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SFO has witnessed great strides in aviation. For close to a century, the airport reinvented itself numerous times. Looking out over the busy runways and terminals today, one can only imagine the lonely stretch of pastureland that predated SFO. #MillsFieldSFO #SFOHistory #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 18, 2021.
The A318 can seat up to 132 passengers, the 319 up to 156 passengers, the 320 up to 186 passengers and the 321 up to 236 passengers. #WingWenesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
The medium- to short-haul, narrow-bodied aircraft have ranges of up to 4,315 miles and cruising speeds of around 515mph. The A320 family was the first to feature an entirely computerized glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight control technology. #WingWenesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
The Airbus A320 family includes the Airbus A318, A319, A320, and A321. Introduced by Air France in 1988, Airbus has produced over 10,000 320 family aircraft to date. #WingWenesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 13, 2021.
The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industrie, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. Both the A300 and A310 established Airbus as a major European airliner manufacturer. #WingWednesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
Based on the earlier A300, the Airbus A310 had a shortened fuselage with a redesigned wing and undercarriage. It also had a lower purchase price than other wide-body airliners and was designed to be more economical to operate. #WingWednesday #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 06, 2021.
Boeing's purpose-built plant in Everett, Washington, is the largest building in the world by volume, with a total volume of 472,370,319 cubic feet, covering a floor area of 399,480 square meters (98.3 acres). Have you ever been to the Boeing assembly plant? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
#OnThisDay in 1968, the first 747 rolled out of Boeing's Everett, Washington plant. The plant was completed in 1967, and within it, a large group of Boeing employees nicknamed "The Incredibles" built the first 747-100. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2021.
On September 15, 1963, the South Terminal (now Harvey Milk Terminal 1) was dedicated at San Francisco International Airport. This was the Airport's first major addition since the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) was completed in 1954. #SFOHistory #SFHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 14, 2021.
“There really wasn’t time to be scared. We were just too busy.”
Our newest #blog post describes. through the career documents of Flight Attendant Jane Thoe, the actions of the crew of #PanAm World Airways Flight 845 in the first major accident involving a Boeing 747. #avgeek
This tweet was posted on August 31, 2021.
By 1930, weather studies confirmed that Mills Field was the best possible location for an airport, and San Francisco began a ten-year purchasing program with the Mills Estate to acquire 1,112 acres. #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on August 30, 2021.