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To dress TWA’s 2,400 hostesses, Pierre #Balmain created this 1965 summer uniform in fabric mill-dyed to specification for the turquoise and white color scheme. The worsted wool skirt is matched with a collarless demi-fitted jacket in oyster worsted Dacron. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 01, 2018.

RT @flySFO: Get your #AvGeek on! Come on over to our Plane Spotting event, this FRIDAY from 12-4PM. Please RSVP using this link: https://t.… This tweet was posted on August 01, 2018.

When ceramic dishes were used on the Douglas DC-3, they were specifically designed to be light for inflight use. American Airlines offered china and flatware resembling the DC-3 forward fuselage. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 25, 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.

Loaded with the #amenities one would need on an overnight flight including, hair cream and brushless shave cream, R.O.N. (Remain Over Night) kits would be given out on flights to passengers in the 1950s-70s. Do you have any Remain Over Night kits? #avgeek #paxex This tweet was posted on July 23, 2018.

Have you ever seen the #cockpit of an Ilyushin Il-86? In commercial service it had the distinction of being safe and reliable with no major incidents during the three decades of its operation. Did you ever fly on an #Ilyushin Il-86? #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 20, 2018.

As passenger numbers swelled in the 1980s, SFO began upgrading amenities and providing an increasing array of concessions. This 1990 map of SFO shows all amenities available at the time, including our art exhibits and even a video arcade! #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 19, 2018.

Introduced on Valentine’s Day 1975, #PanAm’s new mix-and-match uniform was designed by multiple Academy Award-winning costumer Edith Head. #avgeek #crewlife This tweet was posted on July 18, 2018.

Have you ever seen this Boeing logo? This style of pin, a reproduction of a uniform insignia from the late 1920s , was worn by Boeing Air Transport’s first stewardesses in 1930. They were the earliest stewardesses to fly in the airline industry. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 16, 2018.

RT @photoJDL: Tickets were a helluva lot cooler 65 years ago. #avgeek #vintageavgeek This tweet was posted on July 03, 2018.

Have you ever seen a #Boeing 314 Wright Twin Cyclone fourteen-cylinder engine? Check out these photos from 1943 showing mechanics fixing an engine with a blown cylinder. #avgeek This tweet was posted on July 02, 2018.

RT @photoJDL: From 1961, a small diagram in an @AmericanAir Welcome Aboard booklet talks about the features on the new Boeing 707. #avgeek… This tweet was posted on July 02, 2018.