Trans World Airlines – A Book of Memories is a history of TWA offered in a different and most unique format: through the eye-witness experiences of its employees – pilots, flight attendants, station managers and other staff - and its friends in the media, who participated in its long and fabled history. TWA was a pioneer and an important domestic and international airline that played a major role in the development of commercial aviation.
In this book we meet the founders of the airline and some of the early pilots, flight attendants and mechanics who set the standard for its future operations. We will also get an inside glimpse of the legendary and colorful Howard Hughes, who shaped the airline and who championed the thoroughbred of the skies, the Lockheed Constellation. We will also earn about Carl Icahn, and his controversial leadership during the most challenging years of the airline’s life.
Jon Proctor, who devoted twenty-seven years of his professional life to TWA, has contributed several stories, including a description of TWA’s famous Royal Ambassador Service, the Grand Canyon crash, which generated legislation that created a comprehensive air traffic control system, and TWA’s first wide body jets, among others. Jon has also contributed many of the beautiful pictures of TWA aircraft that grace the pages of this book, all from a collection that covers decades.
Another TWA veteran, George Hamlin, who started his airline career with TWA, has also contributed many images of TWA aircraft, along with stories about TWA’s iconic terminal at New York Kennedy Airport, working behind the ticket counter and traveling around the world with TWA.
Other stories detail many of the VIPs who traveled on TWA, including White House Press Charters for Presidents Johnson and Nixon, Hollywood celebrities, and legendary figures such as Bing Crosby and David Letterman.
Personal recollections of TWA staff who played parts in important history-making events involving the airline, including President Nixon’s charter to China, airline deregulation, hijackings, especially the incredible odyssey of flight 847, the acquisition of Ozark Air Lines, Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the sale of TWA’s valuable London Heathrow routes to American Airlines and the loss of Flight 800.
These are stories from the heart, from those who dedicated entire professional careers to the airline and who were part and parcel to many of the incredible achievements that made TWA the carrier it was. The tributes and memories here will be cherished by anyone who worked for TWA as well as the many passengers who flew its routes and, of course, airline aficionados.
In today’s troubled airline industry, air journeys have become stressful due to invasive airport security, uncivil, unkempt and unappreciative passengers, and in some cases uncaring management and staff. The glamorous days of flying are sorely missed but are re-kindled by the memories and tales of staff as told on these pages.
The people of TWA literally spanned the globe numbering in the tens of thousands. We are fortunate to share with the readers of this book the stories of some of these members. Please read and enjoy them all and hearken back to an era that will never be replicated.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON AT https://www.amazon.com/Trans-World-Airlines-Book-Memories/dp/1604521228/
In this book we meet the founders of the airline and some of the early pilots, flight attendants and mechanics who set the standard for its future operations. We will also get an inside glimpse of the legendary and colorful Howard Hughes, who shaped the airline and who championed the thoroughbred of the skies, the Lockheed Constellation. We will also earn about Carl Icahn, and his controversial leadership during the most challenging years of the airline’s life.
Jon Proctor, who devoted twenty-seven years of his professional life to TWA, has contributed several stories, including a description of TWA’s famous Royal Ambassador Service, the Grand Canyon crash, which generated legislation that created a comprehensive air traffic control system, and TWA’s first wide body jets, among others. Jon has also contributed many of the beautiful pictures of TWA aircraft that grace the pages of this book, all from a collection that covers decades.
Another TWA veteran, George Hamlin, who started his airline career with TWA, has also contributed many images of TWA aircraft, along with stories about TWA’s iconic terminal at New York Kennedy Airport, working behind the ticket counter and traveling around the world with TWA.
Other stories detail many of the VIPs who traveled on TWA, including White House Press Charters for Presidents Johnson and Nixon, Hollywood celebrities, and legendary figures such as Bing Crosby and David Letterman.
Personal recollections of TWA staff who played parts in important history-making events involving the airline, including President Nixon’s charter to China, airline deregulation, hijackings, especially the incredible odyssey of flight 847, the acquisition of Ozark Air Lines, Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the sale of TWA’s valuable London Heathrow routes to American Airlines and the loss of Flight 800.
These are stories from the heart, from those who dedicated entire professional careers to the airline and who were part and parcel to many of the incredible achievements that made TWA the carrier it was. The tributes and memories here will be cherished by anyone who worked for TWA as well as the many passengers who flew its routes and, of course, airline aficionados.
In today’s troubled airline industry, air journeys have become stressful due to invasive airport security, uncivil, unkempt and unappreciative passengers, and in some cases uncaring management and staff. The glamorous days of flying are sorely missed but are re-kindled by the memories and tales of staff as told on these pages.
The people of TWA literally spanned the globe numbering in the tens of thousands. We are fortunate to share with the readers of this book the stories of some of these members. Please read and enjoy them all and hearken back to an era that will never be replicated.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON AT https://www.amazon.com/Trans-World-Airlines-Book-Memories/dp/1604521228/