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In the United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 first-class stewards and stewardesses offered special wine, fruit, and cheese services in the upper-deck lounge and wore unique uniforms featuring brightly colored plaid sports coats and skirts #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.
In the United States, the 1970s were primarily a dormant period for instrumental rock until the end of the decade, when in 1979, Jon & The Nightriders unleashed a surf music revival with their self-titled 7” EP. #InstrumentalSurf This tweet was posted on April 15, 2021.
In the early 1930s, #Boeing Aircraft & #United Air Lines produced an aircraft that revolutionized air travel, the Boeing 247. #TheMainLine This tweet was posted on August 03, 2017.
In the early 1960s, #United brought new jet airliners into service providing unprecedented speed, comfort, and efficiency. #themainline This tweet was posted on October 18, 2017.
In the early 1970s, #United Airlines commissioned #aviation artist Nixon Galloway to create watercolor paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline from the beginning of the company’s history. #themainline #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 11, 2017.
In the early 1970s, United Airlines commissioned aviation artist Nixon Galloway, to create a series of #watercolor #paintings depicting each aircraft flown by the airline and its subsidiaries from the beginning of the company’s history. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 21, 2019.
In the early 1990s, United flight attendant Sandra Herrman set up her personal camcorder to film herself prepping meal carts on a Boeing 747. Her recent donation of the now-digitized films is the subject of our latest blogs post. https://t.co/YCFkyQbC3T This tweet was posted on January 11, 2021.
In the late 1930s, United Air Lines asked Douglas Aircraft to develop a large-capacity, long-range, pressurized, four-engine airliner. The DC-4E featured a tripletail and a nose wheel, then unique to large passenger aircraft, and first flew in 1938. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 07, 2021.
In the late 1940s, land-based aircraft, like the Douglas DC-4, the DC-6, and the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, made regularly operated commercial air routes between the United States & Australia a reality for airmail, cargo, and passengers alike. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.
In the wake of World War II, Australian airline companies embarked on the task establishing an air route across the Pacific Ocean to the United States. #AustralianAirliners #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 29, 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 #Concorde This tweet was posted on March 24, 2023.
Introduced by United Air Lines and American Airlines in 1946, the DC-6 was the first new American-designed airliner to operate during the postwar years. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 21, 2021.
Introduced in 1959, the Douglas DC-8 was United Air Lines’ first jet airliner to be launched into service. Branded the “Jet Mainliner” by United, it was a major advancement in airliner design and officially launched the airline into the jet age. #aircraftmodels #avgeek #dc8 This tweet was posted on May 10, 2022.
It's National Aviation Day! What are your favorite aviation memories? #NationalAviationDay #aviation #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Terminal Building and United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 1959 SFO Museum Collection 2011.032.0525 This tweet was posted on August 19, 2019.
It's tea time! In the 1930s, United Air Lines used lightweight Bakelite serving ware for their "Mainline" services. http://t.co/wcxycS3s This tweet was posted on March 13, 2012.
Japanese transistor #radios were designed for the American market, and sales quickly outpaced heavier and more-expensive examples made in the United States. Do you recognize this famous face listening intently to a transistor #radio? #RadioSFO #Sony This tweet was posted on June 29, 2018.
Jean Louis added a signature print scarf selection and eliminated the hat from #United's previous uniform. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on December 30, 2016.
Jean Louis' 1970 mix & match uniform’s base garment is a double-knit jumper in red with a black-trimmed scoop neck. #United #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on December 30, 2016.
Jon Jon Augustavo is a Filipino American Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose visual poem, made in celebration of AANHPI heritage month, shares voices of the Asian diaspora in the United States. #VideoArtsSFO #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM https://t.co/rIBLqiNPMK This tweet was posted on May 25, 2023.
Juneteenth, a holiday celebrated - and now officially recognized as a federal holiday - on June 19th, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. #Juneteenth This tweet was posted on June 19, 2021.
Learn more about United Airline's history "Flying #TheMainLine: A History of United Airlines", on display, post-security, in Terminal 3. https://t.co/l3SGXBPfhd This tweet was posted on January 10, 2018.
Learn more early aviation history in "Flying #theMainLine: A History of #United Airlines", post-security, in T3. https://t.co/l3SGXBPfhd This tweet was posted on July 07, 2017.
Lesser known and slightly older than the @GGBridge , the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has one of the longest spans in the United States. It opened on #onthisday in 1936. Have you ever traveled across the Bay Bridge? #SFHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on November 12, 2020.
Lesser known and slightly older than the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened on #onthisday in 1936. The bridge has one of the longest spans in the United States and carries over 260,000 cars each day. Have you ever traveled across the Bay Bridge? This tweet was posted on November 12, 2019.
Like their counterparts in the United States, international instrumental bands in the late 1950s and 1960s were influenced by rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll. The Shadows, a group of teenagers from London, led the European instrumental charge. #InstrumentalSurf This tweet was posted on March 12, 2021.
Lillian Janeway Atwater (1890–1937) was the first woman to fly a hydroplane in the United States. In 1911, she began hydroplane pilot training with her husband William Atwater at the Curtiss School of Aviation in North Island, San Diego. #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 10, 2022.
Loftleiðir Icelandic (or Iceland Airlines) was established in 1944. As #Iceland is geographically situated between Europe and the United States, Loftleiðir became a major player in the transatlantic travel in the 1960s. Did you ever fly on #Loftleiðir? #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on March 19, 2019.
Looking for basketball players? @United's 1955 team is ready to jump into the #MuseumOlympics! http://t.co/Sea1FHWS This tweet was posted on August 01, 2012.
Louis' 1973 United uniform striped-sleeve, mock-turtleneck, sweater bodysuits also came in all three primary colors. “Flight Patterns” is on display post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/O69YNba2Jq #FlightPatterns This tweet was posted on October 05, 2021.
May the Force Be With You! This amenity kit issued by United Airlines for their transcontinental Polaris First class service promoted the 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayThe4th This tweet was posted on May 04, 2023.
Minimal, elegant styling defined post-WWII @united stewardess uniforms: http://t.co/mW0eXEZUR6 Learn more in our #Aviation Museum. #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 10, 2013.
NOW PLAYING: "Scent of Geranium" by #NaghmehFarzaneh. In this poignant short, Farzaneh communicates the anxiety, alienation, and complex range of emotions shared by #immigrants coming to the United States. #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/Bm4xhRksaj This tweet was posted on July 16, 2018.
NOW PLAYING: "Sweetheart Dancers" by Ben-Alex Dupris. Sean and Adrian, a #Ute and #Navajo #twospirit couple challenge perceptions of identity through their participation in Sweetheart Dance competitions at #powwows across the United States. https://t.co/mxbnUykr0O #VideoArtsSFOM https://t.co/1LW43r9IR9 This tweet was posted on November 26, 2019.
New exhibit! United We Stand: Female Flight Attendant Uniforms of United Airlines is on view in the #Aviation Museum: http://t.co/NBN8DGbZyQ This tweet was posted on April 05, 2013.
Oh fun- our #Recology exhibit in action! RT @sojoerner: SFO United Terminal #travel #art https://t.co/RbShDjVCNZ This tweet was posted on March 27, 2013.
On January 1, 1937, United Air Lines started the first Douglas DC-3 service to San Francisco Airport. United used the 21-seat DC-3 for 8 flights daily from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and coast-to-coast service to New York in just fifteen hours. #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on January 03, 2019.