Missouri Historical Society: TWA jets crowded the ramp at St. Louis’s Lambert Airport in 1994. TWA’s burgeoning traffic volumes at its St. Louis hub prompted efforts to expand the airport.
Missouri Historical Society: Dubbed "Wings of Pride," this McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was sponsored by TWA’s “Employee-Owners,” many of whom posed with the aircraft for this 1994 photo.
Missouri Historical Society: Although the TWA Flight Center’s exterior was stylish, its interior was not well suited for moving passengers and luggage. This was its information desk.
Missouri Historical Society: Postcard of the Model 1049G “Super-G” Constellation marketed the airplane as well as the airline, ca. 1955.
Missouri Historical Society: A crowd of curious onlookers at the Kansas City airport in the mid-1930s surveil a busy ramp featuring a TWA DC-2 and a DC-3 “Skysleeper” bearing the words “The Lindbergh Line.”
Missouri Historical Society: 'Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines' By Daniel L. Rust and Alan B. Hoffman