@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged WomenInAviation This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 107 posts and this is page 1 of 9. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

Zoe Dell helped to organize the Monterey Bay Chapter of @TheNinetyNines in 1965. She and her husband are credited as founding members of the @NAHF in Dayton, OH. She served as their first female president and was inducted in 2008 as a Living Legend of Aviation. #WomenInAviation This tweet was posted on March 20, 2023.

She married her husband, Ervin Nutter in 1965; he owned Elano Corporation, an aerospace engineering firm and supplier. Zoe Dell became president of Elano’s small aircraft division and a company pilot. #WomenInAviation #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 20, 2023.

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.

“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 #AviationHistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on August 10, 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 #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on August 03, 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 #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #pilot #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on July 15, 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 #AviationHistory #womeninhistory #aviator #HarrietQuimby #womeninaviation This tweet was posted on July 06, 2022.

Bonnie Tiburzi became the first woman to fly for a major commercial carrier when she was hired by American Airlines in 1973. She began at American as part of its Boeing 727 Astrojet flight crew, and in 1988 was promoted to captain. #WomeninAviation #avgeek #WomensHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on March 23, 2022.

Under the wing of a Stearman 4D, these two aviatrixes, clad in aviator helmets and goggles, were part of an air show held at SFO on November 20, 1932. The show featured races, acrobatics, and stunts. #WomenInAviation #MuseumFromHome #avgeek This tweet was posted on November 20, 2020.

In the early days of aviation, stunt pilots and aerialists would perform tricks including wing walking and playing sports. Known for her wing walking, Gladys Roy was a popular barnstormer and aviatrix in the 1920s. #WomeninAviation #avgeek #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on November 18, 2020.

This 1945 TWA uniform was known as the “cutout” for the openwork TWA lettering on the shoulder. The triangular jacket flap could be unbuttoned to cover the TWA lettering, allowing the hostess to smoke or have a cocktail while off duty. #WomenInAviation #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 01, 2020.