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"Flight Patterns" is on display in a brand new gallery located post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/O69YNba2Jq This tweet was posted on July 16, 2021.

.@United's 1968 uniform, designed by Hollywood costumer Jean Louis was offered in 4 color combinations: Hawaiian Sunset or Maliblue with a Miami Sands stripe, or in the optional ivory-colored Miami Sands with an orange Hawaiian Sunset or dark blue Maliblue stripe. #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on July 16, 2021.

Delta initially packaged its 880 flights as a premium service configured for seventy-two first-class passengers. Its first-class lounge was touted as the largest available in a jetliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.

In 1960, Delta Airlines proudly introduced the 615 miles-per-hour Convair 880, produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, of San Diego, California. In January 1962, the airliner achieved a record top speed of 715 mph on a flight from Chicago to Miami. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.

The medium-to-long-range aircraft had a narrow body, sharply swept-back wings, and a capacity for up to 110 passengers. The aircraft was claimed to be the fastest commercial jetliner in service at the time with a maximum cruise speed of 615mph. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.

📸 1/1: All: Convair 880 advertisement: Convair 880; 1960 Purchase 2012.118.002 brochure: Delta Air Lines; 1960 Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie 2001.039.244 postcard: Delta Air Lines; c. 1960 Gift of David Armstrong Abercrombie 2015.037.119 This tweet was posted on July 14, 2021.

Each dress came in two hemline length options. Typical was tailored at the knee, while Tiny sat above the knee. Matching kepi hats, full-length wool coats, and a tri-color skimmer dress for in-flight service rounded out the uniform. #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on July 16, 2021.

Flight Patterns is on display in a new gallery located post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1, and online at: https://t.co/O69YNba2Jq #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on June 29, 2021.

The Lockheed L-188 Electra featured a relatively short-span, low-mounted, cantilevered wing with four Allison turboprop engines. The prototype flew in 1957, and the next year, initial deliveries went to American and Eastern Airlines. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

The Lockheed L-188 Electra was the only large turboprop airliner produced in the United States. The design originated in the mid-1950s with a request from American Airlines for a fast, mid-range, high-capacity airliner. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

This is your last week to catch "Surf’s Up! Instrumental Rock ‘n’ Roll." Instrumental surf music originated in Southern California in the early 1960s along with a booming interest in surfing and the subsequent pop-cultural craze. #InstrumentalSurf This tweet was posted on July 19, 2021.

With the introduction of faster mid-range turbojets, the L-188 Electra was primarily relegated to regional airlines and cargo carriers. One of its more recent uses is as a large capacity air tanker used in the control of wildfires. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

📸 1/3: ad: L-188 Electra ; 1958 Purchase 2012.118.001 model airplane: Western Airlines, L-188-A Electra; Gift of the San Francisco Aeronautical Society 2018.127.005 a f photo: American Airlines, L-188 Electra; c. 1958 Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2015.165.060 This tweet was posted on June 30, 2021.

Although their production has declined dramatically since a heyday in the 1940s-50s, their retro appeal is fueling a resurgence as advertising tools. Have a happy and safe 4th of July weekend! This tweet was posted on July 02, 2021.

Douglas developed the DC-8 jetliner during the mid-1950s as a competitive design to Boeing’s 707 jetliner. Built in Douglas’ new Long Beach, California, plant, the first aircraft was rolled out and flown in 1958. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.

In his 2018 series #IceFishers, Aleksey Kondratyev draws focus on the Kazakh men who fish through the ice of the frozen Ishim River. The Ishim flows through Astana (now Nur-Sultan) a high-rise, futuristic city named Kazakhstan’s capital in the late-1990s. This tweet was posted on July 06, 2021.

Word of the day: phillumenist - a collector of matchbooks or matchboxes, "lover of light." Matchbooks have long been a popular and inexpensive promotional item for companies to manufacture. This tweet was posted on July 02, 2021.

As a result of its reliability, capacity, and considerably reduced seat-mile cost, the 707 proved to be the world's first viable commercial jetliner with regular and sustained scheduled service, and revolutionized the airline industry by ushering in the jet age. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.

By the mid-1960s, the 707 had been acquired by a long list of carriers and could be seen regularly at airports across the globe. Over 800 of the 707 jetliners were eventually produced. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.

In September 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta and United, nearly a year after the introduction of the Boeing 707. Although initially not as successful as the 707, the DC-8 had a more viable lifespan within the commercial aviation industry. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.

It comprised a swept-wing, four-jet-engine layout similar to that of the Boeing 707 with a capacity for up to 179 passengers. Powered by four Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet engines, the DC-8 was capable of cruising speeds reaching 600 miles per hour. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.

Upgraded variants were introduced during the 1960s, including a stretched version that was the largest capacity airliner until the introduction of the widebody Boeing 747 in 1970. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.

With a transcontinental range of almost 4,000 miles, the DC-8 could easily fly nonstop from San Francisco to New York in just over five hours. The transcontinental flight time for the piston-powered Douglas DC-7 it replaced was around eight hours. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.

📸 1/3: All: DC-8 brochure: United; 1959 Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie 2001.039.211 Pan Am; c. 1959 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0785 brochure: United; c. 1959 Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie 2001.039.249 This tweet was posted on July 07, 2021.

📸 2/3: All: photographs, Boeing 707 Pan Am; c. 1959 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0776 a b Continental; c. 1960 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0138 Pan Am, 707-121; c.1958 Gift of M.D. Klaas 2018.112.0762 TWA, 707-300C; c. 1975 Gift of the William Hough Collection 2012.167.035 This tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.

In 1962, The Ventures toured Japan for the first time as a duo with founding members Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. Thousands of fans were on hand to greet the band when they returned to Japan in 1964 as a quartet with Nokie Edwards and Mel Taylor. #InstrumentalSurf This tweet was posted on June 25, 2021.

On April 17, 1906, the SFMC held a dance at their new meeting hall on Jefferson Square. The next morning, the Great Earthquake devastated the city. The hall became a temporary hospital and members used their motorcycles to deliver supplies and messages throughout the Bay Area. This tweet was posted on June 24, 2021.

The SFMC quickly reorganized, and in 1908 they hosted events that included a seventy-mile ride to Mount Hamilton and a weekend of racing at Tanforan Park in nearby San Bruno. #EarlyAmericanMotorcycles This tweet was posted on June 24, 2021.

📸 2/2: All: Courtesy of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club (SFMC) SFMC members with a Reading-Standard motorcycle and sidecar on the old Half Moon Bay Road, CA; 1917 Racing at Tanforan Park, CA; July 4-5, 1908 This tweet was posted on June 24, 2021.

George M. Reid documented The Ventures' 1965 tour of Japan in "Beloved Invaders," a film titled after the name given to the band by their Japanese fans. #InstrumentalSurf ♪ Watch the live clip: “Walk, Don’t Run ‘64” https://t.co/G41q6bVk0L This tweet was posted on June 25, 2021.

Like the syncopated beat of a song, the painting’s contrasting hues, textures, and patterns come together to form a harmonious whole. With its strikingly juxtaposed bands of color, the painting upholds the possibility of living side-by-side in a celebration of our differences. This tweet was posted on June 28, 2021.

RT @flySFO: ✔️ A children’s area next to the new departure gates. ✔️ A new museum gallery featuring rotating exhibitions by @SFOMuseum. ✔️… This tweet was posted on June 29, 2021.

To create "Parallel Portions," Henderson applied vibrant hues of purple and blue in multiple layers, building them up into a luscious impasto and scraping them off with a palette knife to reveal glimpses of color below. This tweet was posted on June 28, 2021.

BEA inaugurated shorter-range Comet Mk. 4B service on its Tel Aviv-London route in April 1960. The Comet Mk. 4 had a cruising speed of just over 500mph and accommodated up to 81 passengers, but ultimately could not compete with the Boeing 707 or the Douglas DC-8. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.

In 1834, the South Carolina General Assembly passed a draconian law making it illegal to teach enslaved African Americans to read and write. By inscribing his pottery with poetry and signing his name, the enslaved potter known as Dave engaged in an exceptional act of resistance. This tweet was posted on June 19, 2021.

Initially seen as a major landmark in aeronautical engineering, after intermittent operation and several disastrous structural failures, service and production of the Comet were canceled until airframe engineering deficiencies could be corrected. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on June 16, 2021.