Here’s the cover and route map from the January to April 1987 TWA schedule. Pretty standard stuff.
This is during the time they had Trans World Express service in California. I don’t know much about it, but it didn’t seem to last long. Anyone know more?
You know the drill. Click for larger images.
January-April 1987 TWA Schedule-Cover:
January-April 1987 TWA Schedule-Routes:
In about 1992, just after graduating high school, I decided to fly to JFK for the day.
Since I was a poor college student at the time, my main goal was to get some shots of TWA’s JFK terminal and aircraft.
Since I was non-rev’ing, I used an upgrade pass to fly First Class both ways. That was great, of course.
This was the same day that Carl Icahn announced he was selling TWA to the employees and creditors. There was a definite ‘upbeatness’ to the employees on that flight, that TWA was finally going to be rid of Icahn.
Here’s a picture I took of TWA’s T5 famous Saarinen terminal. Now closed, it’s supposed to become Jetblue’s new terminal after an extensive remodel.
In this picture, you’ll notice how ‘cluttered’ it appears. I understand later they removed the ‘advertisement’ you see in the large display, and returned it to an arrivals/departures board. Also, the ramp that’s blocking the stairs was also removed, as well as the security checkpoint was moved. This, I’m sure, made it much better, but it’s interesting to see it in this state.
I’ve included an image of the terminal after it’s been closed. You can see the difference.
I’ll have more pictures from this trip in the future.
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TWA - T5 - Early 90’s
TWA - T5 - After Closing (About 10 Years Later)
I guess I could have also called this entry “Signs, Signs, everywhere signs..” after a famous song.
This is a few of the placard’s that you’d see throughout the average TWA airplane. Probably the one most people didn’t want to see was the lavatory one.
I used to have one of the seat-back placards (the “life vest under your seat” one) attached in front of the passenger seat in my car. Had a few weird looks over the years over that…
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Well, time to get things started!
Here the front and the route map for a 1977 TWA Schedule. Advertising “TWA’s Widebody 1011. The most advanced plane in the world.”
This was still a time before they centralized on St. Louis at the domestic hub. Flying from such places as Phoenix->San Francisco (a flight I took quite a few times in the early eighties, before we ended up moving to Phoenix.) I remember it being on 707’s mostly.
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