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In the late 1940s, land-based aircraft, like the Douglas DC-4, the DC-6, and the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, made regularly operated commercial air routes between the United States & Australia a reality for airmail, cargo, and passengers alike. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.

Although transpacific service was halted by the outbreak of WWII, the war years were transformational for air travel. Not only were new and improved aircraft developed, but a network of airfields was built across the Pacific as part of the war effort. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.

In the early 1940s, Pan American Airways established regular service to Auckland, New Zealand, with their Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats. #AirmailDownUnder #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2022.

Don’t leave a condensation ring behind, put a coaster under your cold drink! Browse our online database to see almost 200 coasters in our collection: https://t.co/wYeQBHDtpj #avgeek #coaster #museum #collection This tweet was posted on August 29, 2022.

Her interview and life story is part of the @SFOMuseum collection through the Museum’s Oral History Program and serves to inspire future generations of girls and women to follow their dreams. #avgeek #WomeninAviation #WomensEqualityDay2022 #WomensEqualityDay This tweet was posted on August 26, 2022.

Captain Zoya Agarwal (@CaptainZoya) led an all-female crew for a record-breaking @AirIndia flight from @flySFO to Bengaluru over the North Pole to celebrate International Women’s Day in January 2021. #avgeek #WomeninAviation #WomensEqualityDay2022 This tweet was posted on August 26, 2022.

Along with skyrocketing oil prices, the once profitable routes National operated became unprofitable under Pan Am, which flew its last flight on December 4, 1991. #PanAm #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.

As Pan American was not licensed to operate domestic routes within in the United States, the company purchased National Airlines in 1980. This did not prove be a good financial takeover as the company would have liked. #PanAm #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.

Although Pan American World Airways experienced unprecedented success in the 1960s and 70s, by the end of the 1980s the company was struggling. #PanAm #DefunctThursday #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 25, 2022.

See “The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal” on display in the SkyTerrace in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/1CYQBq5tPi The SkyTerrace located pre-security in Terminal 2 and is open Friday to Monday from 10 am to 6 pm. #SFO1954 #SFOHistory #AvGeek #airport This tweet was posted on August 24, 2022.

These boots were made for walking, but that’s not what they’ll do (anymore). Browse our online database to see some of the shoes in our collection: https://t.co/TAOP6INNmo #AvGeek #shoes #boots #collections #MuseumLife This tweet was posted on August 22, 2022.

“First Flights: Early Women Aviators and their Aircraft” is on display post-security in Terminal 3 and online at: https://t.co/cFAFpvsWKR #EarlyWomenAviators #AvGeek This tweet was posted on August 16, 2022.