Milestones in TWA History
July 13, 1925
Western Air Express (WAE) is incorporated.
July 7, 1929
Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) inaugurates coast-to-coast
air and rail service on route laid out by Col. Charles Lindbergh
from New York to Los Angeles (Glendale) via Columbus, Ohio;
Indianapolis, Indiana; St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri;
Wichita, Kansas; Waynoka, Oklahoma; Clovis and Albuquerque,
New Mexico; and Winslow and Kingman, Arizona.
October 1, 1930
The "TWA" brand is born when TAT and WAE merge
to form Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc.
October 25, 1930
TWA inaugurates coast-to-coast all-air service. The cross-country
journey takes 36 hours, including an overnight stop in Kansas
City.
April 9, 2001
After 75 years, eight months and 27 days, TWA's existence
as an independent airline comes to an end. American Airlines
completes the purchase of the assets of TWA. TWA Airlines
LLC is created as an owned subsidiary of American to operate
the TWA system through a transition period, during which
the employees and operations of TWA eventually will be integrated
into American.
December 1, 2001
TWA President Captain Bill Compton pilots the commemorative
last flight of TWA. Flight 220, operating Kansas
City to St. Louis, is greeted by hundreds of cheering TWA
employees.
At 10:00 p.m., workers begin removing
TWA signage and logos from airports across the TWA system,
replacing them with signs reading American Airlines. At
midnight, all TWA flights are shown in computer reservations
systems as AA flights.
The last TWA flight to arrive at the
St. Louis hub, Flight 171 from New York's LaGuardia Airport,
makes an on-time arrival in St. Louis at 10:00 p.m.
The official last flight of TWA, Flight
163, operating from St. Louis to Las Vegas, touches down
at 11:49 central, just 11 minutes before the Sabre cutover.
At 10:00 p.m., workers begin
removing TWA signage and logos from airports across the
TWA system, replacing them with signs reading American Airlines.
At midnight, all TWA flights are shown in computer reservations
systems as AA flights. The official last flight of TWA,
Flight 171 from New York's LaGuardia Airport, makes an on-time
arrival in St. Louis at 10:00 p.m.
Some pictures courtesy of AMR Corp.
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File: TWA Lockheed L-049A Constellation FS X |
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(Filename: lh_const_fx.zip) - TWA Lockheed L-049A Constellation FS X
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 Very nice Lockheed L-049A Constellation model with TWA, PANAM, and KLM liveries. The Constellation was among the most popular and successful Lockheed aircraft ever built. The "Connie" served as passenger aircraft, cargo freighter, Cold War Berlin airlift work horse, and even presidential airplane for President Eisenhower. This particular Constellation offers moving parts, wonderful reflecting graphics, and a true representation of the unique aircraft design including the distinct tail wings and dolphin nose. For a superb discussion of the features and characteristics of the "Connie", see the Wikipedia entry.
Author: Brian C. Selb | Size: 33.8MB | Added: 2006-12-21 | Downloaded 6558 times
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File: TWA Boeing 707 (with 17 other repaints) |
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(Filename: fsx_b707_fullscale.zip) - TWA Boeing 707 (with 17 other repaints)
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 This aircraft was converted from FS2004 but works great with FSX. The files include 17 repaints including very good TWA livery paints (pre-1965, 1977, 1982, and the most recent paints before acquisition by American Airlines), American Airlines paint, Aerocondor Columbia, Air Malta, American Trans Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Pan Am, Quebecair, Turkish Airlines. If you have Shockwave 3D Lights installed, they will work with this model. Aircraft contains very good beacon lights, navigation lights, and many moving parts. See the screenshot for this file to see the details (I took a picture of the TWA livery, but the other liveries are very good, too). Installation is very easy: Simply copy the extracted folder into the /Simobjects/Airplanes folder.
Author: David Grindele (Package) | Size: 56.4MB | Added: 2007-12-19 | Downloaded 6455 times
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File: MD-83 TWA Trans World Airlines FS2002/FS2004 |
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(Filename: twasg83o.zip) - MD-83 TWA Trans World Airlines FS2002/FS2004
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 FS2002/FS2004 Trans World Airlines MD-83; registration is N9407R. The Douglas DC-9-83 (MD83) is a development of the earlier DC-9 series with new avionics and aerodynamics. TWA uses them to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, Mexico City, New York, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, and many other cities throughout the USA. This aircraft textures are in 32-bit bmp.
Author: Erick Cantu, Kiki Mazboudi | Size: 2.1MB | Added: 2003-12-30 | Downloaded 5318 times
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File: TWA Boeing 727-200 |
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(Filename: twab727200.zip) - TWA Boeing 727-200
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 For FS2004. "This is Erick Cantu's wonderful 727 for Flight simulator 2004.For those of you who may not have heard of this wonderful bird in the flight simulator forums, you are in for a real treat! This plane has stunning animations, and a flexing wing that is sure to amaze you. Please fly her through turbulance and watch the wings!
Interior/passenger wing views are available. If you have Active Camera, you can move back to the wing and view the wonderful wings, they are a sight to see as a passenger! DOORS: Shift+E opens the main cabin door, as it does with every FS aircraft. Shift+E+2 opens the small port cargo door. The main cargo door is not functioning, yet." Perhaps one of the best Boeing 727 models I have ever flown. You will thoroughly enjoy it! Click here for a full screenshot view of the aircraft.
Author: Erick Cantu & Steve Drabek | Size: 3.9MB | Added: 2006-04-01 | Downloaded 5016 times
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File: DC-3 TWA Douglas Sky Freighter FS2002 |
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(Filename: dc3twaca.zip) - DC-3 TWA Douglas Sky Freighter FS2002
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 FS2002 TWA Douglas DC-3 Sky Freighter, registration N51167, circa 1946. Based on Jan Visser's DC3 model for FS2K, updated for FS2002, TDM cargo version, includes transparent cabin windows, night lighting, a 3D interior, opening double cargo doors, netted windows and TWA cargo both inside and outside the aircraft (at rest). Default panel and sound.
Author: Paul Pridmore, Mark Beaumont, Jay Schneider | Size: 2.6MB | Added: 2003-12-30 | Downloaded 1591 times
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File: TWA Airline History Museum Super G Constellation |
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(Filename: twasc.zip) - TWA Airline History Museum Super G Constellation
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 This is a new Lockheed Super Constellation simulation updated from a FS98/FS2000 released Jan 4, 2000, one year ago. The file includes a number of improvements over the older simulation.
The constellation has been completely rebuilt from my earlier versions with new rudders, landing gear, steerable nose wheels, textured propellers, transparent cockpit, highly detailed texture files with night lit texturing and a revised air file.
Author: Dave McQueen | Size: 2.1MB | Added: 2003-12-25 | Downloaded 1312 times
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File: Boeing 747-131 TWA (N93119) |
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(Filename: twa800.zip) - Boeing 747-131 TWA (N93119)
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 TWA 747-131. N93119 aka TWA Flight 800. This is a tribute for the TWA800 flight accident, in which 230 people lost their lives. Project by OpenSky.
Author: Mitsushi Yutaka & Hiroshi Igami | Size: 1.9MB | Added: 2003-12-25 | Downloaded 1442 times
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File: TWA Boeing 717-231 |
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(Filename: twa717.zip) - TWA Boeing 717-231
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 TWA has ordered a total of 50 717s, with 50 more on options to replace its older DC-9 fleet. Each aircraft accommodates 111 passengers in a two-class configuration (16F/95Y).
Features:
- 32-sided fuselage with photo-realistic textures.
- 32-sided engines with photo-realistic textures, 3D spinning fan blades and animated thrust reversers.
- Tail with photo-realistic textures, 3D APU intake, rudders, and elevators with movable control plates.
- Wings with maximum moving parts include ailerons,slats, spoilers and sliding flaps.
- Landing gears with steerable nose wheels, 3D wheel wells and animated gear doors.
- Night lighting effects include cabin windows lights, logo lights, navs, strobes, landing lights and landing light beams.
- Vapor trails.
Author: Apichart Owcharoenporn | Size: 0.5MB | Added: 2003-12-25 | Downloaded 1223 times
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File: TWA Airbus 319 |
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(Filename: twa319.zip) - TWA Airbus 319
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 Fictional repaint for the A319 for Trans World Airlines. TWA doesn't operate this aircraft. It comes with full moving parts, superb night lighting and a transparent cockpit.
Author: Artur Bagiyants | Size: 0.7MB | Added: 2003-12-25 | Downloaded 1185 times
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