@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged aviationhistory This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 93 posts and this is page 4 of 8. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

Our “you collect what?” list is lengthy. Among the unexpected items are tray liners, which help to create the perfect place-setting for a meal service. Browse through over fifty of them on our collection website! https://t.co/d3DBDsRn9E #collections #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 25, 2022.

“Contrails Red” became the predominant color, while gold, orange, and black were retained as secondary colors. In 2011, Continental merged with United Airlines. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #aviationhistory #ContinentalAirlines This tweet was posted on April 21, 2022.

Renamed in 1937 as Continental Airlines, the carrier introduced a red, white, and blue eagle symbol with its block letter logotype in 1944. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #aviationhistory #ContinentalAirlines This tweet was posted on April 21, 2022.

Continental Airlines began as Varney Speed Lines in 1934. It originally used symbols and slogans to promote its claim to be the “Fastest Airline In The World.” #DefunctThursday #avgeek #aviationhistory #ContinentalAirlines This tweet was posted on April 21, 2022.

On April 19 and #onthisday in 1930, the U. S. Army Air Corps held an air show at Mills Field Airport. 135 military airplanes performing precision maneuvers attracted, according to some reports, as many as 100,000 spectators. #SFOHistory #SFHistory #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 20, 2022.

Where would your dream vacation be? Allow us to inspire you: browse through over two hundred airline posters on our collection website! https://t.co/p3qlCnTw0H #collections #airlineposters #design #posters #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 12, 2022.

"Flight Patterns—Airline Uniforms from the 1960s–70s " is on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/O69YNba2Jq #FlightPatterns #uniform #flightattendant #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 04, 2022.

This is your last week to see “Flight Patterns—Airline Uniforms from the 1960s–70s.” During the 1960s, conservative-yet-elegant flight attendant suits evolved into ensembles that mirrored the fun-loving, free-spirit of the time. #FlightPatterns #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on April 04, 2022.

Luggage labels are miniature works of graphic art that evoke the early years of commercial aviation and travel to faraway places. Browse through more than one thousand on our online collection database! See them here: https://t.co/8qNBA7NAdW #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on March 28, 2022.

SFO Museum is proud to announce the launch of our new collections’ website! Search through over 30,000 objects from our aviation collection. Take a look here: https://t.co/6UsAK6Y8WU #collections #museumlife #SFOHistory #AvGeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on January 12, 2022.

#OnThisDay in 1934, the Martin M-130 took its first test flight in Baltimore, Maryland. The largest commercial airplane at the time, the "China Clipper" inaugurated transpacific service to Asia with Pan American Airways. #avgeek #aviationhistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on December 30, 2020.

California Central Airlines (CCA) was a short-lived post-war airline based in #Burbank, #California. #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on September 11, 2017.