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Sundials are some of the earliest instruments and measure time. This image was posted on November 02, 2021. #scientificinstruments #antiquescientificinstruments #sundial #science
Pan American Airways pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when air travel was first developing into a viable form of transportation. This image was posted on November 01, 2021. #paainca #panam #avgeek #earlyaviation
Happy Birthday to the late Margaret Kilgallen, born #onthisday in 1967. This image was posted on October 28, 2021. #sfac #margaretkilgallen #etching
Introduced by Lufthansa and Air France on March 15, 1993, the Airbus A340 is a four engine wide-body jet aircraft built for long-range and ultra-long-range flights. This image was posted on October 27, 2021. #wingwednesday #airbus #a340 #avgeek
Taking off from Idlewild Airport in New York #onthisday in 1958, Pan American World Airways became the first airline to inaugurate scheduled transatlantic commercial jet service on a Boeing 707. This image was posted on October 26, 2021. #boeing707 #boeing #jetage #avgeek
Intrigued by topology—the study of geometric properties that do not change when you stretch a shape— Bay Area physicist Cliff Stoll began making Klein bottles. This image was posted on October 25, 2021. #mathatsfo #mathematics #math #möbiusloop #kleinbottle
Shortly after arriving in Edgefield, South Carolina, Thomas Chandler mastered the use of local kaolin clay and alkaline glazes, creating beautiful pots that exhibited a celadon-like gloss surface similar to those produced in China and Korea. This image was posted on October 22, 2021. #stonewarestories #ceramics #pottery
#OnThisDay in 1974, the Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation Concorde supersonic transport (SST) landed at SFO. This image was posted on October 21, 2021. #avgeek #sfohistory #concorde
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 incorporated many design features of the DC-10 such as the trijet configuration, but also deviated as it featured a stretched fuselage, increased wingspan, a redesigned wing trailing edge, and a glass cockpit. This image was posted on October 20, 2021. #wingwednesday #md11 #mcdonnelldouglas #airplane
During the 1920s and early 1930s, airlines found it difficult to make a profit in commercial aviation without a lucrative airmail route contract. This image was posted on October 19, 2021. #panamerican #panam #paa #avgeek #aviationhistory
Over SFO’s 94 years in operation, the airport has changed dramatically. This image was posted on October 18, 2021. #millsfieldsfo #sfohistory #avgeek #aviationhistory #airport
"On the streets during the fall [in L’viv], they would rake up, sweep up all the leaves. This image was posted on October 15, 2021. #studioglass #glasssculpture #glassblowing #glassart #glass #contemporaryart #marvinlipofsky
Happy Birthday, Ralph Lauren! This image was posted on October 14, 2021. #ralphlauren #avgeek #uniform #crewlife
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist, Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919) created a haircare empire, including a product line, training schools, and salons, which made her one of the wealthiest African Americans of her time. This image was posted on October 12, 2021. #madamcjwalker #photography
New exhibition alert! This image was posted on October 08, 2021. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpapers #design
The design of the A310 was based on the A300, the first widebody airliner produced by Airbus Industrie. This image was posted on October 06, 2021. #wingwednesday #a310 #airbus #airplane #avgeek
A-03 Entrance Lobby A between 2000~ and 2006~
A-05 Terminal One Lower Gallery between 2006~ and 2011~
Happy Birthday Jean Louis! This image was posted on October 05, 2021. #flightpatterns #uniform #flightattendant #crewlife
Artist Stacy Speyer began making this series of geometric metal sculptures as an artist-in-residence at the Exploratorium. This image was posted on October 04, 2021. #mathatsfo #mathematics #math #stacyspeyer #metal #sculpture
Yosemite was established as a national park #onthisday in 1890 by the federal government. This image was posted on October 01, 2021. #yosemite #waterfall #nature #nationalpark #findyourpark
#OnThisDay in 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of Boeing's massive facility in Everett, Washington. This image was posted on September 30, 2021. #avgeek #boeing #widebody #jetage #boeing747
What’s going on at the museum? This image was posted on September 30, 2021. #victorianpaperedwall #behindthescenes #sneakpeek #museumlife
Following the success of its best-selling, narrow-body 727 trijet, Boeing began developing a twin engine aircraft as its successor, the 757. This image was posted on September 29, 2021. #wingwendesday #boeing #airplane #757
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. This image was posted on September 28, 2021. #earlywomenmotorcyclists #motorcycles #girlswhoride #dotrobinson #vintagemotorcycle
In September 2020, SFO had a special visit from an unusual airplane, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines Antonov AN-124 Ruslan! This image was posted on September 27, 2021. #sfohistory #sfo #avgeek
In 1970, Marvin Lipofsky was invited to Italy by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, director of the Venini Glass Factory on the island of Murano. This image was posted on September 24, 2021. #studioglass #glasssculpture #glassblowing #glassart #contemporaryart #marvinlipofsky
By September 21, 1927, Hangar No. This image was posted on September 23, 2021. #sfo #sfohistory #avgeek #aviationhistory #airport
Gateway High School: The Treehouse: A Sanctuary
This exhibition was on display between May 2020 and October 2020 in the 1A Student Art South gallery, located in Terminal 1
The 767 was the first two-engine widebody airliner produced by Boeing. This image was posted on September 22, 2021. #wingwednesday #boeing767 #avgeek #boeing
A-03 Entrance Lobby A between 2011~ and 2014~
A-05 Terminal One Lower Gallery between 2014~ and 2016-08-19
“HARVEY MILK LIVES” proclaimed graffiti spray painted on Castro Street after Milk’s assassination. This image was posted on September 21, 2021. #harveymilk #lgbt #harveymilkterminal1 #hmt1 #harveymilkexhibition
Happy birthday, Stan Herman! This image was posted on September 17, 2021. #avgeek #crewlife #uniforms #fashion #stanherman
Despite owning at least three potteries in South Carolina, Collin Rhodes likely never worked as a potter himself. This image was posted on September 16, 2021. #stonewarestories #ceramics #edgefield
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. This image was posted on September 15, 2021. #wingwednesday #avgeek #sst #supersonictransport #concorde #airfrance #britishairways