#OnThisDay in 1939, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (@NASAAmes) was established as part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). In the 1940s, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory was leading wind tunnel research in high-speed aeronautics #NASAAmesWind #NASA@NASAThis tweet was posted on December 20, 2022.
#OnThisDay in 1939, the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory (@nasaames) was established as part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).
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#nasaameswind#avgeek#nasa
#Onthisday in 1940, Vito Acconci was born in New York City’s Bronx borough. Acconci began his artistic career as a poet, and came to national prominence in the early 1970s as an artist working in performance and conceptual art. #PublicArt#VitoAcconci@SFACThis tweet was posted on January 24, 2022.
#ParksinFocus is a program administered by the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation that connects middle school youth to nature and national parks through photography, environmental education, and outdoor learning. #studentart#nationalparks#findyourparkThis tweet was posted on November 19, 2019.
#RobertBechtle’s early work was as a Bay Area figurative painter, but in the 1970s, he received national acclaim as a Photorealist. Shown here is Benton Street in #SanFrancisco, one of the familiar local neighborhoods Bechtle frequently paints. https://t.co/Exr4TSUHDQ #publicartThis tweet was posted on September 13, 2019.
@AnnieBeals@Rushbook we just moved it out this week&put in the 49ers Field Vehicle for our next exhibition on the NFL, The Nation's Game.This tweet was posted on August 20, 2015.
@el0vew Thanks for stopping by! What did you like best about The Nation's Game? We also hope you didn't miss your flight! Did you make it?This tweet was posted on October 22, 2015.
A longtime pilot for China National Aviation Corporation, Captain James M. Dalby's 1940s flight jacket… http://t.co/Qp1n4hXxt8This tweet was posted on September 02, 2014.
A telescopic #souvenir from The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations held in London in 1851.
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A telescopic #souvenir from The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations held in… http://t.co/I4ywwm2SEmThis tweet was posted on July 12, 2013.
The Adams Field Airport is an airport that is relevant to the SFO Museum collection.
After World War II, Qantas Empire Airways was nationalized and began rapidly expanding its route system. International routes with Douglas DC-4 airliners were established to Manila, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. #FlyingSouthernCrossThis tweet was posted on January 12, 2023.
After a visit to Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona during the late 1990s, photographer Tom Benoit was compelled to photograph the sacred ruins of the Anasazi people.
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Air Jamaica was the national airline of Jamaica from 1969 to 2015. On April 1, 1969, the airline established service from Kingston—Jamaica's capital—to New York and Miami. Did you ever fly on Air #Jamaica? #TravelTuesdayThis tweet was posted on February 19, 2019.
Along with skyrocketing oil prices, the once profitable routes National operated became unprofitable under Pan Am, which flew its last flight on December 4, 1991.
#PanAm#DefunctThursday#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.
Also featured are a profile of a bronc rider in northwest Montana maintaining a connection to the “old ways” to the visual splendor of diverse Native American cultures at the annual Gathering of Nations Powwow in New Mexico. #videoartsSFOThis tweet was posted on November 09, 2021.