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Trans World Airlines

 Organization

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1930 - 2001

Historical Note

Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline from 1930 until 2001. It was originally formed as Transcontinental & Western Air as the result of the merger of Transcontinental Air Transport (T-A-T) and Western Air Express. The airline ceased operations when it was acquired by American Airlines.

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 9, T-Z, Assorted)

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-9
Abstract

The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.

Dates: circa 1910s-2020s; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-08-01
Contents of the Collection The Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection is a small collection that holds textual and visual materials relevant to the 1956-1977 career of Lester Lee Cruse, pilot for Japan Airlines, Saudia, Southern Airways, Trans Mediterranean Airways, and Trans World Airlines (TWA). Materials include his flight log books, which start with his flight training in 1949 and continue through his career through 1977. The logs include brief information about type of aircraft, origination...
Dates: 1945-1984
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lee R. Embree Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-08-08
Abstract

Lee R. Embree (1915-2008) was born in Iowa, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1936, and was assigned to the 38th Reconnaisance Squadron as an aerial photographer during World War II. Embree was at Hickam Field, Hawaii during the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing and took several photographs. The collection contains photographs, textual materials, audiovisual materials, and a scrapbook that relate to Embree's military service and photography as well as his post-war photography activities.

Dates: 1918-2005 (bulk dates 1939-1945)
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John Fornasero Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-06-24
Abstract:

The John Fornasero Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera pertaining to the life and work of flight instructor, aviation inspector, and test pilot John B. Fornasero. A significant portion of this collection is made up of photographs. Major topics include the Ryan School of Aeronautics, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Fairchild Aircraft Company, and Boeing Aircraft Company.

Dates: 1904-2006
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Angela J. (Hughes) Gardner Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-04-27
Contents of the Collection The Angela J. (Hughes) Gardner Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials that relate to Gardner's time as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines (TWA) from 1962-1987. The bulk of the collection was gathered by Gardner during her employment. Materials have been divided into four series and are arranged chronologically within each series, unless otherwise noted. The first series, Flight...
Dates: 1943, 1961-2001
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Gordon E. Glattenberg Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-04-28-A
Content Description The Gordon E. Glattenberg Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of 2,525 35mm photographic slides and more than 2,500 digital images primarily of commercial aircraft taken by Glattenberg from roughly 1958-2002.The bulk of the collection consists of images depicting commercial airliners. Most of these images show aicraft at airports, either at gates, on tarmacs, taking off or landing, but mixed among these are some images of mechanics working on or refueling planes,...
Dates: circa 1958-2002
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Leroy Hamilton Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1986-09-03
Contents of Collection

Collection includes a United Air Lines high altitude navigational chart dated December 8, 1966 and a Transcontinental and Western Air brochure advertising its coast-to-coast service, "The Lindbergh Line," with fares and route maps, circa 1930s-1940s.

Dates: Circa 1930s-1940s; 1966 December 8
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elizabeth (Boon) Hughey TWA Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010-10-05
Contents of the Collection The Elizabeth (Boon) Hughey TWA Flight Attendant Collection is a relatively small collection that pertains to Hughey's 1949 appearance on the Ralph Edwards radio program called "This Is Your Life," as well as her stewardess training and service with Trans World Airlines (TWA). Materials are dated from 1949 to 1952. Textual materials in the collection include Hughey's 1949-1950 logbook, salary deduction receipts for her TWA uniform, loose clippings about Hughey, her appearance on...
Dates: 1949-1952
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Arlene E. Johnsen Trans World Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-08-05
Contents of the Collection The Arlene E. Johnsen Trans World Airlines Collection consists of textual materials collected by Arlene E. Johnson during her 36-year career as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines (TWA), from 1960-1996. It also includes a small amount of materials related to the crash that claimed her life, collected by her twin sister, Marlene. Original order has been maintained and the collection is arranged into two series: Series I: Arlene Johnsen TWA materials and Series II: TWA Flight 800...
Dates: 1961-2003
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Kent Kistler Commercial Airlines collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1985-09-23
Contents of the Collection

The collection is comprised of three flight system timetables printed between 1984-1985, produced by the following airlines: Fort Worth Airlines, Midwest Express Airlines, and TWA.

Dates: 1984-1985
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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