Spring 2025 – FAM14 Newsletter
The Spring 2025 edition of FAM14 is filled with information about upcoming events such as Movie Night and the Annual Gala where the Society will honor Angela Gittens with the…
Movie Night at the Aviation Museum
The San Francisco Aeronautical Society is excited to present a special screening of the 2002 comedy classic Catch Me If You Can staring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. The film…
SFAS donates vintage uniforms to SFO Commission Aviation Library, museum
SFAS is excited to announce that it has donated a collection of nearly 100 uniform pieces to the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum.…
Exclusive: SFAS Achievement in Aviation Award Shines on Sara Nelson
Celebrating a Champion in the Sky Sara Nelson is a name that resonates powerfully within the aviation industry. With a career marked by tireless advocacy and trailblazing initiatives, she has…
SFAS GALA 2024: Honoring Sara Nelson, A Beacon in the Aviation Industry
A large crowd gathered at the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum to honor this year’s Achievement in Aviation Award recipient, Sara Nelson. Known for her passionate advocacy and unwavering commitment…
SFAS proudly donates ‘high-end’ vintage airline posters to SFO Museum
The San Francisco Aeronautical Society (SFAS) proudly announces that it has acquired and donated to SFO Museum a collection of vintage airline posters from the 1950s, a period revered for…
Pan Am historical film collection delights ‘Movie Night’ goers
Pan Am admirers gathered at SFO’s Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum for a special screening of the iconic airline’s historical film collection and a chance to meet Edward Trippe, recent…
Exclusive: Ed Trippe, son of Pan Am founder: ‘There was only one Mr. Trippe’
We had the pleasure of getting to know Ed Trippe, chairman of The Pan Am Historical Foundation and the son of Juan Trippe, founder of Pan Am. Trippe is a…
Pan Am Historical Foundation donates entire film archive to SFO museum
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023 A large crowd of aviation enthusiasts gathered at the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum at SFO to honor this year’s Achievement in Aviation Award recipient Edward…
Supersonic time machine: New exhibit on display at SFO Museum
A new SFO Museum exhibit presents the legacy of first-generation SSTs through aircraft models, photographs and airline flight attendant uniforms just to name a few. Let’s begin with Concorde. The…