"The Voice of S.F. Airport" Maxine Crookston Schmidt was a pioneer at SFO's air traffic control tower in the late 1940s. #WomenInAviationThis tweet was posted on February 22, 2017.
#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@NASAThis tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
14 flight attendants in uniform pose on the tail of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner from the 1940s. #WomenInAviationThis tweet was posted on December 23, 2015.
@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#avgeekThis 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/Qp1n4hXxt8This 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/h7z0ULyQNsThis 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 #52ObjectsThis 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#paxexThis 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 #avgeekThis 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/5Stbl7yJvNThis 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. #StoryofArhoolieThis tweet was posted on April 30, 2019.
California Central Airlines matchbook cover, late 1940s - early 1950s http://t.co/ybGkn98oThis 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.
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. #radioSFOThis 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. #NASAAmesWindThis 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/7Z7drGF3This 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 #AirlineIdentityThis 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. #HairStyleThis tweet was posted on January 21, 2021.
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. #CaliforniaModernistWomenThis 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. #AVGeekThis tweet was posted on August 16, 2016.
Flight simulators underwent some pretty significant changes between the 1940s and 1970s. #AVGeekThis 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. #TBTThis tweet was posted on March 23, 2017.
Great photo! RT @jennypdx: Learning about 1940s Scandinavian ceramics at SFO http://t.co/mg0o3YHuThis tweet was posted on July 02, 2012.
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#womeninaviationThis 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. #HairStyleThis 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. #TravelTuesdayThis 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? #TravelTuesdayThis tweet was posted on December 13, 2016.