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#Planespotting @flySFO, circa 1946: http://t.co/qt9rbffDv3 #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on April 02, 2015.
#StanleyHenryPage was an early twentieth-century #SanFrancisco #BayArea engineer who was inspired by the new technologies of flight. In the 1920s, Stanley Page merged his love of flying with glass plate photography by capturing images of the Bay Area from his plane. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2019.
#TBT San Francisco Bay and a Boeing 314, c. 1940! http://t.co/z1BBLqAKqG #ThrowbackThursday #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on January 29, 2015.
#TBT to when you had to climb on top of a plane to refuel it. #ThrowbackThursday #avgeek #fordtrimotor http://t.co/8Ch7YbJTmz This tweet was posted on October 30, 2014.
#TWA hostesses in training and a teacher are shown here applying makeup in 1942. #WomenInAviation #WomensHistoryMonth #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 15, 2017.
#ThrowbackThursday and #NationalHatDay special! http://t.co/S4bfZbIDJg #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on January 15, 2015.
#ThrowbackThursday to @flySFO in 1942: http://t.co/rr8szFgGW5 #sfhistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 19, 2015.
#UTA introduced the aircraft in 1973, and by the mid-1970s, the carrier was operating it on many of its #longhaul #transatlantic routes to North and South America. #AviationEvolutions #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 20, 2018.
#United’s McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was the first of the three-engine, or tri-jet, wide-body airliners to arrive at SFO. #avgeek #sfohistory This tweet was posted on August 14, 2017.
#WesternAirlines' advertisement promoted travel to LA aboard the airline’s “Californian” service. #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on March 10, 2017.
#avgeeks and history buffs: follow along this week for the underwater search for the Samoa Clipper, a #PanAm aircraft that was lost in 1938 near American Samoa. Live stream via @EVNautilus: https://t.co/9cKVC3D9FB This tweet was posted on July 15, 2019.
100 years ago today: surrounded by a crowd, Art Smith prepares for take-off along the Marina at the #PPIE http://t.co/Zoo56IBnwe #avgeek This tweet was posted on May 01, 2015.
15 all-cargo DC-8-54AF aircraft were built for United with much of the fuselage constructed as windowless. #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 04, 2016.
1950s wood-carved Air France Breguet 763 Provence model aircraft on view in the Aviation Museum: http://ow.ly/6IBe5 #avgeeks This tweet was posted on September 29, 2011.
3 days left for Interiors Revealed! Here: 1:50 scale, late 1940s @British_Airways Handley Page Hermes 4. #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 26, 2013.
30 years of advancements in aviation in a single image: http://t.co/3ADHke267p #PanAm #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 15, 2014.
75 years to the day: #PanAm's christening ceremony for the California Clipper, held at Treasure Island: http://t.co/HNa8N1kWgm #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 25, 2014.
@BAretrojets @flySFO The @British_Airways Boeing 747 (G-BYGC) painted in their classic #BOAC livery landed at SFO on Friday. We were able to capture a shot of this classic beauty! #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 04, 2019.
@JamesJetsOften Will do! Expect the #avgeek news later this week. (cc: @routehappy @thatjohn @MichaelFabiano) This tweet was posted on November 18, 2013.
@flySFO @panamhistory Learn more about open water navigation during the 1930s in our exhibition, "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #ChinaClipper #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
@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 #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.
@united See "Flying the Main Line: A History of #United Airlines", on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/l3SGXC6Q8L #avgeek This tweet was posted on October 26, 2017.
A #PanAm flight arrives in NYC on this day in 1942, completing the 1st round-the-world commercial flight, having left SF on 12/12. #AVgeeks This tweet was posted on January 06, 2012.
A #TravelTuesday luggage label that makes us want to hop in a bush plane and go for a ride! http://t.co/Ac051xTysW #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 03, 2015.
A 1937 brochure from ENTA, Costa Rica's 1st natl airline, include an image of the country's famous oxcarts: http://t.co/SqjbIm7RXJ #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 30, 2013.
A 1968 TWA catalog offers an array of flight bag fashion. "Starstream" gets our vote for best name! #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2013.
A DC-2 1/2? You bet: http://t.co/8jSureHu7Z #genius #CNAC #avgeek #pilotlife This tweet was posted on September 22, 2014.
A child's fantasy -an aeroplane flight- brought to life in the pages of Frank Dobias' 1912 book: https://t.co/Sox3CKO74m #aviation #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 25, 2013.
A fleet of stretched & updated DC-8 types, the Super 60 Series, was operated by #Braniff in the 1970s. Artist Alexander Calder conceived the colorful livery scheme for one of these aircraft, which was colorful christened “Flying Colors of South America.” #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2022.
A form-fitting, polyester mini-dress projected a flashy, energetic look of casual comfort with bright stripes in Continental’s corporate colors. It featured a gold-tone chain belt with a monogrammed medallion. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 12, 2020.
A hat often topped off a flight attendant’s uniform. Browse over one hundred hats in our collection. https://t.co/myk6OfgTxI #collections #avgeek #hat This tweet was posted on September 07, 2022.
A new exhibit is on its way to the #Aviation Museum this week, a colorful blast-from-the-past for locals & #avgeeks: http://t.co/3XZlvldUz3 This tweet was posted on June 09, 2015.
A number of furniture pieces were also missing, including entire rows of seats. Because the figures of the passengers were used multiple times in the interior, it was possible to take molds from intact figures in order to recreate the lost pieces. #jetage #aircraftmodels #avgeek This tweet was posted on September 06, 2022.
A perfect combination: San Francisco and the California Clipper: http://t.co/xPuP7FUWIM #avgeek #throwbackthursday #PanAm This tweet was posted on January 08, 2015.
A photo for lovers of San Francisco & #avgeek alike: the 1938 SF skyline & Pan Am's China #Clipper. http://t.co/KWT4OewKKz This tweet was posted on July 31, 2013.