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"The Voice of S.F. Airport" Maxine Crookston Schmidt was a pioneer at SFO's air traffic control tower in the late 1940s. #WomenInAviation This tweet was posted on February 22, 2017.

"The Voice of S.F. This image was posted on February 22, 2017.

"The Voice of S.F. This image was posted on March 08, 2019. #sfohistory #sfhistory #womeninaviation #aviatrix #avgeek #womenshistorymonth #atc #internationalwomensday

"Wing your way with ANA!" urges their 1940s luggage label. #FlyingDownUnder #LuggageLabel http://t.co/J1UaXtK7Z2 This tweet was posted on January 23, 2015.

#BingCrosby gained fame on live radio and by the late 1940s, the singer hosted a pre-recorded #radio show and marketed a radio-phonograph combo for #Philco. #radioSFO This tweet was posted on October 18, 2018.

#OnThisDay Pan American World Airways acquired American Overseas Airlines (A.O.A.) This image was posted on September 25, 2017. #americanairlines #americanair #americanoverseasairlines #aoa #americanexportairlines #panam #panamerican #paa #stratocruiser #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #instaplane #flying #plane #flight #airline #avgeeks #aviation4u #aviationdaily

#OnThisDay in 1939, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (@NASAAmes) was established as part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). In the 1940s, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory was leading wind tunnel research in high-speed aeronautics #NASAAmesWind #NASA @NASA This tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.

#OnThisDay in 1939, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (@nasaames) was established as part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). This image was posted on December 20, 2022. #nasaameswind #avgeek #nasa

#OnThisDay in 1946, the first Lockheed 049 Constellation was delivered to Pan American World Airways. This image was posted on January 05, 2018. #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks

#OnThisDay in 1950, Pan American World Airways acquired American Overseas Airlines (AOA). This image was posted on September 25, 2016. #panam #poster #graphicdesign

#OnThisDay, the first female cabin crewmember, Ellen Church, worked her first flight for Boeing Air Transport(BAT). This image was posted on May 15, 2017. #ellenchurch #nurses #flightattendant #avgeek #aviationhistory #sfhistory #boeing #united

#Onthisday in 1932, the Model 17 Beech Staggerwing took off on its maiden flight. This image was posted on November 04, 2019. #avgeek #beechcraft #beech #staggerwing

14 flight attendants in uniform pose on the tail of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner from the 1940s. #WomenInAviation This tweet was posted on December 23, 2015.

3 days left for Interiors Revealed! Here: 1:50 scale, late 1940s @British_Airways Handley Page Hermes 4. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 26, 2013.

@flySFO @panamhistory Transpacific flights in the 1930s required serious navigation skills, including dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Shown here is the navigation and radio kit used by #PanAm in the mid 1930s and early 1940s. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.

A longtime pilot for China National Aviation Corporation, Captain James M. Dalby's 1940s flight jacket… http://t.co/Qp1n4hXxt8 This tweet was posted on September 02, 2014.

A sense of #DC3 scale: 1940s mechanic's coveralls, propeller blade, and Twin Wasp engine. #avgeek… http://t.co/h7z0ULyQNs This tweet was posted on October 04, 2013.

According to this 1940s advertisement, Airlite Syracuse China, took 30 months of experimentation by American Airlines engineers and Syracuse China potters to create. This image was posted on February 26, 2016.

Aeropuerto: Early Airports in Latin America

This aviation exhibition was on display between May 2008 and December 2009 in the AML 06 Aviation Museum Gallery 06a-e gallery, located in International Terminal

Aigle Azur is the second largest airline in France. This image was posted on September 12, 2017. #traveltuesday #aigleazur #france #french #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #instaplane #flying #plane #flight #airline #avgeeks #aviation4u #aviationdaily

Air France was founded on October 7, 1933. This image was posted on October 10, 2017. #traveltuesday #airfrance #france #europe #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #instaplane #flying #plane #flight #airline #avgeeks #aviation4u #aviationdaily #poster #vintageposter

Airlines discovered early that providing children with jobs, albeit pretend ones, was a way to make them feel useful and keep them from getting bored on long flights. This image was posted on June 08, 2018. #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks

Although single-lever slot machines were referred to as “one-armed bandits” as early as the 1930s, the term became more literal in the late 1940s when saloons and casinos featured the gambling devices in the bodies of elaborately carved characters to attract the attention of patrons. This image was posted on March 28, 2017. #onearmedbandit #frankpolk #sculptures #basswood #bronze #mechanicalage #saloons #slotmachine

American soprano Leontyne Price (b. This image was posted on February 01, 2023. #blackhistorymonth #leontyneprice

Are you as excited as we are that the Sky Terrace @flysfo is reopening? This image was posted on May 25, 2021. #sfo1954 #sfohistory #skyterrace #airport #avgeek

Aviation Milestones in Miniature: Golden Age Airliner Models from the Collection of Anthony J. Lawler

This aviation exhibition was on display between August 2009 and February 2010 in the AML 01 Aviation Museum Gallery 01 gallery, located in International Terminal

Before computers, airlines took reservations manually. This image was posted on February 10, 2018. #womeninaviation #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeek

Before the age of cell phones and seat-back entertainment systems, in-flight entertainment was generally low tech and relied on games. This 1940s gamer scorer from #PanAm could be used to keep track of a variety of games with columns for "we" & "they" on interior pages #52Objects This tweet was posted on May 31, 2023.

Beginning in the late 1940s, airlines started issuing junior pilot and flight attendant wings. Do you have any junior pilot or flight attendant wings? #avgeek #paxex This tweet was posted on June 08, 2018.

Being an air traffic controller means coordinating multiple arriving and departing airplanes. This image was posted on February 23, 2018. #flashbackfriday #sfohistory #sfo #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #airtraffic #airtrafficcontrol

Bird's-eye view of Seaplane Harbor, Pan Am's Clipper base in the 1940s: http://t.co/7k55R0mv45 #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 26, 2014.

Born in Centerville, Texas, country bluesman #LightninHopkins recorded nearly two-hundred songs during his career, which began in the 1940s and ended in the early 1980s. #storyofarhoolie #arhoolie https://t.co/5Stbl7yJvN This tweet was posted on October 23, 2018.