The Douglas DC-3 is celebrated as a pivotal aircraft that made air travel popular and profitable, setting the stage for its predecessors, the DC-1 and DC-2. Douglas Aircraft Company (DAC) entered the ...

If the Ford Model T put America on wheels, then it's safe to say the Douglas DC-3 put America in the air. With more than 800 of the almost 11,000 DC-3s still flying, it truly qualifies as an icon of ...

In 1948 Trans World Airlines joined two other airlines providing service to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport in Avoca. Many dignitaries, politicians, and local residents attended a ceremony on the ...

American Airlines became the world's largest air carrier after acquiring the assets of bankrupt Trans World Airlines. The deal was completed after a federal appeals court denied a last-minute bid by a ...

R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection / Series 2: Photographs / North America (F5100000) / United States / United States - Trunks / Trans World Airlines (TWA) [Transcontinental and Western] ...