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Trans World Airlines’ (TWA) ceremonial last flight took place #onthisday in 2001. The flight was flown on a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 piloted by TWA Captain Bill Compton that departed from Kansas City at 1:40pm and landed in St. Louis at 2:45pm. At midnight, December 2, 2001, employees took down TWA signs and replaced them with American Airlines signs; American Airlines had bought TWA earlier in the year. Did you ever fly on TWA? Image: TWA (Trans World Airlines) postcard, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, 1980s. Gift of William Rys, Jr. 2019.085.107 This image was posted on December 01, 2020.

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TWA (Trans World Airlines). It is related to TWA (Trans World Airlines) (the company) .