Almanac: TWA

On October 25, 1930, Transcontinental and Western Air inaugurated America's first coast-to-coast passenger service - New York to Los Angeles in just 36 hours. Charles Osgood takes a look back at an era of aviation when TWA was the premier commercial airline.

[@pikminlord343]

amazing to see how things have changed

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R.I.P JFK T3 Worldport

[@josephtafur]

Now that Airport hotel is now open

[@jsythereeighty-niner2882]

Think of how well TWA would've lasted if it wasn't for Flight 800.

[@calpeninsularailfan]

Jsythere89 well guess what. American flight 191 was even worse and American Airlines is still here...

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@@calpeninsularailfan
Worse? They were both horrific crashes, with hundreds of fatalities, but 800 broke up in mid air. To me that's worse, than slamming into the ground.

[@calpeninsularailfan]

@@TWA-km9wt i know, but american airlines didn't go bankrupt, while TWA did. I dont even remember writing this comment, I guess I just felt it was unfair when I did.

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@@calpeninsularailfan
Well, not exactly. We never went bankrupt, we did file for chapter 11 protection, but so did AA. Unfortunately, once we realized we could not exist on our own, AA was in a better position financially, so we agreed to a merger,, where AA would buy all our assets and dissolve the company, keeping all of our employees.

[@calpeninsularailfan]

@@TWA-km9wt i see

[@josephtafur]

I Feel bad for TWA because AMERICAN AIRLINES SUCKS!!!!!!!!