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Did you know that in addition to our current exhibition on airmail, “Airmail Down Under” our online database also has over 1,600 airmail flight covers! Check them out here: https://t.co/mG2lERQIhN #AvGeek #Philately #Aerophilately #museum #collection This tweet was posted on November 01, 2022.
Did you know that in the 1960s there was a heliport next to the Ferry Building in San Francisco? From the 1960s to the 1980s, SFO Helicopter Airlines operated local helicopter flights from SFO to destinations around the Bay Area. #SFOHistory #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 26, 2020.
Do you ever wonder how animals traveled in the 1950s? Here, #PanAm stewardess Patti Jordan takes time out from her regular duties to feed 5 little passengers that arrived in SF from their native home on the Falkland Islands, en route to Honolulu. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on November 04, 2020.
Do you ever wonder how animals traveled in the past? Here, #PanAm stewardess Patti Jordan takes time out from her regular duties to feed five little passengers that arrived in San Francisco from their native home on the Falkland Islands, en route to Honolulu. #avgeek #penguins This tweet was posted on April 11, 2018.
Do you know that you can search our collection website by airport? Browse through over 4,000 objects online related to our favorite airport, @flySFO—everything from photographs and postcards to correspondence and architectural drawings. https://t.co/1lO1Yj8dcg #AvGeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 06, 2022.
Do you recognize this cityscape? In the 1970s, Union Square in San Francisco, was filled with airline sales offices, their promotional billboards, and other types of advertisements. Which airlines can you spot? #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 16, 2018.
Don’t leave a condensation ring behind, put a coaster under your cold drink! Browse our online database to see almost 200 coasters in our collection: https://t.co/wYeQBHDtpj #avgeek #coaster #museum #collection This tweet was posted on August 29, 2022.
Dorothy Hope Parkinson Kewin (1922-1976) was the first Pan American World Airways stewardess officially assigned to Pacific route service, and she worked her way up to become the Flight Service Supervisor of Pan Am's Pacific-Alaska Division. #WomensHistoryMonth #AvGeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on March 13, 2019.
Dubbed the “Friend Ship” when first introduced by United, the wide-body 747 provided an entirely new level of passenger comfort and service. #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 07, 2022.
Dubbed “The Uniform for the Superjet Era,” and created for the new wide-body jet service, this 1971 Pan American #uniform marked a new direction in the airline's approach to fashion. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 05, 2018.
Dubbed “The Uniform for the Superjet Era,” this 1971 uniform marked a new direction in #PanAm fashion. #FashionInFlight #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 09, 2017.
Due to labor disputes, rising fuel costs, excessive debt, and other financial problems, Eastern ceased operations in 1991.#DefunctThursday #Eastern #AvGeek #AviationHistory This tweet was posted on May 05, 2022.
During World War II, Lockheed Constellations were designated as C-69 military transports. In 1944, Howard Hughes flew a C-69 from Burbank, California to Washington, D.C. in a record time of 6 hrs and 57 min. Did you ever fly on a Lockheed Constellation? #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 09, 2020.
During the 1930s and 40s, #flightattendants across various airlines were required to be trained #nurses. #aviationhistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 15, 2017.
During the Vietnam War, commercial airliners along with their crews were chartered to fly US troops into combat zones. Soldiers no longer deployed to the war zone with their units, but as individuals or in groups for distribution upon arrival. #FreedomBird #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 15, 2020.
During the Vietnam War, commercial airliners along with their crews were chartered to fly US troops into combat zones. The flight attendants picked up on the anxiety of the soldiers aboard and did whatever they could to provide support. #freedombird #Avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 28, 2020.
During the early 1960s, Swissair introduced Douglas DC-8 and Convair 990 jetliners, which provided nonstop transatlantic service to Europe in as little as six-and-one-half hours. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 17, 2022.
During the early years of commercial flight, the nourishment needs of passengers became a primary focus for nascent airlines. To provide a restaurant-style inflight dining experience, airlines also considered the tableware comprising the meal service set. #AirlineMealSets #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 21, 2022.
During the late 1930s, TWA, under the leadership of its visionary controlling shareholder Howard Hughes, requested that the Lockheed Aircraft Company of Burbank, CA, produce a fast, large-capacity, pressurized airliner. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
During the mid-1920s, San Francisco leaders envisioned their city as the western terminus of a new transcontinental air mail system. In March 1927 the city negotiated with Boeing Air Transport to fly mail from Chicago to SF—provided an airfield was operational by July 1. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.
EVA Air, based near Taipei, Taiwan, was founded on March 8, 1989. Recently, EVA has started flying their Hello Kitty themed planes to SFO. Have you ever flown on #EVAAir? #avgeek #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on March 09, 2020.
Each airport around the world is assigned a three-letter @IATA (International Air Transport Association) code to make them easily and quickly identifiable. @flySFO’s three letter code, SFO, first appeared in the “American Aviation Air Traffic Guide” in December 1947. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 06, 2021.
Each airport around the world is assigned a three-letter @IATA (International Air Transport Association) code to make them easily and quickly identifiable. San Francisco International Airport’s three letter code, SFO, first appeared in 1947. @flysfo #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on January 07, 2021.
Earlier last month, our collections team completed the move of over 28,000 collections objects into our new storage facility. Congratulations to our awesome team! #museummonday #museumlife #behindthescenes #collections #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 01, 2018.
Early Birds features books on aeronautical theory, early human flight, and the development of aviation tech. #AVGeek This tweet was posted on October 23, 2015.
Early color photographs of #SFO are rare, so we’re excited to share a recent gift to our collection. This photo from 1947 shows a United Air Lines aircraft in front of the Airport’s 1937 terminal building along with 3 of the original airplane hangars built in 1927/8. #TBT #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 13, 2019.
Eastern Air Lines’ origins go back to the 1920s with routes throughout the Atlantic states. Eastern’s early success occurred under the direction of World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, who purchased the airline from General Motors in 1938. #DefunctThursday #Eastern #AvGeek This tweet was posted on May 05, 2022.
Ellen Church, 1st female flight attendant, poses on an @united plane in 1930: http://t.co/TyemjcB8rM We love the cape! #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2013.
Emilio #Pucci introduced #Braniff’s Supersonic Derby outfit in 1966. The harlequin-print nylon jersey, tights, and bowler hat have Central American instruments and pre-Columbian art motifs. Do you remember this uniform? #crewlife #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 29, 2020.
Encounters with the Laysan albatross were well documented by Pan Am’s staff and passengers. The awkwardness of the bird on land and their behavioral antics entertained residents and visiting passengers, earning them the nickname “gooney bird.” #EarthMonth #PanAm #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 18, 2023.
Even the captain's hat badge for Belize Airways conjures up tropical fantasies: http://t.co/XdIApBdBX5 #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 21, 2014.
Event alert! Thurs, Tom Culbert speaks re: his book, PanAfrica: Across the Sahara in 1941 with Pan Am. Dets- http://t.co/eJLk0S7B6x #avgeeks This tweet was posted on May 28, 2013.
Ever wonder what aircraft maintenance looked like in the late 1930s? Here, mechanics are working on the engines of a Douglas DC-3 #Mainliner during the aircraft’s routine visit to @United’s Cheyenne, Wyoming, maintenance base. #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 13, 2020.
Ever wonder what airplane tickets looked like in the 1920s? Browse through nearly one hundred tickets and ticket jackets spanning from the late 1920s to the 2010s in our online database: https://t.co/HTWhjvSgNU #AvGeek #Boeing #collections #tickets This tweet was posted on December 09, 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.
Ever wonder what the #cockpit of the Boeing 377 looked like? Our newest exhibition "American Airliner Cockpits, 1925–1975" has not one but two views inside this aircraft, and many others. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 27, 2019.