American Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the world, and the very largest in terms of passengers carried and daily ...

The world's only Douglas DC-1 first flew on July 1, 1933, by Carl Cover. After half a year of testing and performing over 200 test flights (and out competing the Ford Trimotor and the Fokker ...

For the past seven years, elusive Industrialist Howard Hughes and Trans World Airlines have been tangled in a complex legal battle. The conflict dates back to late 1960, when Hughes, in return for ...

Trans World Airlines . Getty Images. Lifespan: 1930–2001 . Born of a government-mandated merger between Western Air and Transcontinental Air Transport in 1930, the carrier didn’t become Trans ...

Trans World Airlines led the way as one of America's major airlines from 1930 to 2001. The influence TWA has had on the world and locally, is one that history can't ignore.

At one time TWA was the airline to fly, but as popular as it was, fame didn't hold on. "Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines," was released by the Missouri Historical ...

Trans World Airlines. Founded as Transcontinental Air Transport in 1929, Trans World Airlines was Kansas City’s first, operating out of what is now the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.