@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged Onthisday This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 488 posts and this is page 24 of 41. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.
#Onthisday in 1919, #KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V., or KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) was founded. The company is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. Have you ever flown on KLM? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 07, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1951, construction began on the new terminal building at San Francisco International Airport. The new terminal (now Terminal 2) was built to serve the international community in the coming jet age. #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on October 05, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 1968, the first 747 rolled out of Boeing's Everett plant. Have you ever been to the Boeing assembly building in Everett, Washington? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 30, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1981, the Boeing 767 took off on its maiden flight. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 767? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 26, 2018.
#CathayPacific was registered in #HongKong #onthisday in 1946 by two former WWII pilots. Here you can see Cathay Pacific’s first plane, a Douglas DC-3, nicknamed Betsy. https://t.co/BbDKihe8Us
This tweet was posted on September 24, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 1993, #Boeing finished production on their 1,000th 747, a 747-400 that was delivered to #Singapore Airlines in October. Have you ever flown on a Boeing 747? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 10, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1954, the three-day dedication ceremony of SFO's new Airport Terminal Building (later the Central Terminal, now Terminal 2) kicked off. The event drew hundreds of thousands of visitors with 43 aircraft on exhibition. #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on August 27, 2018.
#OnThisDay in 1971, the first of this type of aircraft service started at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Flown by United, this aircraft was the first three-engine, or tri-jet, wide-body airliner to arrive at SFO. Can you guess what this aircraft is? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on August 14, 2018.
The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 entered service #onthisday in 1971 with American Airlines. Have you ever flown on a McDonnell Douglas DC-10? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on August 05, 2018.
Flying a bright red, ten-passenger Stinson Tri-Motor, Century Pacific Air Lines began service from San Francisco #onthisday in 1931. #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on July 31, 2018.
Born #onthisday in 1897, #AmeliaEarhart, was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and the first person to fly solo from Honolulu, HI, to Oakland, CA! Happy Birthday! #avgeek
This tweet was posted on July 24, 2018.
Construction on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge began #onthisday in 1933. Have you ever traveled across the Bay Bridge? #SFHistory
This tweet was posted on July 08, 2018.