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 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 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 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. Born in Salt Lake City, Crookston dreamed of flying as a child. #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.