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#Onthisday in 1940, the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco was commissioned.
This image was posted on November 15, 2017.
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Qantas, an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services", was founded on November 16, 1920.
This image was posted on November 14, 2017.
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The Dornier Do X flying boat was the largest airplane built at the time of its introduction in 1929.
This image was posted on November 10, 2017.
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Theatricalizing life with dreams" was how Mary Wells, a pioneering advertising executive for Jack Tinker Associates, recalled her greatest strength.
This image was posted on November 08, 2017.
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2017 marks the end of an era for United Airlines: it will cease to fly the iconic Boeing 747 on commercial routes.
This image was posted on November 07, 2017.
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2017 marks the end of an era for United Airlines: it will cease to fly the iconic Boeing 747 on commercial routes.
This image was posted on November 07, 2017.
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2017 marks the end of an era for United Airlines: it will cease to fly the iconic Boeing 747 on commercial routes.
This image was posted on November 07, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1947, Howard Hughes, decided to take the huge Hughes H-4 Hercules (nicknamed the Spruce Goose) on a test flight to prove it could fly.
This image was posted on November 02, 2017.
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In 1945, Ada Brown became the first President of the earliest recognized flight attendant union, the Air Line Stewardess Association (ALSA).
This image was posted on November 01, 2017.
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“We felt the lure of Latin America the instant we boarded the Clipper."
This image was posted on October 31, 2017.
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#OnThisDay in 1927, the first scheduled Pan American Airways mail service departed from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba.
This image was posted on October 28, 2017.
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In the mid-1960s, American commercial aviation was primed for transformation.
This image was posted on October 27, 2017.
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#OnThisDay in 1958, the first scheduled Pan American World Airways jet service took off from Idlewild, New York.
This image was posted on October 26, 2017.
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Jim Lund, a Bay Area native, has a passionate interest in aviation dating back to his childhood when he first constructed aircraft models.
This image was posted on October 25, 2017.
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Foreseeing a great potential market by the mid-1950s, the Airline Textile Manufacturing Company of Des Moines, Iowa, (also known as Airtex) began to produce licensed, United-branded bags in large numbers.
This image was posted on October 25, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 2003, the last scheduled eastbound Concorde flight took off from New York bound for London.
This image was posted on October 24, 2017.
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#OnThisDay in 1937, the second passenger terminal building at SFO was dedicated.
This image was posted on October 24, 2017.
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Will you be joining us this Saturday for our event in conjunction with the current exhibition, Aviation Evolutions: The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale Model Airplane Collection?
This image was posted on October 23, 2017.
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Our online database contains a selection of ticket jackets from our collection, such as this gem from PSA.
This image was posted on October 22, 2017.
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Our newest exhibition focuses on one of the most important periods in aviation history: the story of Braniff International's game changing advertisements in the 1960s and 70s is told in "When You Got it- Flaunt It."
This image was posted on October 20, 2017.
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In 1960, before the construction of the South Terminal and the central garage, San Francisco International Airport looked very different than it does today.
This image was posted on October 19, 2017.
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In the early 1960s, United Air Lines brought new jet airliners into service providing unprecedented speed, comfort, and efficiency.
This image was posted on October 18, 2017.
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In the early 1960s, United Air Lines brought new jet airliners into service providing unprecedented speed, comfort, and efficiency.
This image was posted on October 18, 2017.
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Join us next Saturday, October 28, 2017, for the “Documenting Historical Aircraft in Models and Photographs” Lecture Series and Gallery Tour.
This image was posted on October 17, 2017.
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Join us next Saturday, October 28, 2017, for the “Documenting Historical Aircraft in Models and Photographs” Lecture Series and Gallery Tour.
This image was posted on October 17, 2017.
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What's going on in the design lab?
This image was posted on October 13, 2017.
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In 1973, Bonnie Tiburzi became the first woman pilot hired by a major U.S. commercial airline since Helen Richey was briefly hired by Central Airlines in 1934.
This image was posted on October 11, 2017.
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#Onthisday last year, SFO's new air traffic control tower was activated.
This image was posted on October 11, 2017.
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Air France was founded on October 7, 1933.
This image was posted on October 10, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1919, KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., or KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) was founded.
This image was posted on October 07, 2017.
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United Air Lines introduced the company’s first passenger recognition program in 1939.
This image was posted on October 06, 2017.
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United Air Lines introduced the company’s first passenger recognition program in 1939.
This image was posted on October 06, 2017.
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#Onthisday in 1951, construction began on the new terminal building at San Francisco International Airport.
This image was posted on October 05, 2017.
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Evelyn David, one of our lovely volunteers and fifth from the left in this photo, has generously donated many personal items from her decades-long career at Pan American Airways.
This image was posted on October 04, 2017.
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We're getting ready for our newest exhibition in our design lab.
This image was posted on October 04, 2017.
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On October 1, 1988, the newly reformed and privatized airline Aeromexico commenced operations.
This image was posted on October 03, 2017.
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