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Construction of the North Terminal (now Terminal 3) began #onthisday in 1971. #SFOHistory #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 22, 2017.
Crookston dreamed of flying as a child. She served with the Civil Air Patrol as a survey pilot and with the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor, but she was excluded from work as an airline pilot due to her gender. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Dedicated roadways streamlined traffic to the 1954 terminal, and passenger entryways on both levels were fitted with hands-free, automatic doors—an exciting new invention at the time. Passenger operations exceeded 2.5 million for the first year. #SFOHistory #SFO #AvGeek #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on October 04, 2022.
Designed in a modernized Spanish Revival style, the new Administration Building measured 88 feet by 206 feet and was sited where the 1927 building stood. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on March 16, 2021.
Designed in the International Style, SFO’s 1954 Terminal was a seven-story building and employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #SFOHistory #SFO #AvGeek #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on October 04, 2022.
Did you ever fly on SFO Helicopter Airlines? What are your favorite memories of SFO Helicopter Airlines? #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on August 31, 2017.
Did you know SFO Museum has the freestanding schedule board from San Francisco Airport’s 1937 passenger terminal? For years the board was large enough to post the arrival and departure times for all scheduled airlines serving San Francisco. #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 19, 2022.
Did you know that in the 1960s there was a heliport next to the Ferry Building in San Francisco? From the 1960s to the 1980s, SFO Helicopter Airlines operated local helicopter flights from SFO to destinations around the Bay Area. #SFOHistory #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 26, 2020.
Do you know that you can search our collection website by airport? Browse through over 4,000 objects online related to our favorite airport, @flySFO—everything from photographs and postcards to correspondence and architectural drawings. https://t.co/1lO1Yj8dcg #AvGeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 06, 2022.
Do you recognize this building? This design drawing of one of SFO’s most recognizable buildings, was sketched by architect Craig Hartman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1995 (big hint!). #52Objects #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on April 24, 2023.
Do you recognize this sculpture? Peace by Beniamino Bufano was installed at SFO from 1958 to 1996. #ThrowbackThursday #SFOHistory #TBT This tweet was posted on November 01, 2018.
Do you remember the buses that connected the terminals at SFO? Did you ever take a ride in one? #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 21, 2016.
Do you remember this sign? It was located on the roadway approach to @flySFO and read “Welcome to San Francisco." #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 07, 2017.
Do you remember when "Conquest of Space" by Rufino Tamayo was located in Terminal 2? https://t.co/kh7V8hBUma #SFOHistory #TBT #airportart This tweet was posted on January 19, 2017.
During World War II, #PanAm moved their operations from Treasure Island to #SFO. Do you remember this Pan American base? #ThrowbackThursday #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on December 28, 2017.
Ever wonder what baggage systems looked like in the 1960s? #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on September 22, 2016.
Ever wonder what the approach to @flySFO was like in 1962? It was pretty simple, with an "open all night" gas station in front. The South Terminal (now Harvey Milk Terminal 1) was just being built to accommodate growing passenger numbers. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on December 28, 2021.
Excluded from civilian work as an airline pilot due to her gender, Crookston switched gears and was hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Feeling nostalgic about SFO? Check out our thousands of photos of SFO on our online database! https://t.co/1kHNNo6Tad #SFOHistory #avgeek #photography This tweet was posted on January 20, 2019.
Filed under both "Fun fact" and "They did what?": the original 1927 Administration Building was relocated to the north and the two structures coexisted for several years. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on March 16, 2021.
Flight attendants from multiple airlines wave at the thousands of visitors below, part of the dedication ceremony for the Central Terminal (now T2) in 1954. #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on February 01, 2018.
Flying a bright red, ten-passenger Stinson Tri-Motor, Century Pacific Air Lines began service from San Francisco #onthisday in 1931. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 31, 2018.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, SFO #Helicopter Airlines operated local flights between San Francisco and Oakland. Did you ever fly on #SFOHelicopter Airlines? #SFOhistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 19, 2018.
From the beginning, they have been there: SFO Museum would like to say a special thank you to the custodians taking care of the airport! #MuseumFromHome #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on April 17, 2020.
Given how much and how quickly airports have evolved, it’s almost unfathomable to think that one of the buildings from the era of the 1937 Administrative Building remained until 1997. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on April 06, 2021.
Gone but not forgotten: Pancake Palace at SFO offered 14 different varieties of pancakes in the 1960s. #SFOhistory This tweet was posted on April 04, 2016.
Hangar No. 1 was completed by September 21, 1927 at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco. #SFOHistory #TBT This tweet was posted on May 19, 2016.
Hangar No. 1, the first aircraft hangar at Mills Field, was located 150 feet to the south of the original administration building and completed in September 1927. Lettering on the roof identified the airport from above. #SFOHistory #MillsField This tweet was posted on October 25, 2022.
Happy Birthday #United Airlines! Did you know that United is the longest serving airline at San Francisco International Airport? #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on April 06, 2018.
Happy Birthday SFO! The airport was dedicated on May 7, 1927. Hangar No. 4 built in in early 1928, stood until 1999. This truss section from Hangar No. 4 is now on display in “Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” located in the SkyTerrace. #52Objects #SFOHistory #AvGeek This tweet was posted on May 08, 2023.
Happy Birthday San Francisco International Airport! The dedication ceremony of Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, the original name of SFO, took place #onthisday in 1927. #SFOHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on May 07, 2020.
Happy Labor Day! Thank you to all of the essential workers who keep SFO running smoothly and safely, both now and over our past ninety-three years. Image: San Francisco International Airport (SFO). late 1960s. 2011.032.0633 #MuseumFromHome #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 07, 2020.
Happy birthday to us! Opened #OnThisDay in 2000, the Aviation Museum & Library turns 21 this year! It will re-open to visitors early next year with a new gallery, new exhibitions, and even new carpet! We can’t wait to welcome you back. #SFOHistory 📸: Under construction in 1999 This tweet was posted on December 10, 2021.
Her achievements included replacing artificial plants with live ones, pushing for shops and restaurants to reflect San Francisco’s culture, designing terminals with light and airy open spaces, and initiating the exhibition program, which became us! #52Objects #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on March 13, 2023.
Hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City, she transferred to San Francisco in 1946 and became the first female air traffic control watch supervisor in the country. #SFOHistory #avgeek #SFO #SFHistory This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
However, this trial run of a commercial hovercraft lasted about a year. Do you remember seeing these hovercrafts? #avgeek #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.