Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines
The only comprehensive history of TWA and its predecessors.

This book recounts how three larger-than-life personalities—Charles Lindbergh, Howard Hughes, and Carl Icahn—shaped the history of Trans World Airlines (TWA) and determined its fate. It’s the story of how powerful, strong-willed individuals created and ultimately destroyed an American icon that had deep roots in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. Come Fly with Me traces the airline from its origins in the 1920s to the twenty-first century. By using unprecedented access to the entire TWA corporate archives and interviewing key business leaders, the authors have crafted a compelling tale of a corporation, an industry, and an era.
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Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines
The only comprehensive history of TWA and its predecessors.

This book recounts how three larger-than-life personalities—Charles Lindbergh, Howard Hughes, and Carl Icahn—shaped the history of Trans World Airlines (TWA) and determined its fate. It’s the story of how powerful, strong-willed individuals created and ultimately destroyed an American icon that had deep roots in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. Come Fly with Me traces the airline from its origins in the 1920s to the twenty-first century. By using unprecedented access to the entire TWA corporate archives and interviewing key business leaders, the authors have crafted a compelling tale of a corporation, an industry, and an era.
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Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines

Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines

Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines

Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines

Overview

The only comprehensive history of TWA and its predecessors.

This book recounts how three larger-than-life personalities—Charles Lindbergh, Howard Hughes, and Carl Icahn—shaped the history of Trans World Airlines (TWA) and determined its fate. It’s the story of how powerful, strong-willed individuals created and ultimately destroyed an American icon that had deep roots in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. Come Fly with Me traces the airline from its origins in the 1920s to the twenty-first century. By using unprecedented access to the entire TWA corporate archives and interviewing key business leaders, the authors have crafted a compelling tale of a corporation, an industry, and an era.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798985571639
Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press
Publication date: 11/02/2023
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Daniel L. Rust is associate professor of transportation and logistics management at the University of Wisconsin-Superior and the author of The Aerial Crossroads of America and Flying Across America. Alan B. Hoffman is a historian and the author of Up There with the Biggest: The Story of Ozark Airlines.
 

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: In the Beginning 1920-1929
Chapter 2: The Lindbergh Line 1930-1939
Chapter 3: The Aviator 1940-1949
Chapter 4: Trans World 1950-1959
Chapter 5: The Jet Age 1960-1969
Chapter 6: Upheaval 1970-1984
Chapter 7: Ozark Interlude
Chapter 8: The Raider 1985-1993
Chapter 9: The Last Aviator 1994-2001
Chapter 10: The New Millennium 2001 and beyond
Endnotes
Index
Acknowledgments
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