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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.
"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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Born in Centerville, Texas, country bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins learned to play the guitar from his older brother John Henry Hopkins. A prolific songwriter, he recorded nearly 200 songs during his career, which began in the 1940s and ended in the early 1980s. #StoryofArhoolie This tweet was posted on April 30, 2019.
By the late 1940s, the single terminal at @flySFO was bustling with activity, as seen in this 1948 photo. #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on May 18, 2017.
California Central Airlines matchbook cover, late 1940s - early 1950s http://t.co/ybGkn98o This tweet was posted on April 12, 2012.
Centered around a large board that displayed the next 30 days of flights, employees would receive calls for reservations, write down passenger's information, and then assign seats. circa 1940s This tweet was posted on February 11, 2018.
Check out the back of this 1940s #ValentinesDay card from #PanAm. This tweet was posted on February 14, 2016.
Coin-operated radios provided an hour of entertainment at the drop of a quarter or dime. Manufactured from the late 1940s into the 1950s, these novel radios are indicative of a bygone era. #radioSFO This tweet was posted on October 24, 2018.
Completed in the 1940s, Ames’ first wind tunnels included several with supersonic testing capabilities and a gigantic complex to research full-scale aircraft designs. #NASAAmesWind This tweet was posted on April 05, 2023.
Cool gear: a 1940s arctic flight suit for when temps could hit -70F! (the 'polar' opposite of today's warm weather!) http://t.co/7Z7drGF3 This tweet was posted on April 20, 2012.
Delta's early branding often used the Greek letter 'D', as on this late 1940s luggage label: http://t.co/KxUr8uZTp8 #AirlineIdentity This tweet was posted on January 28, 2014.
During the 1930s, millions of women had permanent waves from machines like this one, risking the dangers of burns and hair damage in the hands of inexperienced operators. By the 1940s, manufacturers began to offer far less cumbersome cold-wave perms. #HairStyle This tweet was posted on January 21, 2021.
During the 1940s and '50s, #FrankPolk carved nearly 100 life-sized figures to house slot machines. #GamesofChance This tweet was posted on March 27, 2017.
Edith Heath created ceramics that combined modern design with the hand-made aesthetics of studio pottery. In the early 1940s, she moved west and took classes in ceramics at the California School of Fine Arts (now the @SFAIofficial) and @UCBerkeley. #CaliforniaModernistWomen This tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.
Ever wonder what pilot training was like in the 1940s? Pilots trained in a Link Trainer circa 1943. #AVGeek This tweet was posted on August 16, 2016.
Flight simulators underwent some pretty significant changes between the 1940s and 1970s. #AVGeek This tweet was posted on August 16, 2016.
Flights over Machu Picchu are no longer allowed, but our 1940s poster depicts a Pan Am plane soaring over the site. This tweet was posted on October 27, 2015.
Flying for the first time? These ladies staffing the information desk at SFO in the 1940s were the people to help passengers. #TBT This tweet was posted on March 23, 2017.
Great photo! RT @jennypdx: Learning about 1940s Scandinavian ceramics at SFO http://t.co/mg0o3YHu This tweet was posted on July 02, 2012.
Hollywood #fashion designer Howard Greer (1896–1974) created this fitted suit in light blue wool gabardine for #TWA (Trans World Airlines) in 1944.#avgeek #uniform #flightattendant #1940s This tweet was posted on November 08, 2018.
Ida Staggers was first hired by TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) as a hostess in 1936 and became the Eastern Division Chief Hostess by the 1940s. Read more about her tenure at TWA on our Facebook: https://t.co/YVhJT2wCmg #womenshistorymonth #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on March 14, 2018.
In the 1920s, women applied a setting lotion, like Jo-cur, to create finger waves and pin curls. Hairspray surfaced in the 1940s and by the 1950s, high-volume hairstyles created a great demand for it. By the mid-1960s, it was the top selling beauty product in the U.S. #HairStyle This tweet was posted on June 04, 2021.
In the 1930s and 1940s, flights from San Francisco to #HongKong required multiple stops along the way. "China Clipper", our exhibition detailing the arduous journey, is on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on March 27, 2018.
In the 1940s Airlite Syracuse China claimed to be the lightest, thinnest China mass produced for commercial usage. This tweet was posted on February 26, 2016.
In the 1940s Western Air Lines began to operate routes to SF. Did you ever fly on Western Air Lines? Where did you fly? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on December 13, 2016.