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Inspired by San Francisco Airport’s 1937 terminal building, the Aviation Library & Museum is an architectural adaptation of the 1937 terminal’s waiting room and incorporates many similar architectural features. The 1937 waiting room measured 83 ft by 43 ft. #52Objects #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on December 26, 2023.

San Francisco International Airport’s International Terminal officially opened to the public on December 10, 2000. With 24 additional gates and 2.5 million square feet, the International Terminal doubled the overall passenger terminal square footage. #52Objects This tweet was posted on December 11, 2023.

The last Pan American World Airways flight took off #onthisday in 1991. When #PanAm was founded in 1927, the company’s first president, Juan Trippe, had a dream of building an air transport system across entire oceans. What are your favorite memories of Pan American? #52Objects This tweet was posted on December 04, 2023.

On November 29, 1935, the inaugural transpacific Pan American Airways airmail service landed in Manila from California carrying 110,865 letters. An elaborate welcoming ceremony welcomed the crew, with an estimated 250,000 people in attendance. #52Objects #ChinaClipper #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 29, 2023.

In 1931, the longest over-water flying boat passenger service was operated by Pan American. The five hundred miles flight from Kingston, Jamaica to Barranquilla, Colombia, was operated by the Sikorsky S-40, which could fly at a maximum speed of 137 miles per hour. #52Objects This tweet was posted on November 21, 2023.

Patented in 1931 by private pilot, Edwin A. Link, Jr., the Link Flight Trainer played an important role in the development of commercial aviation. Link used a bellows and vacuum mechanisms to mimic climbing, diving and banking in response to control columns and pedals. #52Objects This tweet was posted on November 07, 2023.

There are not many objects in our collection that are still in use every day, except the original schedule board from SFO’s 1937 terminal building. Here, one of our volunteers Bill, is changing the schedule board for this month’s events at the Aviation Museum & Library #52Objects This tweet was posted on October 30, 2023.

Learn more about SFO’s Central Terminal in “The 1954 San Francisco International Airport Terminal” on display in the SkyTerrace. The SkyTerrace is located pre-security in Terminal 2 and is open Friday to Monday from 10am to 6pm. https://t.co/1CYQBqnD3q #52Objects #SFO1954 This tweet was posted on October 16, 2023.

In October 1951, the airport held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Central Terminal (now Terminal 2). Designed in the International Style, the seven-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #52Objects #AvGeek This tweet was posted on October 16, 2023.

Olive Ann Beech (née Mellor) was born in Kansas in 1903 and became the first woman to head a major aircraft corporation, when she took over Beechcraft in 1950. #52Objects #OliveAnnBeech This tweet was posted on September 25, 2023.

On this day in 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines. In 2021, SFO Museum presented our scale 1:10 DC-8 cutaway model created by Pacific Miniatures in Alhambra, California. #52Objects #AvGeek #DC8 https://t.co/IrPJ5oDXwo This tweet was posted on September 18, 2023.

In August 1954, the new Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) at @flysfo was dedicated during a 3-day ceremony. Attended by hundreds of thousands of visitors, the event showcased 43 aircraft for visitors to tour, and invited special guests who wore this badge. #52Objects This tweet was posted on August 28, 2023.