TWA 747 Memorial Video

February 2nd, 2007

Here’s a great video from mosche56 & twacrew.com of some great video of TWA’s 747. Looks like this is promotional video from TWA, overlaid with some Bruce Springsteen music.

Some great footage of a great airplane.

TWA October 1992 Schedule

January 30th, 2007

Here is a TWA schedule from October 1992.

Interesting things about this schedule:

  • After TWA (or rather, Carl Icahn) sold off the London-Heathrow routes.  All trips to London now are via Gatwick.
  • This includes the infamous Atlanta hub.  Not sure how long this lasted, but according to this New York Times article, it seems to have been until at least  October of 1993.  (If anyone has any comments about the TWA Atlanta hub, please leave a comment!)
  • On the back of the schedule, they have an advertisement for their frequent flyer program.   They say that you can get free travel within the US at 20,000 miles.  Looking at American Airlines website today, this would take 50,000 for an unrestricted ticket.
  • 35,000 miles for the Middle East or Europe.  Today on American?  You’re looking at 100,000 for unrestricted.  Gotta love inflation.

I’ve just upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, so thumbnails aren’t working right now.  Click below to see the pictures.

TWA October 1992 Schedule - Cover

TWA October 1992 Schedule - Route Map

TWA October 1992 Schedule - Back Cover

Video: TWA’s Terminal 5 at JFK

January 23rd, 2007

I know I’ve mentioned TWA’s Terminal 5 a few times, (see the entries here and here), but this time is a homemade video, by former TWA flight attendant Steve Kornman, that is very interesting.

This video is over 15 minutes long, and is well done. Get some popcorn and check it out!

Still Here…

January 9th, 2007

Man, you gotta love the Holidays.

Of course, after all that, it’s time to go back to work, and that means trying to catch up.   That is where I find myself right now.

While reading this thread on airliners.net, the topic of TWA’s order of the Airbus A330 came up.  TWA was actually one of the first to order the plane, but of course, never recieved it.

In the thread, a link to transportarchive.org.uk includes this image of the A330 in old TWA colors. I remember seeing this picture, or one very similar, in an issue of Skyliner.  Of course, I don’t know where that issue is, of course.

(Click for a larger image.)

TWA A330

TWA SkyMall - Holiday 1993

December 17th, 2006

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!

(Click for a larger version.)

TWA SkyMall - Holiday 1993

TWA 727-231 (Old Style) Safety Card

December 3rd, 2006

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.

(Click images for a larger version.)

TWA 727-231 Safety Card Old - Page 2  TWA 727-231 Safety Card Old - Page 1

December 1994 TWA Schedule

November 21st, 2006

Here’s the TWA schedule from December of 1994. Unfortunately, TWA stopped showing the route map with ‘lines’ showing the flights, so this one is just the cities server. Bummer.

BUT

TWA did start to show flight numbers, and the equipment operating that flight. So that’s a plus. And since it’s the Holidays, and I’m a nice guy, I’ve included the equipment listing scanned at a higher resolution, so you can read it.

We’re heading out of town for the Holidays, so I probably won’t update until later next week. Enjoy!

(click to enlarge images.)

December 1994 TWA Schedule - Page 1  December 1994 TWA Schedule - Page 2  December 1994 TWA Schedule - Page 4  December 1994 TWA Schedule - Page 5

TWA 727-231 (International) Safety Card

November 14th, 2006

Here is the safety card from a TWA 727-231 (International). I believe the only difference between a regular 727-231 and an international version is the inclusion of life rafts aboard the aircraft. (Anyone have any idea on that, if so, leave a comment!)
This is the later version (early 90’s) of the safety cards, after they switched from the ‘plastic’ ones with the 1960’s drawings on it. I kinda liked those, but these definitely have more information on them than those.

(Click images to enlarge.)

TWA 727-231 Safety Card - Page 1 TWA 727-231 Safety Card - Page 2 TWA 727-231 Safety Card - Page 3 TWA 727-231 Safety Card - Page 4 TWA 727-231 Safety Card - Page 5 TWA 727-231 Safety Card - Page 6

1970’s TWA Commercial - Part 2

November 10th, 2006

Here’s part 2 of 3 of TWA commercials featuring Peter Sellers.

Dig those 747 cabin colors.

Once again, thanks to TWAviator for providing these.

General update on the look o’ the blog…

November 7th, 2006

I received some comments that said, “Wow. Love the new website, but why is the header so generic?

Well, it’s a long story.

Basically, before I created this website, I actually made a really cool header with a tail of a TWA DC-9 and the name of the blog. It looked really nice.

Then I was thinking, “Did I take this picture?” Well, it turned out, that I didn’t.

The picture that I used is actually located here, at airliners.net.

It’s very similar to a picture I took at STL of a DC9 tail, so I assumed it was mine.

Wrong.

I actually noticed before I put the site ‘live’, so no, I didn’t get sued or anything. But in the meantime, I put up the ‘generic’ header that you have been seeing.

Well, now I have a spiffy banner that has the classic late 1970’s - early 1990’s logo that TWA had. I have to admit, it’s my favorite. I’m sure that’s just due to me flying TWA a lot during that time in my youth, so that’s the color
scheme I attach to.

If you notice any weirdness on the website, please let me know!

Any comments?