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By the end of the 1950s, the airline had rapidly expanded into 35 cities. In 1966, Ozark entered the jet age and purchased several Douglas DC-9 aircraft, and added destinations all over the country. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
Flights from St. Louis to Chicago, Tulsa, and Memphis were on Douglas DC-3s acquired from Parks Air Lines. Instead of repainting the DC-3s, Ozark took off the P and S from the aircraft and painted on OZ to the beginning. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
When another airline, Parks Air Lines, failed to commence operations, Ozark purchased the airline, received their certification, and began operating their routes in 1950. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #HarrietQuimby #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on July 06, 2022.
🧵Ozark Air Lines was founded in 1943 in Springfield, Missouri, and although it service began in 1945, it was quickly halted as the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) had not issued them a license to operate. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
From 1978 to 1984, Ozark flew DC-9s almost exclusively as they phased out their older aircraft. In 1986, Ozark was purchased by Trans World Airlines (TWA). #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
Named the Stratoliner for its ability to cruise near the stratosphere, the airliner had a circular cross-section, tear-drop-shaped fuselage to handle the stresses of pressurization. TWA touted its quietness, speed, and capability of flying above bad weather. #AvGeek #Stratoliner This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
The Boeing 307 Stratoliner was put into service #onthisday in 1940 by both Pan American and Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA). The #Stratoliner was the first commercial airliner to have a pressurized cabin. #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
Only ten Boeing 307s were produced: one prototype, five for TWA, three for Pan American, and one for Howard Hughes. This one was looking good at @flySFO back in 1946! #AvGeek #Stratoliner This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
Pan American Airways was awarded a lucrative airmail route contract from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba, in 1927. Unforeseen circumstances led them to hire outside pilot Cy Caldwell and his Fairchild FC-2 inaugurating Pan Am's first service #onthisday in 1927. #PanAm #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 19, 2022.
Stir it up with some Swizzle Sticks! Browse over three hundred swizzle sticks on our online collection. https://t.co/OsJOYaHw8s #SwizzleSticks #collections #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on July 11, 2022.
Pacific Air Lines began as a business endeavor to train pilots during World War II. Based in San Francisco, the airline began commercial commuter passenger operations as Southwest Airways in 1946. #DefunctThursday #PacificAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 14, 2022.
“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on July 15, 2022.
In 1974, Qantas hired the celebrated fashion designer Emilio Pucci (1914–92) to create new, high-fashion uniform designs for flight crews and ground staff. For female flight attendants, Pucci designed a floral pattern dress. #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 19, 2022.
Smocks and aprons are a crucial yet often overlooked part of a flight attendant’s uniform and can vary wildly in design from one airline or era to another. Browse our collection of over one hundred smocks & aprons in our online database: https://t.co/pUb01199b1 #crewlife #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 18, 2022.
"First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot This tweet was posted on July 20, 2022.
For Qantas’ flight service staff, Pucci designed a uniform of bright orange jackets with canary dress shirts and striped ties. Check out the detail work on the button! #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 19, 2022.
See “Flying the Southern Cross Route: Seventy-Five years of Australian Commercial Air Service to North America” on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library and online at: https://t.co/AePkQlpXiu #FlyingSouthernCross #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 19, 2022.
NEW BLOG ALERT: “Airport Leadership and Change Management: An Interview with Angela Gittens” by Debbie Kahn is now on our website! Angela Gittens began her career in aviation when she was hired as the Deputy Director for Business and Finance for @flysfo in 1983. #Blog #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 22, 2022.
City officials signed a three-year lease for 150 acres of cattle-grazing land from Ogden Mills, and less than two months later on May 7, a 5,770-foot-long, dirt-surfaced runway was dedicated at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco. #AvGeek #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.
During the mid-1920s, San Francisco leaders envisioned their city as the western terminus of a new transcontinental air mail system. In March 1927 the city negotiated with Boeing Air Transport to fly mail from Chicago to SF—provided an airfield was operational by July 1. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.
See “Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” on display in the SkyTerrace in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/fDFrgJLUw7 The SkyTerrace located pre-security in Terminal 2 and is open Friday to Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. #AvGeek #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.
“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3, and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot This tweet was posted on July 26, 2022.
In many cases, the original aircraft are lost to history, but these small-scale representations remain as a reminder of that innovative past. #AvGeek #ModelAirplane This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.
Model aircraft play a unique role in the imagination of aviation enthusiasts of all ages. They help contextualize the heroic stories and technological triumphs of flight. #AvGeek #ModelAirplane This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.
Our essay of images focuses on select examples from the more than two thousand models held in the collection of SFO Museum. See photographs from our model collection on display, pre-security, on the arrivals level of Terminal 3. #AvGeek #AviationHistory #ModelAirplane This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.
SFO Museum hopes the enlargement of details provides an opportunity to return our gaze to the art of the model makers, which can be easily overlooked when focusing on these historical recreations. #AvGeek #ModelAirplane This tweet was posted on August 01, 2022.
“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3 and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on August 03, 2022.
By 1930, the Pan American Airways System linked twenty-nine Latin American and Caribbean countries and territories with regularly scheduled airmail, passenger, and cargo flights. #DefunctThursday #PanAmerican #PanAm #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.
McDonnell Douglas portrayed their DC-10 as the widebody for the middle-class family in a promotional poster. American's inaugural DC-10 service operated from Los Angeles to Chicago. Have you ever flown on a DC-10? #DC10 #AmericanAir #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.
Pan American pioneered commercial airline service to Latin America and the Caribbean in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In less than 3 years, Pan Am’s routes increased from an inaugural 261-mile Miami-Havana line to over 19,000 miles. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on August 04, 2022.
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with @AmericanAir. The #DC10 was initially designed to be operated on transcontinental or regional routes at smaller airports thus broadening the widebody market to more airlines and the public. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 05, 2022.
Aircraft propellers convert the power produced by the aircraft’s engine into thrust. Most early manufacturers produced fixed-pitch propellers from wood. Most wood propellers were constructed from hardwoods such as walnut, birch, oak, or mahogany. #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 09, 2022.
Initially, aircraft propellers were created from single pieces of wood. As propeller technology advanced, manufacturers began to laminate thin layers of wood together. This prevented warping and enhanced strength. #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 09, 2022.
Often, a metal sheath was added to the leading edge of each aircraft propeller blade for extra durability. This helped protect the wood from damage by rocks and other debris that was common on the dirt airstrips of the 1910s and 20s. #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 09, 2022.
The Paragon Striker propeller on display was designed for use with a Curtiss OX-5 engine, like the one in this JN-4 Jenny, and was produced of oak by the American Propeller and Manufacturing Company (APMC), of Baltimore, Maryland. #EnduranceEngines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 09, 2022.