Airmail service pilots flew in open-cockpit biplanes, fully exposed to the wind and weather conditions. #TheMainLine
This tweet was posted on July 07, 2017.
Looking for something to do while sheltering-in-place? Electronically thumb through the 1919 book “How to build a 20-foot bi-plane glider” by Alfred Powell Morgan, on view in our exhibition #OnSilentWings and available to read through Google Books: https://t.co/sPxTEmxuuG
This tweet was posted on April 23, 2020.
Loughead's (Lockheed) wood 1919 Model S-1 was an innovative but unsuccessful sport biplane http://t.co/ohRL4xsl (Pic @ Civic Center!)
This tweet was posted on June 20, 2012.
Over their 43 years in operation, the de Havilland Co. produced history-making aircraft such as the DH.60 Moth biplane, which Amy Johnson used to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930 & the DH.106 Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner, introduced in 1952. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 27, 2021.
San Franciscan Lincoln Beachey (1887–1915) performs in his biplane over the Panama-Pacific Intl Expo grounds in 1913. He was the first to perform a loop-the-loop in the U.S. and his repertoire of heart-stopping stunts made him the leading pioneer of aerial acrobatics #52Objects
This tweet was posted on January 17, 2023.
The de Havilland DH-60G Moth was a two-seat biplane of mostly wood construction, with a plywood covered fuselage and cloth covered wings. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on July 01, 2018.
The de Havilland DH-60G Moth was a two-seat biplane of mostly wood construction, with a plywood covered fuselage and cloth covered wings. #AviationEvolutions
This tweet was posted on April 04, 2018.
The history of @flySFO parallels the development of commercial aviation in the US. From daring pilots who flew mail in open-cockpit biplanes to jet airliners that safely shuttle hundreds of passengers thousands of miles away, SFO has witnessed great strides in aviation.
This tweet was posted on October 18, 2021.
This postcard circa 1925 depicts tennis being played in the sky on the wings of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplane. The back side reads “Ivan Unger and Gladys Roy playing tennis on wings of airplane in flight.” #WomeninAviation
This tweet was posted on October 10, 2018.
Two Curtiss JN-4D Jenny biplanes at 1:10 scale, made by Edward Chavez http://t.co/wm52nDCx
This tweet was posted on June 04, 2012.
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Marjorie Stinson (1895–1975) at the controls of her Wright Model B biplane c. 1914
Collection of Wright State University Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives,
Wright Brothers Collection
ms1_20_8_2
R2022.1404.001
This tweet was posted on July 26, 2022.
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Julia Clark (1880–1912) at the controls of a Curtiss biplane; c. 1912
Harry A. (Alexander) Erickson (1884-1962)
Collection of DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
Ag1982.0190
R2022.1405.001
This tweet was posted on August 03, 2022.
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Mathilde Franck (1866–1956) in a Farman biplane c. 1910
Collection of Library of Congress, Washington, DC
LC-USZ62-55908
R2022.1401.004
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2022.