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In the 1940s, Pan American hired Lord Caresser, a Calypso singer, to greet passengers at Picaro Airport, Trinidad. This tweet was posted on December 07, 2015.
In the 1940s, carriers enlisted child participation in the flight by making them part of a junior flight crew, while also encouraging them to imagine a possible future career in commercial aviation. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 08, 2018.
In the 1940s, the Lockheed Constellation was developed. Have you ever flown in one? #TWASkyliner #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 25, 2015.
In the 1940s, the double decker Convair Model 37 planned but was never put into production. Nevertheless, Pan American Airways, who ordered 15 airframes, produced these postcards to advertise the Model 37 as a “Preview of Tomorrow’s Flying Clipper.” #52Objects #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 05, 2023.
In the early 1940s, Pan American Airways established regular service to Auckland, New Zealand, with their Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.
In the ensuing decades, women applied a setting lotion, such as Jo-cur, to create finger waves and pin curls. Hair shampoo emerged in the early twentieth century, while hairspray surfaced in the 1940s. #HairStyle #hair #beauty #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 14, 2021.
In the late 1940s, land-based aircraft, like the Douglas DC-4, the DC-6, and the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, made regularly operated commercial air routes between the United States & Australia a reality for airmail, cargo, and passengers alike. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.
Jazz drummer Gene Krupa (1909–1973) was known for his high-energy performances throughout the 1930s and 1940s. http://t.co/AyXPuxRW This tweet was posted on November 04, 2011.
KLM's 1940s wooden cutaway model of a DC-4 promoted their expanded post-War cargo services (& has cool details!): http://t.co/PXrxScPS This tweet was posted on September 26, 2012.
Lake Tahoe became a favorite vacation destination in the late 1940s. Have you ever been to Lake Tahoe? #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on November 20, 2019.
Lake Tahoe in Northern #California became a favorite vacation destination in the late 1940s. Attracted to year-round activities such as snow-skiing in the winter and boating during summer months. Have you ever been to Lake Tahoe? #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on January 04, 2019.
Learn more about Link Trainers and pilot training in the 1940s in this PDF by the @asmedotorg https://t.co/pXeJheu1iQ #AVGeek This tweet was posted on August 16, 2016.
Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. #SFOHistory #avgeek #SFO #SFHistory This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. Born in Salt Lake City, Crookston dreamed of flying as a child. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Model airplanes sometimes need working engines, like this 1940s Bunch Mighty Midget: http://t.co/Ck8lxNAuNi #modelairplane This tweet was posted on August 01, 2014.
Nudie Cohn created flamboyant western wear from the 1940s by applying rhinestones and other embellishments to cowboy boots. #ShoesinCulture This tweet was posted on August 18, 2017.
Portable TVs in the 1940s! Even then, you could watch your favorite shows on the go! http://t.co/yei5tE1o This tweet was posted on September 26, 2011.
RT @airandspace: How does a baseball team in the 1940s travel? Charter, of course! ⚾ Here's the New York Yankees in front of their airplane… This tweet was posted on October 24, 2018.
RT @wreckobecko: thanks! RT @matthiasrascher: Airline Advertisements from the 1940s. http://t.co/XCLRywre #aviation #history This tweet was posted on December 07, 2012.
Radio shows delighted and captivated listeners during the golden age of broadcasting. During the 1940s, Fibber McGee and Molly was the top-rated radio show in the United States. Do you have a favorite #radio program? #RadioSFO This tweet was posted on September 06, 2018.
Read more about the 1940s Pan American Stratocruiser cockpit simulator at SFO here: https://t.co/817NtLav38 This tweet was posted on December 16, 2015.
TEAL's first plane, a Short S.30, centers their 1940s luggage label: http://t.co/rXYMrs4Qvw #FlyingDownUnder This tweet was posted on December 02, 2014.
The 1950s were the golden age of #space-themed toys. #Robots are the most iconic, space-themed toys. Japanese manufacturers pioneered the robot toy craze in the late 1940s with Atomic Robot Man, a wind-up, tin lithograph toy that walked on its own. #1950sConsumer This tweet was posted on February 07, 2019.
The United Air Lines maintenance base at SFO opened in the 1940s. #TBT This tweet was posted on January 08, 2016.
The Xerces blue butterfly, first described in 1852, once graced the sand dunes of San Francisco’s shoreline, but went extinct in the 1940s as a result of urban development. #IntriguingInsects This tweet was posted on August 21, 2019.
The cities of Millbrae and San Bruno near SFO have changed a lot from the 1940s. #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 07, 2016.
The early 1940s Hobart Streamliner meat slicer designed by Egmont Arens and Theodore C. Brookhart appeared as though it could glide through the air as easily as it could evenly slice meat. Can you see this meat slicer in your kitchen aesthetic? #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on May 17, 2019.
The first passenger flights in the late 1940s between Australia and the U.S. lasted almost two days and made three stops along the way. In the decades that followed, faster and longer-ranged aircraft improved the experience of the flight. #AustralianAirliners #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 29, 2022.
The husband-and-wife team of Charles (1907–78) and Ray (1912–88) #Eames used their molded #plywood technology to design radio cabinets for radio companies in the 1940s and 50s. "On the Radio" is on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/1nHbV738Te #RadioSFO This tweet was posted on July 11, 2018.
The triangular jacket flap for the 1944 TWA uniform could be unbuttoned to cover the TWA lettering, allowing the hostess to smoke or have a cocktail while off duty. This style of uniform was worn until 1955. #avgeek #uniform #1940s #flightattendant This tweet was posted on November 08, 2018.
The world would still be your oyster for a 1940s edition of #TravelTuesday- #PanAm's glorious map covers it all! http://t.co/SzGjru8KLQ This tweet was posted on May 05, 2015.
These two photos from the 1940s and 1980s of inside SFO's air traffic control tower show the changes in air traffic technology. #ThrowbackThursday #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on February 22, 2018.
This beautiful @United office building was built at San Francisco International Airport in the 1940s. #TBT This tweet was posted on April 07, 2016.
This flight dispatch clock was used to track airplane movement in the 1940s. Learn more about it here: https://t.co/AlqJCwyOD5 This tweet was posted on September 18, 2017.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2008, we presented “Young Eyes on the Skies: The Golden Age of Aviation Toys” which featured aviation toys from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, made of cast iron, pressed steel and tin. Do you remember this exhibition? #MuseumFromHome #TBTSFOM This tweet was posted on November 05, 2020.
To keep pace with the rapid expansion of commercial aviation in the 1940s and 50s, major airports updated their facilities with longer runways and modern passenger terminals including at @flySFO, where construction of a new terminal began in 1951. #SFO1954 #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.