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Yes, it’s Christmas time. Time when flights are full, and winter weather in STL brings it down to one runway.

Good times.

In honor of the Holidays, I bring you, the TWA SkyMall catalog, Holiday 1993 edition.

Offering in-flight ordering (just dial *023 from the GTE Airfone) and a wide variety of gadgets for that loved one on the ground.

Some of the included favorites are Casio Personal Digital Assistant, which is about the size of paperback book, and goes for the low, low price of $699.95.

Or, the excellent WordPerfect 6.0. Yes, it was for DOS. Yes, it was $319.00, or $129.00 if you had an earlier version.

Included is the cover. Happy Shopping!

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I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.  Me?  Well, I spent it with family in beautiful Aztec, NM.  Slightly colder than Arizona, but still good.

And, of course, I caught a cold.  Oh well.

This update brings the original (probably not the original, per se, but one that seemed to be used most of the 70’s, 80’s, and early 90’s.)  TWA 727-231 safety card.

I always found these fascinating, in the true lack of detail.  For example, in the window emergency exit pictures, it doesn’t show you want to do with the door once you remove it.  Do you throw it out on the wing?  Sit it in the isle? Leave it on the seats?  Then again, I guess the newer safety card doesn’t really say either, but it implies you leave it on the seats.  Oh well.

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