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This image was posted on June 25, 2015.
#catchourstyle #airwest #flightattendant #1960s #1960sfashion
After its multi-million dollar computerized reservation system broke down over the Fourth of July weekend in 1968, causing a public relations fiasco, billionaire mogul Howard Hughes, in stepped to acquire the troubled airline. In 1970, the renamed Hughes Airwest began operations.
This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.
The Air West is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Air West was branded with an ultramodern service mark in bright interchangeable color combinations of lime green, royal blue, orange, pink, and bronze. #DefunctThursday #AirWest
This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.
Air West was branded with an ultramodern service mark in bright interchangeable color combinations of lime green, royal blue, orange, pink, and bronze.
This image was posted on September 14, 2016.
#olegcassini #airwest #fashion #design #avgeek
Air West was branded with an ultramodern service mark in bright interchangeable color combinations of lime green, royal blue, orange, pink, and bronze.
This image was posted on March 24, 2022.
#defunctthursday #airwest #pacificairlines #bonanzaairlines #westcoastairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
Air West’s stewardesses were outfitted in futuristic, slim-cut, high-fashion ensembles created by Oleg Cassini and reminiscent of uniforms worn in the original Star Trek television series, which was popular at the time. #DefunctThursday #AirWest
This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.
AirWest's stewardesses were outfitted in futuristic, high fashion ensembles by Oleg #Cassini. #WomenInAviation
This tweet was posted on September 14, 2016.
Based in San Francisco, the 3,800-employee carrier served numerous destinations up & down the California corridor, from San Diego to Crescent City, along with cities throughout the Southwest and Northwest, and even several tourist destinations in Mexico. #DefunctThursday #AirWest
This tweet was posted on March 17, 2022.
California-based airlines responded to the space-age looks promoted by other carriers.
This image was posted on September 16, 2016.
#olegcassini #airwest #fashion #design #avgeek #fashionfriday
Check out that Hughes Airwest outfit in Cliff Muskiet's collection of stewardess uniforms! Yow! (via @CNN) http://t.co/Hb97DS7u #AVgeeks
This tweet was posted on March 30, 2012.
Commercial aircraft interiors are one of the most finely tuned, human-made environments.
This image was posted on December 05, 2015.
Did you ever fly on the Top Banana in the West?
This image was posted on April 09, 2016.
Did you fly Hughes Airwest from SFO? Do you remember what their slogan was? #Trivia #ThrowbackThursday
This tweet was posted on October 15, 2015.
Did you know our collections website has a recently acquired objects button? From a Hello Kitty airsickness bag (really!) to a Hughes Airwest beach towel, keep up with what we’re collecting and browse through almost 2,000 recently acquired objects: https://t.co/kGhUpnPDvL
#AvGeek
This tweet was posted on June 15, 2022.
Did you know our collections website has a recently acquired objects button?
This image was posted on June 15, 2022.
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Do you have any favorite memories of PSA, AirCal, Hughes Airwest, or Pacific Air Lines? https://t.co/6m7FjFVDP6
This tweet was posted on December 05, 2015.
Featuring objects from PSA, AirCal, Pacific Air Lines, Air West & Hughes Airwest, "Catch Our Style" is a celebration of CA Regional Airlines
This tweet was posted on May 26, 2016.
From the hiring of the world’s first airline stewardess in 1930—which took place in San Francisco—the flight attendant uniform has been documented in photographs ranging from the formal to the impromptu.
This image was posted on September 29, 2016.
Happy Birthday, California!
This image was posted on September 09, 2021.
#california #catchourstyle #aircalifornia #hughesairwest
Happy New Year’s Eve!
This image was posted on December 31, 2019.
#happynewyear #airwest #avgeek #greetingcard
Happy New Year’s Eve!
This image was posted on December 31, 2019.
#happynewyear #airwest #avgeek #greetingcard
Happy Thanksgiving!
This image was posted on November 24, 2022.
Howard Hughes, Hollywood mogul, financial tycoon, and visionary aviator, was born #onthisday in 1905.
This image was posted on December 24, 2018.
The Hughes Air West is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
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The Hughes Airwest is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
Hughes Airwest, the airline with the slogan, "the top banana in the west", did not literally fly bananas, but this imaginative 1970s poster does feature a flying banana.
This image was posted on May 21, 2016.
In 1968, Air West was formed out of a merger of three regional carriers: Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Air Lines, and West Coast Airlines. All three were struggling financially and a consolidation of routes and equipment seemed the best solution at the time
#DefunctThursday #AirWest
This tweet was posted on March 17, 2022.
In 1968, Air West was formed out of a merger of three regional carriers: Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Air Lines, and West Coast Airlines.
This image was posted on March 17, 2022.
#defunctthursday #airwest #pacificairlines #bonanzaairlines #westcoastairlines
In 1970, industrialist and aviation entrepreneur Howard Hughes (1905–1976) bought Air West, added his name to the airline, and kept its home base at San Francisco International Airport.
This image was posted on May 04, 2017.
#avgeek #aviationhistory #hughesairwest #hughesair #airwest #howardhughes #mariozamparelli #zamparelli #crewlife #paxex #flightattendant #crewlife #fa #fashioninflight #hostesses #flightattendantlife #flightcrew #avgeek #aviationhistory #womeninaviation
In honor of our 40th anniversary, every week this year we are highlighting one of our past exhibitions.
This image was posted on December 03, 2020.
#tbtsfom #sfomat40 #museumfromhome
In the 1970s, Hughes Airwest advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West” and caricatured its yellow aircraft as flying bananas on its ads and promotional materials.
This image was posted on October 02, 2018.
#hughes #hughesairwest #republicairlines #avgeek #aviationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #aviationgeeks #avgeeks
In the 1970s, Hughes Airwest advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West” and caricatured its aircraft as flying bananas on its ads and promotional materials.
This image was posted on April 13, 2017.
#hughes #hughesairwest #republicairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
It's National Aviation Day!
This image was posted on August 19, 2018.
#nationalaviationday #aviation #avgeek #avationgeek #sfo #hughesairwest