"Flying the Main Line: A History of United Airlines" opens tomorrow, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/l3SGXBPfhd This tweet was posted on June 30, 2017.
#HappyThanksgiving! This year, SFO Museum is thankful for our new office and storage building. One of our favorite additions is the 16-foot high compacting shelving units in our collections storage room. #behindthescenesThis tweet was posted on November 23, 2018.
#KeliyAndersonStaley has been photographing individuals across the United States using the tintype process, a nineteenth century photographic process that was commonly used in portraiture through the 1930s. This tweet was posted on September 01, 2019.
#OnThisDay in 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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#OnThisDay in 1971, the first of this type of aircraft service started at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Flown by United, this aircraft was the first three-engine, or tri-jet, wide-body airliner to arrive at SFO. Can you guess what this aircraft is? #avgeekThis tweet was posted on August 14, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland was born in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. He would go on to establish the de Havilland Aircraft Company in late 1920. #deHavilland#avgeekThis tweet was posted on July 27, 2021.
#Onthisday in 1920, Hollywood costume designer and Academy Award winner, William Travilla, was born in Los Angeles, California. Well known for dressing Marilyn Monroe, Travilla created this synthetic blend, summer seasonal ensemble for #United in a new color named Blue Frost. This tweet was posted on March 22, 2022.
#Onthisday in 1926, Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator from San Francisco, launched his air mail service. Varney Air Lines was acquired by @united Airlines in 1930. #avgeek#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on April 06, 2020.
#Onthisday in 1926, Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator from San Francisco, launched his air mail service.
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#Onthisday in 1926, Walter T. Varney, a flight school and air taxi operator, launched his air mail service. In 1930, his company, Varney Air Lines, was acquired by United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, which is now @united. #avgeekThis tweet was posted on April 06, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1935, Amelia Earhart departed from Honolulu, HI bound for Oakland, CA. With this historic flight, she became the first person to fly solo to the United States mainland from Hawai’i. #AvGeekThis tweet was posted on January 11, 2022.