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#OnThisDay in 1930, the City and County of San Francisco began to purchase the property of Mills Field, which would become @flySFO. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2021.

The coach section of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar featured a full-service bar surrounded by small alcoves for socializing and was equipped with twin passenger seats that TWA claimed were the “finest coach seats in the world.” #wingwednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.

Despite its accolades, only 250 were ordered, well short of the projected 500. It was Lockheed’s first and only entry into the widebody airliner market. #wingwednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.

Airlines touted the L-1011’s twin aisle, wide-body passenger comforts, ease of operation, and reduced environmental impact. The galley was placed in the luggage compartment, and meals were brought up via elevators. #wingwednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2021.

However, this trial run of a commercial hovercraft lasted about a year. Do you remember seeing these hovercrafts? #avgeek #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.

The Westland SRN-5 held 15 passengers and traveled at speeds up to 50 knots between Oakland International Airport, downtown San Francisco, and San Francisco International Airport. #avgeek #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.

In 1965, SFO Helicopter Airlines, which operated local helicopter flights between San Francisco and Oakland, introduced a new Transbay route operated by a hovercraft. #avgeek #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on August 11, 2021.

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.

#Onthisday in 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland was born in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. He would go on to establish the de Havilland Aircraft Company in late 1920. #deHavilland #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 27, 2021.

This Douglas DC-8-62, named Flying Colors of South America, entered service in 1973, on routes between the U.S. and premier South American destinations. Do you have a favorite airline livery? #avgeek #braniff #AlexanderCalder This tweet was posted on July 22, 2021.

Artist Alexander Calder was born #onthisday in 1898. In the early 1970s, Calder was commissioned to paint several aircraft operated by #Braniff International Airways. #avgeek #AlexanderCalder This tweet was posted on July 22, 2021.

The L-1649 Starliner, the final variant in Lockheed’s Constellation-based design series, embodied the zenith in large-capacity, piston-engine airliner development, rivaled only by the Douglas DC-7C, with which it was designed to compete. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on June 09, 2021.