Trans World Airlines

She was known as The Spirit of Long Beach. N984TW was the last MD ever produced, delivered to TWA 20 years ago. Today she flies her final revenue flight. A thread.

She started life with Air France in 1976 and joined our fleet as N129TW in 1996, then went into storage at Marana in early 1997. Still out there in the Arizona desert. Great shot shared by @n194at, photo by Atamvir. #FlyTWA

Good eye! Thanks for taking such a close look at her.

What a spot. Always a thrill seeing one of ours still turning heads at the gate, even in SkyTeam colors.

Good point. American's own 757s ran Rolls-Royce engines, so our Pratt & Whitney birds were always the odd ones out in that fleet.

Fort Lauderdale, April 27, 2000. Our 757-231 N726TW on the ramp in globe livery. She was delivered new to us in November 1999 and moved over to American with the merger in 2001. Photo: Ken Fielding, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons #FlyTWA

Glad she left that kind of memory. Those StarStream 707s had a way of sticking with you.

Our TriStars always looked right in Twin Stripe. Beautiful catch.

That RB211 howl on our TriStars was something else—nothing quite matched it spooling up.

Our TriStar N31013 at Boston, July 1991. She joined us in 1973 and stayed in the fleet into the mid-'90s. Beautiful catch from @lemwerdersights. #FlyTWA

Los Angeles, December 7, 1982. Our 707-331B N8732 climbing out of 24L, a Pan Am TriStar rolling behind her. Anybody else still hear that StarStream roar when a jet rolls past? She joined us in 1969 and later gave her parts to the KC-135 program. Photo: Ted Quackenbush, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons #FlyTWA

We'll meet you at the gate! Heathrow always felt like home for our Atlantic flights.

That twin-globe look was something special—especially on the TriStars and early 747s. Glad it still hits the spot!

She's the restored Moonliner II at the National Airline History Museum in Kansas City—sat atop our old headquarters from 1956. Glad you spotted her!

Chicago O'Hare, July 1973. Our L-1011 TriStar N31009, two months after she joined our fleet, wearing the original twin-globe look on her tail. She flew for us for 20 years before moving on to Air Ops in 1993. Photo: Jon Proctor, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons #FlyTWA

What a piece of our history, Patrick! Flight 721 from Gatwick to St. Louis on December 1, 2001, on this very 767. Thank you for being part of it ✈️

Our 767-300ER N691LF taxiing at Miami on April 25, 2000. She began life with Condor in 1991, joined us in February 1994, and stayed until the American merger in 2001. Did you ever fly with us out of Miami? Photo: Ken Fielding, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons #FlyTWA

1930 was a big year for both of us! We became Transcontinental & Western Air that October. Here's to the golden age of flying ✈️

A great look at one of our MD-80s at LAX in 1994. By the '90s the MD-80 family was the workhorse of our domestic fleet, with much of it flying out of our St. Louis hub. Thanks for sharing, @n194at! #FlyTWA

Athens, June 1985. Our Boeing 747SP-31 N57203 holding short at Hellinikon. The SP was a shortened, longer-range 747, and we flew three of them from 1980 until they joined American Airlines in 1986. #FlyTWA

So glad you stopped by! Our Flight Center has been welcoming travelers at JFK since 1962, and it's still a lovely spot to pause between flights.