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1936: A lonely biplane waits while WPA workers create the first paved runway at #SFO: http://t.co/RHaIe6RZXz #throwbackthursday #tbt This tweet was posted on November 06, 2014.
Air shows didn’t lack for participants in the early days of #aviation, as this #MillsField photo shows: http://t.co/SrMB74eH8Z #tbt #biplane This tweet was posted on August 21, 2014.
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.
In 1933, a British team successfully flew 2 Westland biplanes over Mt. Everest in the Himalayas. #TerraCognito #aerial #exploration This tweet was posted on September 20, 2016.
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.
RT @FAANews: 106 years ago: Blanche Scott became the first woman in the U.S. to make a solo flight in a biplane #flashbackfriday https://t.… This tweet was posted on September 02, 2016.
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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.
📸: 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.