This International Women’s Day, learn more about pioneering aviatrix Katherine Stinson. Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Katherine Stinson (1891-1977) was the fourth woman in the United States to obtain a pilot’s certification. #InternationalWomensDay #KatherineStinson
This tweet was posted on March 08, 2022.
This United Airlines Air Lines Service Center was built in 1958 and designed by Myron Goldsmith during his time at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, one of the largest architectural firms in the world. #SFOhistory
This tweet was posted on September 20, 2018.
This beautiful @United office building was built at San Francisco International Airport in the 1940s. #TBT
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2016.
This card was given to Fred Kemmerle in 1949 by @United to commemorate his first flight. When was your first flight?
This tweet was posted on July 10, 2016.
This is your last week to see "Flying the Main Line: A History of United Airlines." Located post-security, in Terminal 3 the exhibition showcases highlights from SFO Museum's collection. https://t.co/l3SGXBPfhd #TheMainLine
This tweet was posted on February 27, 2018.
This photo from 1959 shows a group of #stewardesses in front of #United Air Lines' training center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They're wearing a new #uniform, released that same year, designed by Raymond Loewy as part of his complete re-branding of United's identity for the #jetage.
This tweet was posted on February 20, 2019.
This photo on #United's #Boeing #747 service in the 1970s features three different patterns of Hollywood costumer Jean Louis' 1973 uniform, diamonds, stripes, and polka dots. Which one is your favorite? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2018.
This rare view of the United Air Lines Ticket Office in downtown San Francisco is from circa 1933. Do you remember purchasing flight tickets at a ticket office? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 06, 2019.
This week on #SFOMat40: In 2003, we presented “Mapping America,” which featured dozens of maps of the United States of America from colonial times to the nineteenth century. Do you remember seeing this exhibition? #SFOMTBT
This tweet was posted on February 13, 2020.
This winter suit, worn from 1963 to 1968 by #United flight attendants, is made in soft bouclé worsted wool created in a new color named Blue Vision. Do you remember this uniform? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 12, 2018.
To escape persecution during World War II, she immigrated to the United States and settled in California. #PondFarm
This tweet was posted on June 17, 2016.
To help promote the new airliner to the traveling public, United had Pacific Miniatures of Alhambra, CA, create several large cutaway models to highlight the DC-8’s new features & amenities, particularly its spacious & luxurious cabin interior. #aircraftmodels #avgeek #dc8
This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.
Today, Harvey Milk’s legacy is felt in the gains for LGBTQ rights made during the four decades since his tragic death, including the 2015 United States Supreme Court ruling recognizing same-sex marriage as a legal right. #PRIDE
This tweet was posted on June 01, 2021.
United Air Lines featured many of their destinations in a series of advertisements placed in Time magazine in late 1944 and 1945. #TravelTuesday
This tweet was posted on May 11, 2021.
United Air Lines flight attendant Ruby Reykalin sits at the United exhibit at the Golden Gate Int'l Expo in 1940.
This tweet was posted on February 24, 2016.
United Air Lines flight attendant Sandra L. Herrmann collected autographs from notable people she met while working, including Willie McCovey, Willie Mays, and other members of the 1963 @SFGiants team. #AvGeek #SFGiants
This tweet was posted on April 07, 2023.
United Air Lines introduced hot meal service on Douglas DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport) and DC-3 flights in the late 1930s. #TheMainLine
This tweet was posted on January 26, 2018.
United Air Lines introduced its first Boeing 747 in 1970 for the popular west coast-to-Hawai’i route. United furnished their “Captain’s Lounge” with namesake chairs in an open layout. What are your fondest memories of the Boeing 747? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 14, 2019.
United Air Lines introduced the company’s first passenger recognition program in 1939. Membership reached the thousands by the 1950s.
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2017.
United Air Lines purchased two Link Flight Trainers in 1934 for their pilots at the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland, California. #TheMainLine
This tweet was posted on February 23, 2018.
United Air Lines received its first 747-100 on June 26, 1970, and a month later launched 747 service from San Francisco to Honolulu. United began to hire male stewards in 1970 for Hawai’i service only. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on June 01, 2020.
United Air Lines’ 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room” and furnished with captain’s chairs, wrap-around couches, and a back wall mural. #WidebodyAV #avgeek #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on June 01, 2020.
United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin at the front of the aircraft with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room.” #WidebodyAV #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
United Airlines originated from a merger of several early air transport companies that began operating 75 years ago.
This tweet was posted on October 09, 2015.