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The airline industry soared to new heights in the 1950s. Driven by great advances in aviation technology and a burgeoning consumer market, new commercial airliners introduced the future of air travel to the next generation of passengers. #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 23, 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.
Ever wonder what the approach to @flySFO was like in 1962? It was pretty simple, with an "open all night" gas station in front. The South Terminal (now Harvey Milk Terminal 1) was just being built to accommodate growing passenger numbers. #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on December 28, 2021.
Learn more about Maxine Crookston Schmidt in our exhibition, “Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” on display in the SkyTerrace & online at: https://t.co/aL3GtInqlj
The SkyTerrace, located pre-security in T2, is open Friday-Monday from 10am to 6pm.
#SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Hired by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in 1942 as an air traffic controller in Salt Lake City, she transferred to San Francisco in 1946 and became the first female air traffic control watch supervisor in the country.
#SFOHistory #avgeek #SFO #SFHistory
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Crookston dreamed of flying as a child. She served with the Civil Air Patrol as a survey pilot and with the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor, but she was excluded from work as an airline pilot due to her gender. #SFOHistory #avgeek
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s.
#SFOHistory #avgeek #SFO #SFHistory
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2021.
Happy birthday to us! Opened #OnThisDay in 2000, the Aviation Museum & Library turns 21 this year! It will re-open to visitors early next year with a new gallery, new exhibitions, and even new carpet! We can’t wait to welcome you back. #SFOHistory
📸: Under construction in 1999
This tweet was posted on December 10, 2021.
A grand Spanish Colonial Revival-style passenger terminal, complete with a modern four-story control tower, also opened in 1937—crowning the first phase of expansion at @flysfo. #SFOHistory #MillsField
This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.
As airline travel became more reliable during the 1930s, San Francisco’s airport initiated major improvements to keep pace. By 1937, SFO had paved and widened runways and taxiways to welcome heavier and faster airliners such as the Douglas DC-3. #SFOHistory #MillsField
This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.
Why, yes. @flySFO has always looked great at night, too.
#avgeek #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday #TBT
This tweet was posted on November 04, 2021.
See “Mills Field and the San Francisco Airport” on display in the SkyTerrace. The SkyTerrace is open Friday through Monday pre-security in Terminal 2. https://t.co/aL3GtIF1cR #MillsFieldSFO #SFOHistory #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on October 18, 2021.