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San Francisco Int'l Airport
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SFO Museum retweeted
It’s the final days of the #VXForever exhibition at San Francisco International Airport (@flySFO) “ The Legacy of Virgin America” @sfomuseum 🤔 Remembering my old Virgin America VX 902 SFO-LAS ✈️ #VirginAmerica #SFO #SFOMuseum – at San Francisco, CA
The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe Labor Day and will re-open tomorrow, September 2 at 10am. All other exhibitions are available to view around the terminals including “Ricardo Alvarado: Capturing a Cultural Legacy.” bit.ly/3VDJLvm
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SFO Video Arts, Film SF, & Frameline are curating a short film showcase of queer San Francisco stories for the month of June in recognition of Pride.
Apply at flysfo.wufoo.com/forms/mx38v…
#filmsf #pride – at San Francisco, CA
ALT Pride Month Call for Entries
SFO Museum retweeted
William J. Powell Jr.'s dreams didn't stop at just flying, he wanted to create aviation opportunities for African Americans—a vision called "Black Wings." In 1929, he established the Bessie Coleman Flying Club, welcoming everyone: s.si.edu/49cFMKQ #BlackHistoryMonth
ALT Vintage black and white photograph of a World War I soldier sitting on grass by a river, wearing a uniform with a cap and tall boots, holding a book.
The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe President’s Day and will re-open tomorrow, February 18th at 10am. All other exhibitions located in the airport terminals are still available to view: bit.ly/SFOMExhibits
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On this day in 1929, Blanche Noyes flew solo for the first time. She would earn her pilot's license that July, becoming the first woman pilot in the Cleveland area: s.si.edu/3wqjoyV
ALT Black and white portrait of Blanche Noyes standing next to an aircraft, wearing an aviator cap and goggles.
SFO Museum retweeted
In 1931, Cornelius Coffey graduated as part of the inaugural all-Black class at the Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical School. Together with his wife Willa Brown, he established the Coffey School of Aeronautics to train Black pilots, including both men and women. #BlackHistoryMonth
ALT Black and whiter image of a man standing in front of an aircraft with a confident expression.
SFO Museum retweeted
Janet Waterford Bragg was a pioneering pilot whose leadership in Black pilot organizations in the 1930s paved the way for other aviators. Discover how this early Black aviator soared above setbacks: s.si.edu/3T1i0vv #BlackHistoryMonth
ALT A Black woman, wearing a Black jacket and white pants, sits on a fence while looking at the camera with a light smile on her face.
SFO Museum retweeted
On this week in history in 1970, the Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight, flying from New York to London for Pan American.
📷: A Pan Am 747 in flight
ALT Pan Am 747 in flight and photographed from a side angle. Terrain is visible below.
SFO Museum retweeted
#OTD in 1976, the supersonic Concorde entered commercial service. Two flights took off at the same time, one operated by Air France and the other by British Airways. More on the Concorde: s.si.edu/3SuYF60
ALT Interior view of an aviation museum displaying various aircraft, including an Air France Concorde and other smaller planes suspended from the ceiling and positioned on the floor.
In her film, San Francisco-based animator Nata Metlukh aims to highlight the everyday social awkwardness people encounter by adding a layer of embarrassment and a dash of absurdity.
To learn more about the filmmaker, follow the link below:
notofagus.com/
See “Awkward” by Nata Metlukh in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the Mayor Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall, and open daily from 8:00am to 10:00pm. Learn more about this month’s films at: bit.ly/Video-Arts
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
The Aviation Museum and Library is closed today to observe Christmas Day and will re-open tomorrow, December 26th at 10am. All other exhibitions located in the airport terminals are still available to view: bit.ly/SFOMExhibits
Six students of the French animation school Gobelins share an impressive graduation short in which a young boy goes looking for the precious roller skates his mother accidentally sold to a stranger at a swap meet.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
See “T’as vendu mes rollers? (You Sold My Roller Skates?)” by Margaux Cazal, Jeanne Hammel, Louis Holmes, Sandy Lachkar, Agathe Leroux, & Léa Rey-Mauzaize in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the International Terminal Departures Hall: bit.ly/Video-Arts
Wisdom, the oldest-known wild bird in the world has laid an egg this year, her first in four years. The Laysan albatross was banded as an adult in 1956 and has returned to Midway Atoll national wildlife refuge to lay eggs every year since 2006.
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1. photograph: Pan American Airways, Danilo Vucetich, nesting gooney bird and egg at Midway Island; c. 1938
Gift of Danilo and Alexander Vucetich
2012.115.056
2. negative: Pan American Airways, Pacific-Alaska Division; c. 1935
Gift of William E. Talbott
2012.151.126