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Based on the earlier A300, the Airbus A310 had a shortened fuselage with a redesigned wing and undercarriage. It also had a lower purchase price than other wide-body airliners and was designed to be more economical to operate. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.

Introduced in 1973, this interchangeable, mix-and-match series was designed to give cabin crew even more creativity in their daily choice of uniforms. A jumper dress, vest, skirt, and pants were offered in each primary color along with a matching jacket. #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.

New exhibit alert! “The Victorian Papered Wall” is now on display pre-security in the International Terminal. From its inception, #wallpaper imitated luxurious materials, providing a more affordable alternative to tapestries, fabrics, and mural paintings. #victorianpaperedwall This tweet was posted on October 08, 2021.

RT @flySFO: Hello #AvGeeks! Do you need a cool new bag for your next trip? Enter to win one of these limited edition #SFO travel bags. Ent… This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.

The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industrie, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. Both the A300 and A310 established Airbus as a major European airliner manufacturer. #WingWednesday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.

The Airbus A310-300 was developed for international carriers with the range to fly transatlantic routes nonstop. Introduced in 1983, by Lufthansa and Swissair, the aircraft proved reliable in service while providing a comfortable and spacious cabin for passengers. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.

📸: United Air Lines flight attendants review route map with a family aboard a Boeing 747 widebody airliner c. 1973 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.300 R2021.0601.082 This tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.

"I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the wash-tub. ... from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations. I have built my own factory on my own ground!” Madam C. J. Walker, 1912 This tweet was posted on October 12, 2021.

Boeing's purpose-built plant in Everett, Washington, is the largest building in the world by volume, with a total volume of 472,370,319 cubic feet, covering a floor area of 399,480 square meters (98.3 acres). Have you ever been to the Boeing assembly plant? #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.

What’s going on at the museum? Our conservator is cleaning a few objects for our upcoming exhibition "The Victorian Papered Wall". This object, a bust of a woman, needed some light cleaning before going on display. Stay tuned for more #behindthescenes updates! #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.

📸 1/2: model airplane: United Airlines, Boeing 757-500; 1990s Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.750 a b postcard: LTE International Airways, Boeing 757-200; 1980s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.166.0961 This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.

📸 2/2: brochure: Boeing 757; c. 2000 Gift of the Paul H. Kowalewski Collection 2011.126.601 model airplane: Eastern Air Lines, Boeing 757; c. 2000 Anonymous gift 2016.100.019 a b This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.

#OnThisDay in 1968, the first 747 rolled out of Boeing's Everett, Washington plant. The plant was completed in 1967, and within it, a large group of Boeing employees nicknamed "The Incredibles" built the first 747-100. #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.

Artist Stacy Speyer (@cubesandthings) began making a series of geometric metal sculptures as an artist-in-residence at the @Exploratorium. #MathAtSFO This tweet was posted on October 04, 2021.

Speyer created these three polyhedra—a dodecahedron, a hexahedron, and a rhombic triacontahedron, by bending the corners (vertices), bolting them to the edges of each polyhedron, and leaving the faces open. #MathAtSFO This tweet was posted on October 04, 2021.

The Boeing 767 took off on its maiden flight on September 26, 1981, and was introduced into service with United Airlines a year later on September 8, 1982. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.

📸2/2: promotional print: Boeing 747 prototype first flight; 1969 Anonymous gift 2016.115.031 brochure: Boeing Company Tour Center, Everett, Washington; c. 2002 Gift of David Armstrong Abercrombie 2015.032.318 a b This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.

RT @airandspace: 110 years ago today, Matilde Moisant flew to a height of 1,200 feet in her Blériot XI type monoplane at Nassau Boulevard A… This tweet was posted on September 24, 2021.

📸1/3: poster: Boeing 767, The appeal of a profitmaker; early 1980s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2006.010.421 poster: Boeing 767, The anatomy of a profitmaker; early 1980s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2006.010.422 This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.

Following the success of its best-selling, narrow-body 727 trijet, Boeing began developing a twin engine aircraft as its successor, the 757. #WingWendesday #Boeing This tweet was posted on September 29, 2021.

In Sept 2020, @flySFO had a special visit from an unusual airplane, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124 Ruslan! It is the world’s largest production military cargo aircraft and the second largest transport aircraft after the Antonov An-225 Mriya. Have you ever seen an AN-124? This tweet was posted on September 27, 2021.

In the 1930s, Dorothy “Dot” Robinson (1912–1999) regularly challenged male competitors in endurance and sidecar races, and during the Second World War, rode as a military dispatch rider with a select group of women. #EarlyWomenMotorcyclists This tweet was posted on September 28, 2021.

The 757-200, the first variant produced, carried up to 228 passengers and had a range of approximately 3,900 nautical miles (7222 kilometers). #WingWendesday #Boeing This tweet was posted on September 29, 2021.

The Concorde SST (supersonic transport) was the first successful transoceanic supersonic airliner—although the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic airliner to be introduced. Developed as a joint endeavor between the governments of Great Britain & France. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 15, 2021.

"Stoneware Stories: 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. For more info: https://t.co/L3foSINclL #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on September 16, 2021.

Casually sophisticated, the pinstripe flared pants and a rib-knit turtleneck top of TWA’s 1974 uniform by Stan Herman were worn with the belted safari-style polyester jacket. #StanHerman This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.

Credited as one of the first to introduce pant suits for women, this 1974 TWA uniform by Stan Herman in lightweight wool was part of a popular mix-and-match set worn until 1977. #StanHerman This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.

Despite owning at least three potteries in South Carolina, Collin Rhodes likely never worked as a potter himself. The most common motif employed at his C. Rhodes Factory was the maker’s mark, boldly lettered in slip to distinguish it from other makers. #StonewareStories This tweet was posted on September 16, 2021.

Happy 93rd birthday to Stan Herman! Herman was born #onthisday in 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City. The fashion designer counts several airlines including TWA (Trans World Airlines) among a long list of large companies for which he has created uniforms. #StanHerman This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.

The Concorde SST (supersonic transport) seated one hundred in specially designed seats arranged in twenty-five rows of four seats placed two by two. Flying onboard the aircraft was comfortable, smooth, and quiet; an experience passengers remembered for a lifetime. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 15, 2021.

The service aboard the British Airways Concorde was all one class: Concorde Class. Considered comparable or a step above most airlines’ first-class services, it included premium spirits and gourmet meals, served on dishes designed specifically for the Concorde. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 15, 2021.

Joseph Frederic Merkel road-tested his first #motorcycle in 1900. Like many early manufacturers, Merkel based his initial design on a small engine attached to a bicycle-like frame with a simple belt-drive to the rear wheel. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles #FlyingMerkel This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.

The 767 was the first two-engine widebody airliner to be produced by Boeing. It was designed to be a smaller widebody airliner than the 747, with a capacity for 200-300 passengers and the range for most transoceanic routes. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on September 22, 2021.

This 1914 Flying Merkel on display is equipped with a seven-horsepower twin-cylinder engine, v-belt drive, and optional speedometer driven by the front wheel. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles #motorcycle #vintagemotorcycle #FlyingMerkel This tweet was posted on September 08, 2021.

“HARVEY MILK LIVES” proclaimed graffiti spray painted on Castro Street after Milk’s assassination. This photo, taken by Daniel Nicoletta the day after the White Night Riots on May 21, 1979, was a prescient forecast of Milk’s enduring legacy #HarveyMilk #LGBT #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on September 21, 2021.

📸: Trans World Airlines female flight attendant uniform 1974 Stan Herman Fashionaire, a Division of Hart, Schaffner, & Marx SFO Museum Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International, Inc. 2002.113.128, .132-.133, .135, .139, .143 This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.