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 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.
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.
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.
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, 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 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 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.