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#OnThisDay in 1952 @49ers halfback Hugh McElhenny caught a punt & ran 94 yds to score a touchdown. #TheNationsGame https://t.co/uYKNFu2oBV This tweet was posted on October 19, 2015.
#Onthisday in 1947, Howard Hughes embarked on a test - and only - flight of the huge Hughes H-4 Hercules (nicknamed the Spruce Goose) to prove that it, the largest wooden plane ever built, could fly. The prototype now resides on display in the @EvergreenMuseum. #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on November 02, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1947, Howard Hughes embarked on a test flight of the huge Hughes H-4 Hercules (nicknamed the Spruce Goose) to prove it could fly. This image was posted on November 02, 2020. #sprucegoose #howardhughes #avgeek #museumfromhome
#Onthisday in 1947, Howard Hughes, decided to take the huge Hughes H-4 Hercules (nicknamed the Spruce Goose) on a test flight to prove it could fly. This image was posted on November 02, 2017. #sprucegoose #howardhughes #h4 #hercules #evergreen #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #instaplane #flying #plane #flight #avgeeks #aviation4u #aviationdaily
#Onthisday in 1947, off the coast of San Pedro, California, the #Hughes H-4 #Hercules took off and covered only a mile, at an altitude of 70 feet with Howard #Hughes at the controls. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on November 02, 2018.
#Onthisday in 2001, the final Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight departed from Kansas City, Missouri and landed in St. Louis, Missouri. This image was posted on December 01, 2017. #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationlovers #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #instaplane #flying #plane #flight #airline #avgeeks #aviation4u #aviationdaily
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. This image was posted on March 24, 2022. #defunctthursday #airwest #pacificairlines #bonanzaairlines #westcoastairlines #avgeek #aviationhistory
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This exhibition was on display between March 2022 and March 2022 in the 4E Video Arts Gallery gallery, located in International Terminal
Can you believe it has been 20 years? This image was posted on December 01, 2021. #avgeek #aviation #twa #otd #aviationhistory
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.
Designed in secret under the leadership Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, and with direction from Hughes, the renamed L-049 Constellation evolved into an extremely fast, revolutionary large-capacity airliner with a unique dolphin-shaped fuselage and distinctive tripletail. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
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. #avgeek #aviationhistory #sfohistory #airport #collections #museumlife
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.
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 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-1970s, Hugh Holland spent three years photographing the early days of skateboarding. This image was posted on April 09, 2018. #skateboarding #skating #skateboard #skate #photography #hughesholland #skaters #skater #wheels #skatelife #wheel #skateordie #sk8 #skateallday #skateboards #1970s #vintage
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.
Five stories tall, wingspan of a football field, Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" had its one and only flight on this day in 1947. #avgeeks This tweet was posted on November 02, 2011.
French composers Pierre Akendengue and Hughes de Courson skillfully interwove African rhythms with extended passages from various Bach compositions. This captivating musical fusion provided inspiration for Caniparoli’s choreography. @SFBallet #Ballet #SFBalletAt90 This tweet was posted on March 07, 2023.
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 to former @49ers Hugh McElhenny who turns his 87 this week! #TheNationsGame ©Frank Rippon This tweet was posted on December 28, 2015.
Happy Birthday, California! This image was posted on September 09, 2021. #california #catchourstyle #aircalifornia #hughesairwest
Happy Thanksgiving! This image was posted on November 24, 2022.
Howard Hughes set a record in round-the-world flight in 1938 as a promotion for the New York World's… http://t.co/4Clxqq31GP This tweet was posted on September 12, 2013.
Howard Hughes, Hollywood mogul, financial tycoon, and visionary aviator, was born #onthisday in 1905. #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 24, 2018.
Howard Hughes, Hollywood mogul, financial tycoon, and visionary aviator, was born #onthisday in 1905. This image was posted on December 24, 2018.
Howard Hughes, the famous aviator, Hollywood producer, and billionaire mogul, took over Ai… http://t.co/Baw5H8p4xc This tweet was posted on October 16, 2015.
Hugh Holland: Locals Only
This photography exhibition was on display between March 2018 and June 2018 in the 3J Photographs gallery, located in Terminal 3
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The Hughes Air West is an airline that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.