Thanks to the Disneyland blog Stuff from the Park, we have a brochure that TWA released for taking TWA to Disneyland. The copyright date on the brochure is 1955, so this is from shortly after the park opened.
Of course, TWA sponsored the “Rocket Ship to the Moon” ride. This was later changed to Mars.
Thanks to reader Alex S, he pointed out this recent auction on Ebay: TWA’s $100,000 Cosmic Auction.
According to the description, it was a contest that TWA put on back in 1955. You’d write an essay describing what air travel would be like in 30 years, or 1985.
You could enter an essay to win $50,000 now or $50,000 in 1985. In 1985, they’d open the container of all the entries and pick a winner.
Does anyone know if this was given way in 1985? According to the images, it was stored at the Kansas City maintenance base, so maybe someone there could recall it? (That is, to say, if Icahn didn’t take the $50,000 to buy something else.
I’ve attached the images from the auction, to be sure these are kept. It’s very interesting!
If anyone has any information on this contest, be sure to leave a comment or send me some email.
First off, happy 2008 to everyone out there!
Today’s link is a video of a Boeing 727 landing at STL. All hand-flown, it’s very cool to hear the sounds of the cockpit.