The rise of FedEx Corp. from a startup express carrier with a few aircraft to the largest air cargo airline in the world and ...

The tragic crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 66 in 1975 spurred crucial safety improvements, saving countless lives in the ...

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 ...

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.

Airline-owned terminals, such as the Saarinen Trans World Flight Center, are less common; instead, the biggest airlines work with municipal owners to “update” terminals such that they resemble ...

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 ...

If you bought the July 25, 1969 issue of the New York Times, a cheeky ad from Volkswagen celebrated the moon landing by ...

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.

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 ...

In 2014, Malaysia Airlines retired the number of flights that went missing, MH370 as well as MH371, per The Hill. An exception is Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800.