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Loftleiðir Icelandic (or Iceland Airlines) was established #onthisday in 1944 in Iceland. In 1973, Loftleiðir merged with Flugfélag Íslands to form #Icelandair, the current flag carrier of Iceland. Did you ever fly on #Loftleiðir? #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 10, 2020.

EVA Air, based near Taipei, Taiwan, was founded on March 8, 1989. Recently, EVA has started flying their Hello Kitty themed planes to SFO. Have you ever flown on #EVAAir? #avgeek #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on March 09, 2020.

See “The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal” on display in the #SkyTerrace. The SkyTerrace is located pre-security, in Terminal 2 and open to the public daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. https://t.co/1CYQBqn5dS #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 06, 2020.

Have you been to SFO’s new #SkyTerrace? Our exhibition, “The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal” is on display featuring historical objects, such as the first automatic doors at SFO, from the Central Terminal, which is now Terminal 2. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 06, 2020.

The first #Boeing 747 SP (Special Performance) was delivered to Pan American World Airways #onthisday in 1976. The 747 SP was a smaller version of the 747 designed to have extra-long range and the ability to fly non-stop from New York to Tokyo. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 05, 2020.

#Onthisday in 1969, the first #Concorde took off on its maiden flight departing from Toulouse, France. Developed as a joint endeavor between the governments of Great Britain and France, the aircraft that made this flight, Concorde 001, was built in France. #avgeek This tweet was posted on March 02, 2020.

@flySFO @panamhistory Learn more about open water navigation during the 1930s in our exhibition, "China Clipper" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/MPq52tNOXk #ChinaClipper #avgeek #PanAm This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.

@flySFO @panamhistory Transpacific flights in the 1930s required serious navigation skills, including dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Shown here is the navigation and radio kit used by #PanAm in the mid 1930s and early 1940s. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.

Flying over open waters in an aircraft in the 1930s was complicated! Pan American Airways had a cross-trained crew of up to ten staff on each flight. Shown here: the crew of six on #PanAm’s 1935 survey flight to Hawaii. #ChinaClipper #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 28, 2020.

This week on #SFOMat40: In 2003, we presented "The Flight Bag: Icon of Air Travel" which featured dozens of flight bags from various airlines. Do you remember this exhibition? #TBTSFOM #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.

“Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/BAcE2U31Fe #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.

United Air Lines’s Boeing 747 featured a spacious first-class cabin at the front of the aircraft with a spiral staircase that led up to a first-class lounge, branded as the “Red Carpet Room.” #WidebodyAV #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 27, 2020.