In the fall of 2020, the San Francisco Aeronautical Society aquired and gifted to the SFO Museum, eleven model airplanes that represent nearly fifty years of aircraft development between the…
DetailsThis video was produced by SFO Museum in partnership with the San Francisco Aeronautical Society. It documents SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel in conversations with author and former SFO Museum Assistant…
DetailsPaying tribute and presenting the Achievement in Aviation Award to Louis A. Turpen as the founding President of the Society and his outstanding contributions in the field of aviation, as…
DetailsThe San Francisco Aeronautical Society is proud to announce the acquisition and donation to SFO Museum of a collection of commercial airline insignia spanning nearly seventy years of commercial aviation,…
Details2018 -Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III, a Living Legends of Aviation, was awarded the Medallion in tribute to his exemplary career and accomplishments in aviation. A retired Air Force fighter pilot and 30 year airline captain, his contributions include the pilot in command of the successful landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River after both engines were disabled by a bird strike in 2009.
DetailsCelebrating and paying tribute to the hard-working women and men of the commercial air transport industry, and the presentation of the Achievement in Aviation Award to Captain Chelsey B. “Sully”…
DetailsSpring 2018 – John Travolta receives the 2017 Achievement in Aviation Award at our November 2017 gala, “A Century of Airplanes”. The Society’s newest acquisition, “The Jim Lund 1:72 Scale…
DetailsThe celebration of the airplane as a thing of beauty, and the continuum of aeronautical engineering, design, and influence for over one hundred years was celebrated including the Jim Lund…
DetailsCelebrating the history of airline uniforms which for over 85 years has been designed to signify a distinct role in the workplace, project the identity of their employer, and reflect…
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