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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, 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Happy Birthday to former @49ers Hugh McElhenny who turns his 87 this week! #TheNationsGame ©Frank Rippon This tweet was posted on December 28, 2015.
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, the famous aviator, Hollywood producer, and billionaire mogul, took over Ai… http://t.co/Baw5H8p4xc This tweet was posted on October 16, 2015.
In 1938, a modified version of the Lockheed Model 14 was flown by Howard Hughes and a crew of four to circumnavigate the northern hemisphere, covering 23,804 miles in three days and nineteen hours, a world record. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 07, 2018.
In 1944, Howard Hughes borrowed a Lockheed Constellation & flew it cross country in a record time of 6h 57m, averaging 330 mph. #TWASkyliner This tweet was posted on March 24, 2016.
In 1970, when Howard Hughes bought Air West, he incorporated a double-H logotype of his initials in the uniforms. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on May 03, 2017.
In the late 1930s, Lockheed was developing a high-speed pressurized airliner, designated the L-044 Excalibur. Howard Hughes, who, in 1939, had acquired a majority share of TWA, requested that the airliner be redesigned and developed to his specs... #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on April 14, 2021.
Learn more about Howard Hughes’ airlines, Hughes Airwest in our Catch Our Style exhibition. http://t.co/aULAgnuuTQ This tweet was posted on October 15, 2015.
London-based filmmakers Felix Bazalgette and Josh Hughes transport us to a night shift at the oldest daily newspaper in Sierra Leone, which is produced in a loud, dimly lit printing press operated by a brotherhood of men. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/uYbhlXX0yd This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.
Mario Zamparelli created a forceful identity for Hughes Airwest, dominated by his Yellow and Blue color scheme. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on May 03, 2017.
Named the “Stratoliner” for its ability to fly near the stratosphere, it had a circular cross-section and a tear-drop fuselage to handle pressurization. Only ten were produced: a prototype, three for Pan Am, five for TWA, and one for Howard Hughes. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on March 31, 2021.
On November 2, 1947, the Hughes H-4 Hercules prototype made its first and only flight off the coast of San Pedro, California, with Howard Hughes at the controls. The enormous aircraft flew for just over a mile at an altitude of 70 feet for one minute. #WingWendesday #SpruceGoose This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.
Only ten #Boeing 307 #Stratoliners were produced: one prototype, five for TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air), three for Pan American, and one for Howard Hughes. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on July 05, 2018.
Only ten Boeing 307s were produced: one prototype, five for TWA, three for Pan American, and one for Howard Hughes. This one was looking good at @flySFO back in 1946! #AvGeek #Stratoliner This tweet was posted on July 08, 2022.
RT @airandspace: Today in 1938, Howard Hughes and crew completed a round-the-world flight in Hughes' Lockheed Super Electra. Clocking in at… This tweet was posted on July 14, 2020.
Razors, hair creme, & a tube of deoderant were in generous kits given to men by Hughes AirWest in the 1970s http://t.co/uRGHhoXKCY #RON This tweet was posted on April 08, 2014.
Republic Airlines was formed as a result of a merger between North Central Airlines and Southern Airways in 1979 and was based at Minneapolis–Saint Paul. The same year, Hughes Airwest was targeted it for a takeover by Republic. #DefunctThursday #RepublicAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2022.
Rippon's iconic images document the legendary exploits of players—from early stars like Hugh McElhenny and Bob St. Clair playing at Kezar Stadium, to Joe Montana and the generation of players who brought home the team’s first Super Bowl trophy in 1982. #FrankRippon @49ers This tweet was posted on December 27, 2021.
SF based Hughes Airwest operated a large McDonnell Douglas DC-9 fleet, which were ideal for its West Coast routes. Painted in Sundance Yellow, the airline caricatured its DC-9 aircraft as flying bananas and advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West.” #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
See "Locals Only" by Hugh Holland on display, pre-security, on the departures level of Terminal 3. https://t.co/GdLVjc5It8 #Locals Only #Hugh Holland #skateboarding #skating #skateboard #skate This tweet was posted on June 05, 2018.
See “Awoko” by Felix Bazalgette and Josh Hughes in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the International Terminal with daily operating hours of 5:00am to 10:00pm, or online at: https://t.co/XCSEWHT9UO This tweet was posted on March 24, 2022.