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Each airport around the world is assigned a three-letter @IATA (International Air Transport Association) code to make them easily and quickly identifiable. @flySFO’s three letter code, SFO, first appeared in the “American Aviation Air Traffic Guide” in December 1947. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 06, 2021.

Brought together, #TabithaSoren’s images serve as a poignant meditation on the role of digital devices in society and offer a reminder of the traces, both physical and digital, that we leave behind when using them. #photography This tweet was posted on November 29, 2021.

Can you imagine embarking on a fifteen-day roundtrip flight between Alameda and Manila? In 1935, the first scheduled transpacific airmail flight took eight days to reach Manila from Alameda, with stops in Honolulu, Midway Atoll, Wake Island, and Guam. #ChinaClipper This tweet was posted on November 29, 2021.

Using a large-format film camera, #TabithaSoren photographs tablet screens to reveal the marks left behind—the fingerprints, smudges, and oily residue of our engagement with the images below the surface. #photography This tweet was posted on November 29, 2021.

Want to see more art by @TabithaSoren? A solo exhibition of her work is on view through Dec. 12 @MillsArtMuseum. For more info: https://t.co/kGSQQcLPeI This tweet was posted on November 29, 2021.

#EmilioPucci’s 1968 “Classic Collection” for #Braniff featured a long-sleeve dress in pale pink or plum Trevira polyester and wool, with a silver vinyl serving apron and belt with faux jewel ends reminded passengers of the ongoing Space Race. #FlightPatterns #Pucci This tweet was posted on November 30, 2021.

#StonewareStories Folk Pottery of Edgefield, South Carolina is on display pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, near the security checkpoint for the A gates. See it online: https://t.co/L3foSINclL This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.

From 1965–74, #EmilioPucci created multiple series of wild, mix-and-match, “non-uniform” uniforms for #Braniff in a variety of vivid colors and bold patterns that revolutionized airline fashion. #FlightPatterns #Pucci #flightattendant This tweet was posted on November 30, 2021.

Henry Segerman is a professor of mathematics @OKState. His research interests include three-dimensional geometry and topology, and mathematical art and visualization. Henry visited our exhibition recently and posed for a portrait with his featured work! #mathematics #MathAtSFO This tweet was posted on November 30, 2021.

A grand Spanish Colonial Revival-style passenger terminal, complete with a modern four-story control tower, also opened in 1937—crowning the first phase of expansion at @flysfo. #SFOHistory #MillsField This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.

RT @airandspace: #TDIH in 1783: The first human beings to take to the air in free flight did so aboard a Montgolfier balloon from the garde… This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.

RT @airandspace: You've heard of Beatlemania, but how about Balloonamania? A phenomenon that began with the first human free flight in a ba… This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.

The work requires assembling, documenting, photographing, and disassembling the models. This particular aircraft is a remote controlled 1:3.5 scale model of a Davis D-1 with a functional radial engine. #BehindtheScenes #AvGeek #MuseumMonday #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.

What’s happening at the museum? Our collections team is inventorying and surveying a group of model aircraft in our collection – some of which are quite large! #BehindtheScenes #AvGeek #MuseumMonday #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on November 22, 2021.

Our newest gallery, the Kadish Gallery, is now open! Named after Ruth Kadish, SFO’s first female Airport Commissioner, Kadish was a champion of public art at SFO and was always thinking about how to make SFO a nicer place for passengers. #KadishGallery This tweet was posted on November 24, 2021.

RT @flySFO: 🐾 🎵 Good morning! It’s a busy day to travel and great day fly through #SFO! @JaggerDwagger from the #SFOWagBrigade is here AND… This tweet was posted on November 24, 2021.

”#MillsField and the San Francisco Airport” traces the evolution of @flySFO from a temporary airfield to a thriving and modern transportation hub. See the exhibition pre-security in the SkyTerrace, located in Terminal 2. SkyTerrace is open Friday to Monday from 10am to 6pm. This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.

Before long, Bruce began crafting his own Victorian wallpapers in the evenings and weekends at the studio in Benicia and established a mail-order business. In 1979, @BradburyWalls' first catalog featured twelve hand-silkscreened period wallpapers. #VictorianPaperedWall This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.

In 1981, Bruce moved into the studio where Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers (@BradburyWalls) still resides today, a nineteenth-century former U.S. Army arsenal in Benicia, California. #VictorianPaperedWall This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.

📸1/2: Bruce Bradbury at his home in Vallejo showing drawings for a Vallejo Times-Herald article of a California State Capitol commissioned restoration project c. 1982 Courtesy of Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers R2021.1401.028 This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.

Also featured are a profile of a bronc rider in northwest Montana maintaining a connection to the “old ways” to the visual splendor of diverse Native American cultures at the annual Gathering of Nations Powwow in New Mexico. #videoartsSFO This tweet was posted on November 09, 2021.

From the career history of Captain Charles Marinus Sundby: a celebration of his first solo flight on June 21, 1935, at the Avnø Air Station. It was traditional in the Danish Naval Air Service to give the successful soloist a bouquet of wildflowers. #avgeek #pilotlife This tweet was posted on November 18, 2021.

The clay was then ready to be turned on a “kick” or treadle wheel. Lastly, the dried wares were coated with an alkaline glaze solution. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.

The potter weighed the necessary amount of clay according to the size of the vessel that they wanted to produce, kneaded the clay, then formed the clay into a ball. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.

Thomas Chandler and other Edgefield, SC, potters often mixed different clays together to achieve the proper balance and ground their clays in a pug mill to obtain the right consistency for turning. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on November 19, 2021.

📸: model airplane: ANA (All Nippon Airways), Boeing 787-8; 2008 Transfer from City and County of San Francisco 2009.036.007 a b poster: Boeing 787 Dreamliner; c. 2011 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2014.081.025 This tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.

Our #conservator Alisa makes sure that objects are able to withstand the rigors of display, and look their best. In a new blog post, she explains the process she took to polish and clean the silver plate objects in “Eclectic Taste: Victorian Silver Plate”. https://t.co/Whj1aB5KFB This tweet was posted on November 12, 2021.

📸 2/2: model airplane: Singapore Airlines, Airbus A380; c. 2008 Transfer 2011.212.005 a b This tweet was posted on November 10, 2021.

In the late 1970s, Thiebaud concentrated on a series of San Francisco cityscapes that became a signature theme. Created from a combination of direct observation and memory, these paintings present a dizzying perspective of SF’s extraordinary topography. #WayneThiebaud #publicart This tweet was posted on November 15, 2021.

RT @airandspace: Mary Riddle was the first female member of a #NativeAmerican tribe to earn her pilot’s license. She is pictured here on th… This tweet was posted on November 15, 2021.

Built in the mid-19th century, the Kolkata Suburban Railway is the largest of its kind in India by track length and number of stations. Today, nearly a third of the population lives in areas of informal housing, many of which are located along the railway tracks. #ArkoDatto This tweet was posted on November 05, 2021.

Jiménez’s Aeroméxico uniform, worn from 2008 to 2011, is a black knit suit worn with a skirt or pants. The trim, tailored look of the jacket and skirt is highlighted with red piping, a two-tone tie belt, and dramatic kick pleat. The outfit is finished with a multicolor scarf. This tweet was posted on November 08, 2021.

This month the Video Arts gallery features films including a Pyramid Lake Paiute mother passing equestrian traditions on to her children in northern Nevada to the expression of pride in family and culture among Navajo Nation members. #videoartsSFO This tweet was posted on November 09, 2021.

Boeing adopted the two-engine, widebody concept with its 777 airliner, which was introduced on June 7, 1995. The 777 was a joint collaborative project between Boeing & 8 major airlines, including United, ANA (All Nippon Airways), British Airways, & Japan Airlines. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.

The world’s largest twin jet, the Boeing 777 has the capacity to seat between 317 and 396 passengers in a 2 class configuration and has a range of 6,000 to 8,400 miles. With a cruising speed of 554 mph, some variations of the 777 can operate long-haul polar routes. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on November 03, 2021.

This equinoctial inclining sundial includes a compass for alignment and a hinged dial face that adjusts to various locations listed on the back. #AntiqueScientificInstruments This tweet was posted on November 02, 2021.