Well, we’re back from Southern California, and had a great time. Got to hang out with the wife for our 7th wedding anniversary, went to Disneyland to ride the new Finding Nemo Submarine Ride, went deep-sea fishing, and also went to the LA Airline Memorabilia show.
I did pick up a few TWA items. Mostly schedules, though. They did have some nice TWA models, though. I had my eye on a TWA L1011, and even had purchase authority from the wife, but really wouldn’t have space to display it in my current office, so it will just have to wait until I have a bigger house.
Today’s update is TWA’s schedule from May 1992. The major news in this one is TWA’s announced service to Moscow, via Brussels. Not sure how successful this was, though, since it didn’t seem to stay around too long. According to a TWA Skyliner issue I have talking about it, it was using a 727-232.
I’ve included the handy-dandy gate maps that they included in the back of this schedule.
The wife and I arrived today in Los Angeles. We’re actually going to be staying by Disneyland until Monday, doing the LA thing: Disneyland, deep sea fishing, and eating at some great restaurants.
Just wanted to give a shout-out if anyone else is going to be going to the Los Angeles Airline Memorabilia Show on June 9th. Still hoping to pick up some more TWA schedules there, and see what else I can find.
If anyone else is going to be there, leave a comment and maybe we can say “Hey!”
Yep, still alive. With the heat coming in beautiful Arizona, you start to find yourself slowing down.
Here is a commercial on YouTube from 1997. This commercial definitely shows the optimism TWA and its employees had for their future.
Also, for those of you planning on attending the Los Angeles Airline Memorabilia Show on June 9th, 2007, I was planning on making a trip out there. Hopefully pick up some more items to feature on this website.
Here is the front page of the TWA Skyliner employee newsletter from September 1994.
What’s going on in this issue? Well, the big news is the rollout of the “Wings of Pride” airplane, sponsored and paid for by the employee owners of TWA.
Paid for by voluntary contributions from employees, it costs $233,000 a month. Not cheap.
Here’s a look at TWA’s schedule from October 1993.
Interesting things in this one:
Still have the Atlanta Hub. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this is almost as large as it ever was. I think after this they started to shrink it.
Exactly one flight to London-Gatwick, out of St. Louis.
Has the Nice, France flight tag-on. I remember they really pushed this flight pretty hard. Don’t think it lasted too long this time, even though I believe TWA served this for many years before.
At the same time, you can see what TWA.com looked like, back in the day. For example, here is the earliest home page you can see, from July of 1997: (Click image for larger version):
It’s amazing how web pages have changed, isn’t it?
I invite you to poke around the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. It’s very interesting! If you find anything cool, post a link in the comments section.
After featuring the 727-231 (International) and the 727-231 (Domestic) safety cards, here is the 727-31 safety card. I don’t think this version of the card was around much. The date on the back of the card indicates it was made in May, 1991. If you view the larger image, you can also see where someone ‘touched-up’ the “Trans World Airlines” text on the side. Didn’t do a great job at it, though.
According to my copy of R.E.G. Davies “TWA: 75 Years of Pioneering Progress”, the 727-31 pictured on the cover, N842TW, was introduced in Jan 1966, and sold to Gulf Air in November 1988. So this plane wasn’t even in the fleet at the time of printing! Looking at the list, the last 727-31 was retired to Kansas City in December 1993 (N855TW and N844TW).
I’ve only scanned the front cover of the safety card, as it’s exactly the same as the other 727′s.
Also, here is a picture I took in St. Louis around 1991 or 92. This is when I was still in High School, and taking photography at school. Obviously I liked to take aviation pictures, but they’re really not the greatest. Also the fact that a cat I once had loved to eat my pictures. (Must have been the chemicals. He was a weird cat). Need to pick up a negative scanner someday.
We had a few days in beautiful Flagstaff, AZ. Then, returning to the nice and hot Phoenix, we enjoyed a few Spring Training games. Now, it’s back to work. And, of course, updates.
Today’s update is a video that’s making the rounds. It’s documenting the last flight from London Heathrow to JFK. Of course, as you may know, Icahn sold these routes to American Airlines. Oh, the irony.
Also the fact that a cat I once had loved to eat my pictures. (Must have been the chemicals. He was a weird cat). Need to pick up a negative scanner someday.
