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Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970. This image was posted on November 18, 2019. #lockheed #l1011 #tristar #trijet #autoland #twa #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationgeeks #plane #avgeeks #widebodyav

After a long battle with the C.A.B. & Pan Am, TWA was awarded an airline route to Europe in 1945. #TravelTuesday This tweet was posted on October 20, 2015.

Airlines have customarily used landmarks to advertise their destinations. How many San Francisco landmarks can you recognize? #TWA #SanFrancisco #1960s Image: TWA (Trans World Airlines) stationery card, San Francisco, early 1960s. Gift of Daniel Kusrow 2018.061.052 This tweet was posted on July 12, 2019.

Airlines have customarily used landmarks to advertise their destinations. This image was posted on July 13, 2019. #twa #sanfrancisco #poster #1960s

Airlines invested considerable care and attention in making calendars that were visually stunning examples of graphic design. This image was posted on June 09, 2017. #twa #avgeek #aviationhistory #airlines #airline #airlinecalendar #1950s #vintage #germany #rhine #rhineriver #lockheed #constellation

All buttons are embossed with the designer’s “V” on this 1971 #TWA plum dress suit by fashion designer #Valentino. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on June 28, 2017.

An Aircraft Marshaller or signal person is a person who visually communicates directions between the pilot of an aircraft and ground crew in order to direct the aircraft into a particular space or position. This image was posted on August 02, 2019. #avgeek #twa #airmarshall #boeing707 #airtrafficcontrol #longexposure #1960s

Around the same time, in 1962, TWA opened their iconic terminal, the Trans World Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen, at New York International Airport, later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.

As rival United Air Lines had exclusive rights to the Boeing 247, TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) turned to Douglas Aircraft to develop an improved competitor. This image was posted on February 10, 2021. #wingwednesday #avgeek #aviationhistory #douglasdc2 #dc2

As rival United Air Lines had exclusive rights to the Boeing 247, TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) turned to Douglas Aircraft to develop an improved competitor. The Douglas DC-2 was developed in the early 1930s and introduced in 1934. #WingWednesday #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 10, 2021.

Before people carried around cell phones in their pockets that automatically updated to the current time zone, airlines gave out convenient time converters to passengers on international flights. Have you been to any locations on this card? #52Objects #Timezones #TWA #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.

Before people carried around cell phones in their pockets that automatically updated to the current time zone, airlines gave out convenient time converters to passengers on international flights. This image was posted on February 13, 2023. #52objects #timezones #twa #avgeek

By the end of the decade, flight attendant uniforms became cool and chic rather than regimented and conservative. This exhibition features some of the wilder uniforms made between 1967–74 for Braniff, Northwest Orient, Pan American, TWA, and United. #FlightPatterns #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 04, 2022.

By the late 1940s, a seat capable of reclining into a bed, the “Sleeperette,” was introduced and trademarked by Pan American World Airways. This image was posted on February 26, 2016.

By the late 1950s, popular recording artists were infusing their records with the appeal of chic international air-travel on modern airliners. This image was posted on May 05, 2016.

Can you believe it has been 20 years? On December 1, 2001, the final Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight departed from Kansas City, Missouri, and landed in St. Louis. #avgeek #OTD This tweet was posted on December 01, 2021.

Can you believe it has been 20 years? This image was posted on December 01, 2021. #avgeek #aviation #twa #otd #aviationhistory

Celebrations christening airplanes have their roots in christening events held for ships. This TWA (Trans World Airlines) Boeing 747-131, was christened the “City of San Francisco” by diplomat and former child star, Shirley Temple Black on April 5, 1970. #52Objects This tweet was posted on March 27, 2023.

Christening ceremonies for airplanes arose from the tradition of christening ships, where a fluid was broken or poured on a ship’s hull and the ship was blessed with a name and good luck. This image was posted on March 27, 2023. #52objects #womenshistorymonth #sfohistory #avgeek #shirleytempleblack

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was deeply involved in commercial aviation's development and early airline planning. This image was posted on March 23, 2018. #onthisday #otdih #charleslindbergh #sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks

Colorful hand-made #TWA cabin welcome signs not only identified the crew and communicated other essential information to passengers as they came onboard, but they conveyed something far more memorable: a sense of hospitality, character, and trust. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on March 30, 2021.

Created for TWA by knitwear maker Dalton Apparel, this uniform was introduced in the summer of 1968 and worn until 1971. #FashionInFlight This tweet was posted on November 04, 2016.

Created for TWA by knitwear maker Dalton Apparel, this uniform was introduced in the summer of 1968 and worn until 1971. This image was posted on August 16, 2017. #fashioninflight #womeninaviation #avgeek #aviationhistory #crewlife #paxex #flightattendant #crewlife #fa #fashion #hostesses #flightattendantlife #flightcrew #uniform #aviationgeek #fashionhistory #aviation #dalton #twa #transworldairlines

Created for TWA by knitwear maker Dalton Apparel, this uniform was introduced in the summer of 1968 and worn until 1971. This image was posted on November 04, 2016. #fashion #airline #uniform #design #crewlife

Created through a merger as Transcontinental & Western Air in 1930, TWA was renamed Trans World Airlines during the early postwar era as it expanded into international routes. This image was posted on November 29, 2022. #airlinemealsets #avgeek #paxex

Credited as one of the first to introduce pant suits for women, this 1974 TWA uniform by Stan Herman in lightweight wool was part of a popular mix-and-match set worn until 1977. #StanHerman This tweet was posted on September 17, 2021.

Designated "Star Stream" by TWA, the 707 proved to be a fast, reliable, intercontinental and transcontinental workhorse and was operated by the airline until the early 1980s. #AviationEvolutions #avgeek This tweet was posted on January 24, 2018.

Designed in complete secrecy under Lockheed’s chief research engineer, the 049 Constellation developed into an extremely fast, highly advanced, & revolutionary large-capacity airliner with a unique dolphin-shaped fuselage and distinctive tripletail. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.

During the 1950s, flying on a commercial airliner was often a formal endeavor. This image was posted on January 29, 2016.

During the early 1940s, TWA (Transcontinental & Western Air) hostesses wore the popular “Petty Girl” uniform with a sterling silver and red enameled hat badge and jacket pin. This image was posted on November 14, 2018. #stewardesshatbadge #1940s #pettygirl #sterlingsilver #hatbadge #badge #jacketpin #uniform #flightattendent #boeing #boeing307 #stratoliner #1960s

During the late 1930s, TWA, under the leadership of its visionary controlling shareholder Howard Hughes, requested that the Lockheed Aircraft Company of Burbank, CA, produce a fast, large-capacity, pressurized airliner. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.

During the late 1930s, airlines began using Bakelite meal service plastic wares because of their light weight and durability. This image was posted on April 22, 2016. #twaskyliner