Flying the Freedom Birds

Braniff International MAC flight departing Tan Son Nhut, Saigon  c. 1968
photograph
Courtesy of the Braniff Airways Foundation, Inc
R2019.2312.001

Seaboard World Airlines Douglas DC-8 model  1960s
metal, paint
Courtesy of Fred Cox
L2019.2311.001

Flying Tiger Line flight attendant Leslie Ann Pfeifer aboard a MAC charter flight  c. 1968
photograph
Courtesy of Leslie Ann Pfeifer
R2019.2309.002

United Air Lines flight attendant Sandra Herrmann on board a MAC Charter Flight  c. 1968
photograph
SFO Museum, gift of Sandra Herrmann
2019.071.011; R2019.2316.022

Soldiers waiting to board a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707  c. 1967
photograph
Courtesy of the Pan American Historical Foundation
R2019.2317.003

Flight attendant Mary Jo Hunt (left) and Pan American World Airways crew with fighter pilots, Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam  c. 1968
photograph
SFO Museum, gift of Mary Jo Hunt
2015.150.024; R2019.2316.012

Adorned uniform jacket and beret worn over Pan American World Airways flight attendant uniform  1960s
fabric, metal
SFO Museum: jacket and beret gift of Ann Ogle and Pamela B. Taylor; skirt and blouse gift of Eleanor Lum Young; wings gift of Angela Ausman
2007.089.001-.002, 2011.062.003-.004; L2019.2316.005-08, L2019.2316.010

Flying Tiger Line Douglas DC-8 model  1960s
metal, paint
Courtesy of Fred Cox
L2019.2311.002

Short Timer calendar  1960s
printed paper
Courtesy of Jeff Rudolf
L2019.2308.001

Pan American World Airways crew waiting at Guam for delayed MAC flight into Vietnam  c. 1968
photograph
SFO Museum, gift of Nancy Miller
2017.071.003; R2019.2316.029

U.S. Army duffel bag with Bien Hoa Air Base luggage tag  mid-1960s
cotton fabric, metal
Courtesy of Andy Csordas
L2019.2303.001

Military personnel aboard a Pan American World Airways R&R flight  c. 1968
photograph by Mary Jo Hunt
SFO Museum, gift of Mary Jo Hunt
2015.150.008; R2019.2316.011