on September 20, 2019. #widebodyav #avgeek #widebody #jetage #boeing747 #dc10 #lockheed

When introduced in 1949 by Pan American World Airways, the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was considered the most luxurious airliner aloft. This image was posted on September 19, 2019. #boeing377 #377 #stratocruiser #avgeek

Malev Hungarian Airlines was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 to 2012. This image was posted on September 17, 2019. #hungary #traveltuesday #avgeek

What was going on at the airport in September of 1998? This image was posted on September 12, 2019. #sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek #airport #throwbackthursday #tbt

What’s happening at the museum? This image was posted on September 11, 2019. #freedombirds #vietnam #avgeek

#OnThisDay in 1993, Boeing finished production on their 1,000th 747, a 747-400 that was delivered to Singapore Airlines in October. This image was posted on September 10, 2019. #boeing #boeing747 #singapore #avgeek

This is the last week to see “Aluminum: The Miracle Metal of Aviation”, currently on view in the Aviation Museum and Library. This image was posted on September 10, 2019. #avgeek #aviationaluminum #aluminum #design #industrialdesign #avgeek

What's going on in the museum? This image was posted on September 06, 2019. #behindthescenes #widebodyav #avgeek #sneakpeek #museum

What did SFO look like #onthisday in 1961? This image was posted on September 05, 2019. #sfohistory #sfhistory #airport #avgeek

The Douglas DC-6 was initially conceived of as a military transport, but with the end of World War II, the design was changed to a civilian airliner, primarily in an effort to compete with the Lockheed Constellation. This image was posted on September 04, 2019. #airliner #airplane #plane #cockpit #photography #avgeek

On August 22, 1938, Pan American Airways signed a ten-year lease with San Francisco for a base at Treasure Island. This image was posted on August 23, 2019. #panam #panamerican #museum #avgeek #sfhistory

It's National Aviation Day! This image was posted on August 19, 2019.

Did you know that SFO Museum has a collection of over 140,000 objects across our museum, library, and archives? This image was posted on August 17, 2019. #museum #avgeek

#Onthisday in 1958, Pan American World Airlines received the first of eight Boeing 707-120s. This image was posted on August 15, 2019. #boeing #boeing707 #avgeek #panam #panamerican

Happy #NationalBookLoverDay! This image was posted on August 09, 2019. #avgeek #booklover #library #archive #books #book

In August 1929, the German airship, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin completed an ambitious, 21-day, round-the-world trip sponsored by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. This image was posted on August 08, 2019. #grafzeppelin #zeppelin #avgeek #aviation #earlyaviation

Japan Airlines (JAL) was founded on August 1, 1951 and began domestic service the following year. This image was posted on August 06, 2019. #traveltuesday #japan #japanairlines #luggagelabel #graphicdesign #1950s #avgeek

An Aircraft Marshaller or signal person is a person who visually communicates directions between the pilot of an aircraft and ground crew in order to direct the aircraft into a particular space or position. This image was posted on August 02, 2019. #avgeek #twa #airmarshall #boeing707 #airtrafficcontrol #longexposure #1960s

SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System), founded in 1946, is based in Stockholm, Sweden. This image was posted on August 01, 2019. #sas #scandinavianairlinessystem #avgeek #norway #denmark #sweden

Northeast Airlines’ last day of operation occurred #onthisday in 1972. This image was posted on July 31, 2019. #avgeek #northeast #delta #deltaairlines #postcard