"I love Paris in the winter, when it drizzles"…Benjamen Chinn's photos of the City of Light, at SFO Museum: http://t.co/fRCqgUS2This tweet was posted on October 31, 2011.
#OnThisDay in 1927, #CharlesLindbergh landed in Paris, France, after completing the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Departing from New York, after 33 1/2 hours, Lindbergh became an international star upon landing at Paris’ Le Bourget Field. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on May 21, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed in Paris, France, after completing his historic solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. His 3,500-mile journey crossed more than 1,900 miles of open ocean before he landed in Paris’ Le Bourget Field. #avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on May 21, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1895, legendary fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga was born in Getaria, Spain. He opened an Air France department within his Paris fashion house for the creation of this stewardess uniform from 1969. #AvGeek#AirFrance#BalenciagaThis tweet was posted on January 21, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1927, Charles #Lindbergh landed in Paris completing the first successful solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from New York. This tweet was posted on May 21, 2017.
#Onthisday in 1958, the first scheduled Pan American World Airways jet service took off from Idlewild, New York. Flying to Paris, Pan Am carried 111 passengers across the Atlantic. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 707? #avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on October 26, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1973, the first non-stop #Concorde flight over the North Atlantic was completed in a record-breaking duration of 3 hrs 33 min. The trip from Washington to Paris was completed by Concorde 02 (F-WTSA), which can be visited at Musee Delta, Orly Airport, Paris, France This tweet was posted on September 26, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1976, the first scheduled Concorde SST flights took off simultaneously at 11:40am from London and Paris to Bahrain and Rio de Janeiro respectively. This tweet was posted on January 21, 2018.
A supersonic transatlantic flight on the #Concorde between Paris and Washington D.C. lasted on average just three and one-half hours at 1,350 miles per hour, faster than the speed of the Earth's rotation. #AviationEvolutionsThis tweet was posted on March 11, 2018.
A triple-decked plane in the 1930s?! Completed in 1935, the Latécoère 521 Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris was one of the largest flying boats of its day, with three decks and a capacity for 72 passengers. #AviationEvolutionsThis tweet was posted on January 08, 2018.
At the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle dancer Loïe Fuller performed whirling dances inspiring Art Nouveau artists. This tweet was posted on May 04, 2016.
Conjurers & magicians were popular subjects for automata makers, reflecting the spectacles of 19th c. Paris. http://t.co/QjLUP2L7This tweet was posted on December 08, 2011.
First flown in 1957, Pan Am introduced the jetliner in October 1958 by inaugurating 707-120 service from New York to Paris with one refueling stop in Newfoundland. #WingWednesdayThis tweet was posted on June 23, 2021.
Happy 127th birthday, Eiffel Tower! This 1947 Air France poster depicts the beautiful tower & other Paris landmarks. This tweet was posted on March 31, 2016.
Happy Birthday Jean Louis! The famed Hollywood costumer was born on this day in Paris, France, in 1907. Louis' third flight attendant uniform for United was available in 3 primary colors of blue, green, and red. #FlightPatternsThis tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.
Happy birthday to Charles Lindbergh, the first pilot to fly non-stop between New York and Paris (back… http://t.co/8KGlD7ViGKThis tweet was posted on February 04, 2015.
In the early 1960s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) was operating the 707-320 on the transpolar, route from Los Angeles to Paris. By 1969, TWA 707s were also flying transpacific routes to Asia. #DefunctThursday#AvGeek#TWAThis tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.
Initially, Congress banned Concorde service to the United States due to concerns over the aircraft’s sonic boom, but five months after the Concorde’s inaugural flight, an exception was made for service to Washington @dulles_airport from London and Paris. #SSTTimeMachine#ConcordeThis tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.
International exhibitions of Islamic and other non-Western arts helped fuel European and American interest in and desire for these styles, as did the collections of early museums, such as the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris. #victorianpaperedwallThis tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.
International exhibitions of Islamic and other non-Western arts helped fuel the public’s desire for these styles, as did the collections of early museums, such as the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris. #victorianpaperedwallThis tweet was posted on December 21, 2022.
It's not spring, but we still love Paris! If you do too, Benjamen Chinn's photos in Terminal 3 will make your day: http://t.co/ywkoFnmdThis tweet was posted on September 15, 2011.
NOW PLAYING: "Am I Paris?" by #RedhaMedjellekh. #Filmmaker#Medjellekh finds inspiration in the City of Lights with costumed dancer Brice Larrieu navigating the streets—and rooftops—of #Paris to Sergei Prokofiev’s “Dance of the Knights.” https://t.co/5IUhYW5glU #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/FJ56tOHj2uThis tweet was posted on November 26, 2018.
NOW PLAYING: "Celluloid (An American in Paris, 1951)" by Marco Brambilla. Brambilla pays tribute to the golden age of cinema in his reworking of the well-known scene of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron during the musical finale of the 1951 film, An American in Paris. https://t.co/TNlJNGxZgpThis tweet was posted on February 27, 2018.
On January 21, 1976, with television cameras broadcasting to millions of viewers, Air France launched its Concorde supersonic transport (SST) service between Paris and Rio de Janeiro. #SSTTimeMachine#AvGeekThis tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.
On this day in 1958, Pan Am made the first flight from New York to Paris using the Boeing 707 #avgeeksThis tweet was posted on October 26, 2011.
Oooh, good one! RT @HackMyTrip: The underground crypts of Paris MT @SFOMuseum: http://t.co/brx1nQGb Where's your favorite 'lost world'?This tweet was posted on October 22, 2012.
Promoted as the "Super Seven," #PanAm introduced the airliner in May 1956, on the Atlantic route from Miami to Paris, and in September 1957, on the time-saving, transpolar "great circle route," across the Arctic Ocean to Northern Europe. #AviationEvolutionsThis tweet was posted on February 12, 2018.
Promoted as the “Super Seven,” #PanAm introduced the DC-7C in May 1956, on the Atlantic route from Miami to Paris, and in September 1957, on the transpolar “great circle route,” across the Arctic Ocean to Northern Europe. #AviationEvolutionsThis tweet was posted on September 13, 2018.
RT @LondonBreed: As we watch the devastation at Notre Dame Cathedral, San Francisco's thoughts are with the people of Paris, our Sister Cit…This tweet was posted on April 15, 2019.
RT @SDASM: Yesterday and today in 1946: TWA flew its 1st international passengers from NY to Paris on the Star of Paris. What type of aircr…This tweet was posted on February 06, 2017.
RT @WIRED: Missed the stomach-churning flights of the infamous Paris Air Show? We've got the highlights: This tweet was posted on June 24, 2017.
RT @airandspace: Today in 1932, five years to the day after Lucky Lindy landed in Paris, Amelia Earhart made history of her own. She became…This tweet was posted on May 21, 2019.