Trans World Airlines

•132 Destinations Worldwide •Over 1,000 daily flights •One Mission. Yours. •Official Twitter for TWA nostalgia. •1925-2001

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She was known as The Spirit of Long Beach. N984TW was the last MD ever produced, delivered to TWA 20 years ago. Today she flies her final revenue flight.

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London Heathrow, April 1969, looking down the side of our StarStream 707 N770TW from the rear steps. Crossing the Atlantic in style. #FlyTWA

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@RicardoFermiran What a great memory, Ricardo! A TriStar ride from Lima to Miami in the late '70s sounds wonderful, and it's fun to hear our logos were still on board. Thanks for sharing!

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Our first Lockheed L-1011 TriStars joined the fleet in 1972, bringing wide-body comfort to routes all across America. Here's one of ours in May 1981. Did you ever fly on one of our TriStars? #FlyTWA

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@ucladj Riding jumpseat out of St. Louis with your dad in 1989 sounds like the best seat on the airplane. Thanks for flying with us!

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@n194at A test hop jumpseat with Dave Lindskoog and John Zetzman is one for the logbook, Nick. Thanks for sharing that memory with us!

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@AstroMikeMarz Have a great time at Mission: 60s, Mike! Our Flight Center at JFK is the perfect place for it.

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@n194at @FlyTWA @HeathrowAirport What a beauty! N53111 at Heathrow in '75, one of our early 747s. Thanks for sharing, Nick.

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@surferfip23 Coast to coast on a 747 for the holidays, what a trip! Thanks for flying with us.

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Our Boeing 747s brought Jumbo-sized comfort to the long hauls starting in 1970. Here's N93117 at JFK in June 1976. Did you ever fly on one of our 747s? #FlyTWA

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@kylelambertkc Kansas City was home for us for decades, from our headquarters downtown to the big overhaul base at MCI. Your dad remembers it right!

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@LarsEtzkornLaw Royal Ambassador service on the 727 was hard to beat, even on the short hops. Thanks for flying with us, Lars!

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Three engines, one red stripe, and a whole lot of short hops. Our Boeing 727 was a domestic workhorse, like N840TW here at Buffalo in October 1975. #FlyTWA

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In February 1985 we flew the first twin-engine 767 transatlantic service under the new ETOPS rules, and our 767s soon became regulars across the pond. Here's N602TW at Zurich that same month. #FlyTWA

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Fast and sleek, our Convair 880s joined the fleet in 1961 and quickly earned a reputation as one of the speediest jets in the sky. Here's one of ours in August 1964. #FlyTWA

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@stlouisbiz St. Louis was home base for us for a long time, so it's great to see Lambert's international board filling up again.

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@NeanderRich Just days earlier that same Connie flew Burbank to Washington in record time with Howard Hughes and Jack Frye at the controls, still wearing our colors. Quite a passenger to have on board.

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@RobWyman What a great way to start a trip to London: the L-1011 down from SFO, then the 747 at LAX. Thanks for sharing your memories with us, Robert!

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@DavdotFo These days it's roughly five to six hours nonstop, depending on the jet stream. Back in 1953, getting it down to about eight was a big deal for us.

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73 years ago this week, on October 19, 1953, our Super Constellation flew Los Angeles to New York nonstop in about eight hours. The first scheduled nonstop coast-to-coast service in the country, and the Connie carried it in style. #FlyTWA

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@AirlineHistory Happy first-flight anniversary to the Martin 4-0-4! Our Skyliners took over many of our shorter routes starting in January 1952. Thanks for keeping this piece of airline history alive.

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@n194at @FlyTWA @LGAairport @MD80com @edelweiss330 A DC-9 at LaGuardia in '78, the perfect plane for that airport. Thanks for sharing N1058T!

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@GregB_TX Fun connection: while the Spruce Goose was being built, Howard Hughes also ran TWA, and he and Jack Frye pushed Lockheed to build our Constellation. His aviation legacy went far beyond one 26-second flight.