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What did people eat on aircraft in the early days of aviation? With the introduction of the Douglas DC-3 in 1936 came the first airliner designed with a galley to handle onboard food preparation. What has been your favorite inflight meal? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 20, 2018.
In the mid-1950s, airlines such as Pan American World Airways offered branded bags for carry-on items. This new type of hand luggage, became a desirable status symbol that identified its user as a member of the new globe-trotting jet set. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 16, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 1930, the first female cabin crewmember, Ellen Church, started her first shift for Boeing Air Transport (BAT). #EllenChurch #crewlife #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 15, 2018.
Since the early 1950s, #KLM has offered first and business-class passengers promotional giveaway #Delftware gin bottles in the shape of traditional #Dutch houses. Do you own any Delftware bottles? #TravelTuesday #AVgeek
This tweet was posted on May 08, 2018.
San Francisco officially dedicated Mills Field #onthisday in 1927. The 1927 Administration (pictured here) was used for ten years before being replaced by a larger second Administration building in 1937. #SFHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 07, 2018.
Though this #American Airlines brochure was produced in the 1970s, the flight attendants on the cover are posing in front of a piston-powered Ford Tri-Motor from the 1920s. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on May 02, 2018.
"When You Got it- Flaunt It: #AdvertisingBraniff International" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/8sbBw9rlm5 #braniff #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 27, 2018.
#Braniff International Airways purchased a large fleet of the #727 and, after advertising executive #MaryWells radically revamped the airline's corporate identity, painted their aircraft in a variety of brightly colored liveries. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 27, 2018.
RT @TodayInTheSky: April's #avgeek gallery: 36 cool aviation photos https://t.co/7u2Y1Sr4U8 (pics: @photoJDL)
This tweet was posted on April 27, 2018.
The last branded Virgin America flights are scheduled to depart from SFO this evening. What are your favorite Virgin America memories? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 24, 2018.
Construction of the North Terminal (now Terminal 3) began #onthisday in 1971 with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by various politicians and flight attendants of various airlines. #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 22, 2018.
On April 19 and 20, 1930, the U. S. Army Air Corps held an air show that brought large numbers of people to Mills Field. #Onthisday #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on April 20, 2018.