Reporting from KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Art Lujin tells people what he did for the last 25 years and eight months of his professional life, he braces for the question. It’s nearly automatic. “Oh, yeah, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — 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. The TWA ...

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Bad decisions, bad deals and bad luck all contributed to what appears to be the final demise of TWA, once among the nation's "Big Four" carriers. Even so, in some ways TWA's story is a story of ...

WASHINGTON — American Airlines Inc., in a surprise move, this week is expected to announce plans to buy financially troubled Trans World Airlines Inc., which would effectively retire one of the oldest ...

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 Society ...

The head of Trans World Airlines in the late 1950s, Ralph S. Damon, was a forward thinking visionary corporate leader, willing to take chances. For his company’s new world-class airline terminal at ...

THE HISTORIC MOMENT. >> THIS USED TO BE FULL OF THESE PLANS. MATT: HEAR THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT. >> WE WANT TO KEEP OUR HISTORY ALIVE. MATT: HISTORY IS AROUND EVERY CORNER. >> WE WISH MORE PEOPLE KNEW ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Wednesday marked the grand opening of the new TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy Airport. The landmark Trans World Airlines Flight Center, designed by famed architect Eero Saarinen, ...

I was the first person in my immediate family to ever take an airplane trip. My father may have flown at some point in his military service during World War II, but he was in the Navy, so maybe not, ...