#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. #MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on November 02, 2020.
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.
Check out that Hughes Airwest outfit in Cliff Muskiet's collection of stewardess uniforms! Yow! (via @CNN) http://t.co/Hb97DS7u #AVgeeksThis tweet was posted on March 30, 2012.
Commercial aircraft interiors are one of the most finely tuned, human-made environments.
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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. #WingWednesdayThis tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
Did you ever fly on the Top Banana in the West?
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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
#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on June 15, 2022.
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? #avgeekThis 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#TWAThis tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.
Featuring objects from PSA, AirCal, Pacific Air Lines, Air West & Hughes Airwest, "Catch Our Style" is a celebration of CA Regional AirlinesThis 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. #avgeeksThis 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#SFBalletAt90This 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.
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Howard Hughes set a record in round-the-world flight in 1938 as a promotion for the New York World's… http://t.co/4Clxqq31GPThis tweet was posted on September 12, 2013.
Howard Hughes, Hollywood mogul, financial tycoon, and visionary aviator, was born #onthisday in 1905.
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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.