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Clipped Wings Honors the Class of '35

�\)1"'"-'�j AlbertaTyne Phillips June Cranston Shesky Ruth Rhodes Molitor

, A salute to TWA's first flight attend­ celebration was publication of "Wings of basis," Mr. Pearson said. "Maybe it's several months; the present generation ants-members of the "Class of '35"­ Pride", a pictorial history of the TWA dealing with some irate passenger who of flight attendant has maint3ined the highlighted the biennial convention of flightattendant corps. has· a real or imagined complaint . . . service reputation that "you have spent Clipped Wings International at Albu­ President Richard Pearson addressed Maybe it's volimteering some simple, halfa century shaping and polishing." querque, New Mexico in October. Four the convention, focusing on how, over spontaneous act of kindness that's not The convention elected DonniHart of wonien who 50 years ago pioneered the the years, the job of "hostess" has called for in the book . . . Even if they Marblehead, Massachusetts as interna­ flight attendant profession were pre­ evolved into a career for "her and him". don't have to face down terrorists, the tional president, succeeding G'X_en Mah­ sent-Gladys Entrekin, Alberta Tyne "It takes a special kindof grit and pro­ job is plenty tough as it is," he said, refer­ ler of Prairie Village, Kansas. Phillips,June Cranston Shesky and Ruth fessionalism to confront smoothly and ring to the hijacking of Flight 84 7. Jerri Currigan of Clever, Missouri was Rhodes Molitor. with skillthe kind of challenges the flight Mr. Pearson expressed pride that elected international vice president of Coinciding with the 50th anniversary attendant must cope with on a routine throughout the hectic events ofthe past Clipped Wings.

October Traffic traffic was up 16% over the same period · last year. Slips Slightly Domestic traffic rose 0.4% from a yea.r� TWA flew 2.60 billion revenue passenger ago, to 1.29 billion rpms. With capacity up I miles (rpms) in October, a drop of 1.6% 1.1%, the domestic load factor fell 0.4 from the 2.64 billion rpms flown in Octo­ percentage points to 57.6%. For the year ber of 1984. ·System capacity in October to date, domestic traffic is up 15.5%. I was up 6.5%; the system load factor de­ International traffic was down 3.6% clined 4.9 percentage points. to 58.1%. (to page 3) For the first 10 months of 1985, system Wiley Barker, Credit Union Celebrate

The uniformstyles have changed, but the smiles are the same. Monica Miller, Alyce Annan and Deborah Ellington (from left) expresstheir delight in leafing through "Wings of Pride", the pictorial history celebrating the 50th anniver­ sary of the TWA flight attendant. Publication of the book coincided with the biefinial convention of Clipped Wings in Albuquerque in October. An order form for "Wings of Pride" is provided on page 7.

Travelshopper Expands signment, special meals or bassinets, etc. The more than 1,000 large corporations, are sent via Travelshopper's two-way associations and government agencies electronic mail capability to the PARS-au­ servedby CompuServe Inc. have now be­ tomated travel agency the client selects. come the third major group to have access (There are over 4,000 in the U.S.). The to TWA's PARS reservations system travel agent makes all special travel ar­ through the airline's Travelshopper rangements and issues the tickets. service. By offering Travelshopper to the thou­ Nearly a thousand well-wishers stopped by the Credit Union's home office in The Travelshopper u�er can access the sand business firms that are CoinpuServe Kansas City on October 11 to simultaneously celebrate the C.U.'s 45th birth­ PARS system to check schedules, fares, clients, TWA has greatly expanded day and president E. Wiley· Barker's 45th anniversarywith TWA.Vera Sample flight availability, and make reservations. Travelshopper's availability. Travelshop­ (above), the Credit Union's first employee, now retired, congratulates Wiley ReserVations data, and special travel re� per has been aviDiable to the 235,000 following presentation of his 45-year service pin by chairman of. the board quests, such as hotel,· rental car, seat as- (to page 3) Dan Holmes. -Photo by Charles Rees and standard medical treatments, particu­ TWA Kin Win Naval Wings larly with holistic medicine," she adds. Editor's Notes Involved is the whole gamut of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual considera­ tions vital.to a person's well-being, Mrs. Several TWA runners distinguished Nelson said. However, she stresses that "themselves in the New York City Mara­ the techniques taught do not conflict With thon on Sunday, October 27. religious beliefs. Albert Colon, senior analyst -quotas Mrs. Nelson is one of only a small num­ on the traffic analysis staff at 605 Third, ber of persons to receive· AIRA certifica­ ran the 26-mile race in 3 hours, 40 min­ tion and to qualify as a teacher. She con­ utes and 28 seconds, placing 4,412th out ducts twice-monthly seminars in her of 18,160 starters. He improved on his home, consisting initially of eight to 10 time of two years ago by 38 minutes. hours of instruction spread over two days Just four minutes behind was Carson or evenings. There is a graduated fee Foar(l, staff analyst-investment analysis schedule covering children, adults, stu­ on the financial controls staff. She went dents and retired persons. However;Mrs. the distance in 3:44.49 and placed Nelson offers a free introductory lecture. 4,975th. It was Carson's third time in the For more information, write to Rita Nel­ New York marathon - "two and a half, son at 154-17 "A"; Riverside Drive; These sons·of Kansas City employees, friends for many years, recently earned really; I didn't finish last year, but did in Beechhurst, New York 11357. their U.S. Navy wings. Pictured at the Pensacola, Florida Naval Air Station 1983," she said. are (from left) David Fox, David Prater, George Prater and Jeff Kuhn. Orlando Pizzolato of Italy won the It's that. time of year when television is event for the second straight year, in bombarding kids with ads for the latest 2:11.34.. Grete Waitz of Norway won the and greatest toys. Just in time for Christ­ women's race in 2:28.34; her fourth mas, the Library of Congress has come to straight victoryin New York and seventh · the rescue of ·all frustrated parents with a in eight years. Of the starters, 15,752 giftlist of children's books. Actually, there men and women finished, the last crossing are two lists - one for the best children's the finish line in Central Park in just under ·books published in 1983 and the other for 12 hours. the best of 1984. The selections high­

_ _ Robert Keating, son of Bob Keating, lighted were chosen by a group of librari­ manager-future schedule development at ans as the books they think willmost ap­ 605 Third, finished in ·4:20.45. Bob's peal to children. Each booklet includes a nephew, Matthew Ruane, ran a 3:10.50. summary of the plot and retail price. . Dave Johnson of flight operations ad­ You can get a copy of Children's Books-

ministration and control and his · wife 1983 (Item 300N) and Books for Children Carol passed up this year's race to serve (1984) (Item 109N) by sending $1 for as volunteers in the medical unit at the each booklet along with the item number finish line. Marilyn Shaw of the reserva­ to the Consumer Information Center, tions center at 2 Penn Plaza coordinated Dept. RW, Pueblo, Colorado 81009. Howard Fox and his son, David (left), and George Prater with his son, also the efforts of 2,000 volunteers from the named David, at the Chase Naval Air Station, Texas, where the young men New York Runners Club. The Gateway chapter of the TWA Se­ received their aviator's wings on September 20. niors, headed by Opal Thomas, is on a Harry Pe�cher and Henry Schmoll, The familiar recruiting posters beckon, earned a degree in industrial engineering. membership drive to bring recent St. fire inspectors at MCI, were checking to join the Navy and see the world" but four He was commissioned in May, 1983 and Louis area retirees into the fold. (Wel­ make sure the fire extinguishers in the sons of Kansas City employees needed no received his wingsat Chase Naval Air Sta­ come, too, as associate members, are ac­ terminal area at KCI were in place and such inducement to enlist; they'd 3.Irt(ady tion in Beeville, Texas two months ago. tive employees with 30 years or more of fully charged. As they were returning to seen much of it through TWA. He is as�igned as an instructoor on the A- service.) Now in its second year, the STL the overhaul base, they noticed a wallet The four who recently received their 4 jet at Beeville. His stepfather, Bob Shaw, group provides a means of making new lying beside a car in the long-term parking Navy wings are Ensign George Praterffi; is a mechanic at MCI. friends as well as continuing old. friend­ lot. The wallet was intact, and identifica­ his brother, Lt: j.g. David Prater; Lt. j.g. David Prater, 24, majored in chemistry ships. For information about the Gateway tion indicated the owner was John Yencic, DaVid Fox and Ensign JeffKuhn. All have at the Uiriversity of Utah, where he was chapter and its activities, phone Opal a certified public accountant with the Kan­ lived in Jeddah; Saudi Arabia while their­ enrolled in the Navy ROTC program. He Thomas at (314) 429-7521 or Winnie Dal­ sas City firm of Mayer Hoffman McCann. fathers were on TWA assignement there. also received the Burke scholarship, lead­ ton at (314) 427:6059. Tell 'em the They turned the wallet over to facilities Two of the fathers, ·Howard Fox and ing to a doctorate, from the Navy. He was sent you. maintenance supervisor Ken Gabriel, who Skyliner George Prater, Jr., have worked together commissioned in May, 1983 and received

called the Yencic residence. He learned · in the same department, production sup­ his-' wings at Beeville the same day as · Former TWA director Brock Adams from Mrs. Yencic that her husband had port and planning services at MCI, the David Fox, on September 20. He has been . plans to run for the Senate next year from flown to New York that morning for a past 10 years. The Praters lived in Jeddah assigned to the naval base at Lamore, Cal­ his home state of Washington. Adams business meeting. Arrangements were from 1969-1973. The Foxes were sta­ ·ifornia, flying the F -18. served in the House of Representatives I made for her to pick up the lost-but-found tioned there from 1975-1978. Jeff Kuhn's for six terms, from 1965-76, before serv­ Annapolis Graduate I- wallet at the main guard post. father, MCI mechanic Walt Kuhn, was in ing as Secretary of Transportation in the While Mr. Yencic happened to fly Jeddah from 1969-71. Jeff Kuhri, 25, is a graduate of Central Carter administrationfrom 1976-79. United Airlines that day, it's a good bet David Fox and David Prater have been Missouri State University where he he'll choose TWA whenever he can in the friends since the seventh grade. Jeff Kuhn majored in economics. He was commis­ future. and George Prater lived in the same com­ sioned in March, 1984 and received his pound while in Jeddah. Proving again that wings at Whiting this summer, two weeks Friends of Lou Clemons, retired direc­ "it's a small world," they both reported to ahead of George Prater. Jeff also has been tor-administration, flying, will be sad­ officer candidate school in Pensacola, Flor­ assigned to a helicopter unit at San Diego. dened to learnthat his Wife, Patsy, died on ida the same day, November 6, 1984. Jeff From there he expects to move on to Nor­ October 9 following a brainaneurism. Her had applied in Kansas City, George in Salt folk, Virginia. death was totally unexpected and, accord­ Lake City. (Ed. note: A fifth son of a Kansas City i.sg to longtime colleague in operational "Being TWA kids probably had some employee, Lt. Bob Brauer, whose father, · planning, Bob Thompson, left Lou bearing on the decision of the four to be­ Homer, is a mechanic at MCI, was gradu­ "devastated." come Naval aviators," said Dorothy ated from Annapolis recently and is now "I am sure that Lou would appreciate Prater, adding that she and theother par­ flying the F-14 Tomcat off the aircraft hearing from old friends at TWA," says ents are of course very proud. carrier USS john F. Kennedy.) Bob. Lou's address is 9555 Country Club Here is a brief background on each Drive; Sun City, Arizona 85373. officer: • George Prater m, 27 was graduated in ' Rita Nelson, wife of Connie Nelson, amer1can 1982 from the University of Utah at Salt flight operatiQns instructor at JFK, has Lake City, earning degrees in geology and been certified as a Reiki master/teacher eou geological engineering. He was commis­ by the American International Reiki smok t sioned in March of 1984 and received his · Published for Employees by Association. aviator's wings this August 25, at Whiting Corporate Communications "Reiki is an ancient healing art - a kind Nov. 21 Naval Air Station in Milton, Florida. Now 605 Third Avenue, New York 10158 of self-help, mind-over-matter therapy - based in San Diego and flying the CH-46 Printed in U.S.A. which has only recently emerged in the helicopter, he expects his next assignment Dan Kemnitz, Editor western world," she explains."It is a tech-.· iaw. will be Guam. W. S. Brown, Publisher nique for stress management that com­ David Fox, 24, is a graduate of the Na­

bines with and enhances other therapies val Academy at Annapolis · where he

2 November 18, 1985 ------

. in advance and a TWA ticket and boarding pas8 must be presented at Dollar's airport In the News counter upon arrival to qualify for the free weekend offer. Dollar's special weekday rates, just for TWA, are a low $21.95 per day ($16.95 in Florida). October Traffic ... (from page one) Holiday Inn· requires reservations seven days in advance and presentation of from the previous October's to 1.31 bil­ TWA ticket and boarding pass upon lion rpms. With international capacity up check-in. Passengers have up to 14 days 12.5%, the international load factor was fromtheir arrival to take advantage of the down 9.7 percentage points from a year offer. (The freeweekend offer is not avail­ ago to 58.7% International traffic is up · able at Holiday Inns inNew York City, Las 16.5% for the yearso far. Vegas, San Diego, West Palm Beach or Oct.'85 YTD'85 _Wichita.) vs.'84 ·.vs. '84 Revenue P8888eD.ger Miles - Stock Conversion Domestic + 0.4% +15.5%

International - 3.6% +16.5% TWA has called for :redemption, and will System - · 1.6% +16.0% redeem, on November 27, 1985, all of its Available SeatMiles outstanding $2.25 Cumulative Converti­ + 1.1% Domestic - 0.4% ble Preferred Stock (¢e "Convertible Pre­ International + 12.5% +18.7% ferred Stock") at a redemption price of System + '6.5% + 8.1% $27.347 5 per share, which includes ac­ LoadFactors Domestic 57.6% (-0.4 pts) 66.3% (+9.1 pts) crued dividends to the redemption date of 58.7% (-9.7 67.7% (-=1.2 International pts) pts) $.54375 per share. Willard Scott, ve�eran television personality and weatherman for NBC-TV's System 58.1% (-4.9 pts) 67.0% (+4.6 pts) . UntilNo vember 20, each share of Con­ "Today" show, gives the thumbs-up sign as he boards a Trans World Express vertible Preferred Stock is convertible flight at St. Louis, bound for .Lake of the Ozarks to. film the "Great Scott" Travefsllopper ..• into 1.5 shares of TWA Common Stock. ·program. (from page one) Based on current market prices, TWA an­ home and small business individual com­ ticipates that holders .of substantially all of lcahn Sells, �rav�l Agents_ ..B�y puter users who subscribe to the Com­ the Convertible Preferred Stock will elect puServe Information Service since Janu­ to convert their shares into shares of ary 1985. Compu-Serve was the first on­ TWA Common Stock. line information service to offer Travel­ A notice 9f redemption and instructions shopper. The General Electric Informa­ to follow in order to convert or redeem tion Services Company subscribers joined their shares of Convertible Preferred Travelshopperlast month. Stock has been mailed to all holders of TWA will continue to enhance Travel­ Convertible Preferred Stock. shopper. Improvements planned for intro- More People Fly , duction in the next few months include automated seat assignment requests on A record number of Americans flew dur­ TWA and many other major airlines, as ing the past year and sev�n of every 10 well as worldwide rental car and hotel have flown in theirlifeti me, the AirTrans­ booking capability. port Association reports: Travelshopper enrollment is free; sub­ A Gallup.survey conducted for the ATA scribers are billed on a per minute basis during July, August and September re­ for use of the system. A toll-free Travel­ ports that: shopper help desk is available for callers • About 48 million adults, or 28% of the from any point in the U.S. The number is total adult population of more than 170 1-800-TWA-1011. million, flew during the past year. The Charles Magnoson (right foreground) of Parker Travel in Torrance, Califor­ previous record was 46 million, in 1984. nia, was so impressed by Carl Icahn's talk at TWA's recent travel agent Free Weekend • Seventy percent of adults, or 120 mil­ seminar in Washington, D.C. that he renewed his PARS contract for five lion, have flown in their life time ...72% years. Signing for TWA was sales vp Ed Gehrlein. Looking on (from left): Jim TWA, Dollar Rent-A-Car and Holiday Inn of men and 68% ·of women. · Gillespie, general sales manager for southern California; Efrain Zabala, staff have teamed up to offer vacationers a • Fifty percent of all trips within the last vp-automation marketing, and Stu Rudner, account manager. Parker Travel "Free Weekend in the Country," which in­ 12 months were for pleasure/personal has four CRTs and two printers, and has just (!Cquired five commer:cial sets. cludes two days! use of a subCompact car reasons and 50% were for business - People Express said the addition of 23 and two nights' stay at a participating travel. hotel/motel, free of charge. cities to its routes in the past year helped • Those who flew during the past year its third quarter net income to more than Now through March 31, 1986, pasSen­ averaged 3.2 round trips each. In Memoriam gers on TWA flights within the U.S. can double that of a year ago. The low-cost, take advantage of the �ee weekend" of­ Industry Notes low-fare airline earned $16.5 million com­ retired lead mechanic, JFK, pared, with $6.8 million fu the third quar- Richard L. Neitzel, fer to visit friends and relatives, take a With O'Hare airport approaching satu­ died on October 26. He was 65. Mr. Neitzel retired . ter of 1984. in 1982 after 36 years TWA. He surVived by shopping trip, or plan a warm weather ration, former Chicago mayor Jane Byrne with is - vacation in Florida or the Southwest. his wife, Barbara, of Collinsville, Virginia. � is pushing for a third, airport; she suggests People Express has asked the FAA for Ignacy Barton, 75, retired mechanic, LGA, died Passengers who book a subcompact the site of a shutdown steel mill on the authority to operate Denver-London, on October 28. Mr. Barton waswith TWA nearly 20 Dollar rental car, or reserve a room at a years, from 1955 to 1975. He is survived by his southeast side, near Lake Michigan. starting May 1, 1986 with daily Boeing ' Holiday Inn, for two consecutive week­ wife, Marianna. 7 4 7 service. days (Monday through Thursday) will re­ Governor Bruce Babbitt of Arizona has Stuirt F. Updike, retired captain, JFK, died on October 27 at age 68. Captain Updike retired in ceive the prior· or following consecutive called for an end to sightseeing flights The British government plans to sell 1969 after 27 years with TWA. He is survived by his tWo weekend days (Friday, Saturday, Sun­ which dip below the rimof the Grand Can­ . the British Airport Authority (BAA) to wife, Lela, of Alexandria,Virginia. day) free of charge. Travelers can take yon. The governor, who has written a private investors. The BAA operates Harlow B. Grow, 78, retired captain,died on Octo­ ber30. CaptainGrow was withTWA 40 years, from advantage of either the free subcompact book about the canyon, spoke at a hearing Heathrow and Gatwick airports and draws 1935 to 1965. His wife, Lucille, of Pacific Palisades, car or the free hotel - or both- in most conducted by the National Park Service in most of its revenue from landing fees and California, survives. TWA cities throughout the United States. response to complaints by environ­ concessions such as duty-free shops - a Walter T. Geiger, retired metal mechanic, MCL� 16. 81. Cars must be reserved at least 24 hours mentalists. tidy profit _last year of $22.1 million. died on October He was Mr. Geiger joined TWA in 1942 and retired in 1970. His wife, Audrey, survives. John P. Luna, retired mechanic, MCI, died on September 23 at age 69. Mr. Luna was with TWA Q�arterly ResUlts (Cont.) 26 years, retiring in 1979. Arthur L. Aber, 65, retired mechanic-welder, Further scrutiny on TWA's third-quarter.tmancial results reveals nine months was down 10.7%, most of that accounted for by a MCI, died on October 26. Mr. Aber retired this past some additional facts about the airline's recent performance. 12.5% drop in domestic yield. July after 18 years with TWA. He is survivedby his Of the $70.3-million increase in third-quarter operating ex­ A comparison of the results of the domestic and international wife, Estelle, of Independence, Missouri. Vincent Sciortino, retired ramp serviceman, JFK penses, for example, $25.5 million, or more than a third, was for divisions before taxes and extraordinary items shows a serious died on October 16. He was 62. Mr. Sciortino re­ increased salaries, wages and benefits, as the combined result of worsening for both. For the quarter, domestic lost $34.6 million, tired to Lake Worth, Florida a year. ago after 19 ' raises called for in existing contracts and the expiration of last compared with a 1984 third-quarter loss of just $707,000, while years withTWA. year's wage-reduction actions. For the nine months ending in international's quarterly _income was down from $98,7 million last William F. Guy, retired project manager-Saudi Arabia, died on October 8. He was 69. Mr. Guy was September, TWA's payroll bill was up 12.5%, or some $121 year to $21 million this year. withTWA from 1965 to 1976. He is survived by his million - a major contributor to the $129-million downswing For the year to date, domestic is showing a loss before taxes and wife, Gladys, of Sorrento, Florida. from last year's $59.3-million profit at this point. extraordinary items of $109.4 million, compared with last year's L. W. Hunt, 59, Columbus customer service agent, died on November 5 while on medical leave. The system average yield per rpm for the quarter was down $69.4-million loss, while�international has 1985 income of just Mr. Hunt joined TWA in 1953 as a transportationagent 5.2% from 10.35 cents to 9.81. The domestic yield decline was . $19.6 million, vs. $135.4 million at this point in 1984 - a and spent his entire career in· Columbus. He was 8.2%, vs. a less-steep 2.5% for international. System yield forthe combined deterioration for the two divisions of nearly $194 million. single.

November 18, 1985 . 3 DC·3 Still Flying at Age

by Ed Betts plan�hange to the DC-2 by day. This higher. Such weight additions can cause Chicago route. With deliveries of the DC- was the situation that prompted C. R. · problems with the piane's center of grav­ 3 model, iii September, the DSTs were On December 17, 1935, an aviation mile­ Smith to· approach Douglas for the larger ity (the folcrum area between nose and used on their transcontinental schedules, stone was made when the first Douglas DC-2 sleeper version. At first Douglas going beyond limits. This could make .eliminating the plane change. United was DC-3 was rolled off the production line tail) wasn't interested, but the firm order and it necessary to shift the position of the , next in line for delivery and in early 1937 and, after a series of taxi tests, made its money involved was too good to tum wing, requiring a complete new design was using the new planes on its SFO-LAX maiden flight. There weren't the usual in­ down. What was even more attractivewas (the Boeing 24 7 had one main wing spar run, and a deluxe 14-passenger augural ceremonies with -the news media that, with a wider and longer cabin, an­ that went through the cabin, making it "skylo�ge" with swivel seats on the NY­ and VIPs on hand; just a few smiling em­ other row of seats could be installed, mak­ impossible to modify the plane for l�ger Chicago run. Douglas was piling up a huge ployees watched as test pilot Carl Cover ing it a 21-passenger plane in an all-seat payloads). backlog f!f orders for its new plane, for took off, and after flying for an hour and configuration. there were few competitors left who col,l].d 40 minutes, came back for a smooth land­ Sweptback Wings match the DC-3 performance and ing. Unlike the inaugural flight of the pro­ The success of the DC-3 can be shared Gapabilities. totype DC-1, which almost ended in disas­ by many other scientists and engineers Fortunately, the Douglas wing (devel­ TWA held back on orders, for a good ter due to faulty carburetor floats, this that are part of the aircraft industry. The oped originally by John Northrop) was reason. The original DST/DC-3 was pow­ flight was routine. oil companies developed the higher octane such that by changing the sweepback (di­ ered by 930 hp "Cyclone" engines (sea Technically, the first plane was a DST gas needed for high performance engines. hedral angle) of the wing leading edges level for one minute maximum, 850 hp (Douglas Sleeper Transport) that was part In the field of metalurgy new metals were the center of gravity could be kept within max after). TWA's Tomlinson had made of a huge, 20-plane $2,100,000 order by developed ·that paved the way for engines limits and not shift the wing position. An­ some tests with Douglas and found the American Airlines to modernize its fleet. _with higher horsepower without sacrific­ other five feet was added to each wing, single-engine verformance was marginal, American had placed the order in late ing weight. There was fierce competition extending the sweepback, in order to ac­ between the Wright Aeronautical and especially at higher altitudes (such as the 1934 for a larger version of the DC-2 that commodate the extra (original DC-3 max · leg from Winslow to Albuquerque.) Fortu­ would accomodate 14 berths for night Pratt & .Whitney companies as they im­ gross of 24,000 Ips) weight added and nately, Wright was ready to produce a passengers to replace their slow, but proved and increased the horsepower of changes in the fuselage. The plane was 1,000 hp engine and, in late 1936, TWA plush, Curtiss "Condors" on the longer their "Cyclone" and "Wasp" engines.· stretched from 62' to 64'6" (1' 4" to the placed an order for eight DSTs and five_ transcontinental route to the south. One of the inost iniportant improve­ main cabin) and the fuselage rounded, giv­ I ments was with the propellers, again the DC-3s scheduled for delivery in mid-1937. I The DC-2s (and the one DC-1) wer� ing an added 2'2" width. TWA's DST version was for eight berths the result of TWA's need for a modem result of fiercecompetition between Ham­ Many of the new features incorporated in the forward cabin and nine plush (at aircraft to replace the Ford tri-motqr ilton Standard and Curtiss Electric. The in the DC-3 were the result of TWA's $500 each) seats in the rear. fleei, and to compete with United's fast older propellers were of the fixed pitch experience with the DC-2 flying the line. "Skysleeper" service was inaugurated andcomfortable Boeing 24 7s. The specifi­ type (originally installed on the Boeing For the pilot (and passengers) the tail was J:>y TWA on June 1 and "Skyclub" (DC-3) cations had been made by a trio of crack 247 fleet) and, by comparison to the varia­ modified for b�tter stability. A more effi­ on August 15th. Flight 8 was the fastest � pilots appointed by then-TWA president ble pitch prop installed on the DC-2, were cient braking system with toebrakes (on and most comfortable way for passengers Richard Robbins as a special committee inefficient. The variable pitch Permitted the rudder pedals) instead of the old hand­ (and mail) to get across the country-14 for the selection of new aircraft and in­ the pilot to select a setting with the big­ brake. An improved landing gear system cluded Charles Liridbergh, Jack Frye and gest "bite" for maximum takeoff perform­ (and tires) permitted smoother landings D. W. "Tommy" Tomlinson. Everyone in ance, and a more efficientsetting for climb compared to the stiff gear of the DC-2. and cruise. A further development, in time the company had been canvassed for sug­ The cockpit was ·insulated, making flights gestion. Frye held numberous 'chalk talks' for the DC-3, was the hydromatic propel­ in cold weather more comfortable. The with the pilots, and all of the best ideas ler with a constant speed governor, al­ landing lights, which had been located in were iricluded in a letter sent to several lowing the pilot to select the rpm desired the nose and reflectedthe glare of fog and manufactuers. and use the throttles to select the power. snow; were relocated to the wings, along Although TWA had specified a tri-mo­ Still to come was the full-feathering pro­ with a shield to block the glare. For the tor plane, Douglas was able to meet all of peller that improved the plane's single- copilot the best feature was the installa­ the performance specifications with a . engine performance considerably. tion of engine-driven hydraulic pumps to twin-engine monoplane. The DC-1 was operate the gear and flaps. The old Exceeds Specs delivered with seats for 12 passngers, but handpump was still available to assist, if for the production model DC-2 the fuse­ TWA's original specifications called for needed. lage was "stretched" to accomodate 14. an airplane that could cruise at 150 mph The most attractive selling pOint for the TWA introduced the DC..:2 on its sched­ (or better) with a range of 1060 miles and new airplane was that for only 10% in­ ules in May of 1934, the same month that a minimum payload of 2,300 lbs. A maxi­ crease in operating costs there was a po­ American introduced the modelnized mum gross weightof 14,200 lbs was spec­ tential 50% increase in payload "Condors". Later that year American also ified, but Douglas went way over that fig­ capabilities. had some DC-2s and used a combination ure-17,500 on the DC-1 and 18,200 on American placed their DSTs into serv­ DC-3 cockpit panel (1946). of night flying with the Condor and a the DC-2; and the DC-3 would be even ice in June of 1936 on their New York-

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hrs and 50 min, that included three 15- minute stops at ABQ, MKC and CHI. Westbound Flight 7 was scheduled for 16 hrs, 10 min with the same stops and ground times. The one way fare (1 0% dis­ count roundtrip)was $149.95; extra fares for berths ranged from $1 to $8. ·Plush seats were one-half of the berth charge. The year 1937 was an impprtant one in TWA's growth. Besides the new planes, the company was looking ahead to receiv­ ing the four-engine, pressurized -Boeing "Stratoliners". Starting in June nineDC-2s were sold, five to Braniff and four to Pan Am. Several valuable mail contracts were awarded in September and business picked up on the main transcontinental 1'WA's DC-3 fleet on the flightline at Newark (1938). route. TWA resumed operations at SFO 1943 to 28 aircraft. There were 6,400 with CAM #37, a route that connected to in the old engines towards the purchase riod (with actress Carrol Lombard employees at the end of the year. the main line at Winslow by way of Fresno price. Nine aircraftwere scheduled for de­ aboard). TWA did receive two more 24- The year 1944, the last year of an all­ and Las Vegas. CAM #36 connected Chi­ livery in late 1940 and the remaining six passenger DC-3s in 1942; bringing the in early1941. Allof the remaining14 DC- DC-3 fleet, was even more impressive as cago to Dayton by way of Fort Wayne. fleet total to 25. TWA enjoyed a 91.6% load factor, carry­ TWA was allowed to compete with United 2s were up for sale, pending delivery of A total of 38 DSTs and 455 DC-3s were ing 393,000 revenue passengers 3.48 mil­ on the CHI-PIT and CHI-NYC direct the order for new planes, at $37,000 built at the Douglas plant in Santa Monica. - With America's entry into the war they lion rpms, which was 72% higher that the flights. At the end of the year there were each. · prewar high set in 1941. Daily utilization 1,132 fulltime employees, 608 based at TWA received two new planes in De­ concentrated on military aircraft. New averaged 12.5 hours. Kansas City. cember of 1940 and seven in early 1941 plants at Long Beach and Tulsa geared up On the negative side the company ex­ The DC-3s were introduced by the air­ before the Priorities Board started re­ for maximumproduction of the C-47 ver­ perienced two fatal accidents; one in Nov- · lines during· one of commercial aviation's stricting the deliveries of civilian aircraft sion, which was to see all sorts of service: ember flying in a thunderstorm in central darkest periods, so far as safety and fatal for national defense reasons. One DST carrying troops, paratroopers, supplies, accidents-the winter of 1936-37. It was lost in January of 1941 (one passen­ etc. The C-4 7 had the DC-3 body, but California, and one in December while ap­ proaching Burbank in fog conditions. The didn't matter which airline or what type ger and one pilot killed), the only fatal inside it was pretty bare-metal bucket plane, the entire industry experienced a accident experienced by the company in seats and no insulation or soundproofing. latter was the last passenger fatality in­ rash of empty seats following an accident. the pre-war years with the DC-3. At the The floor was reinforced and larger cargo volving a TWA DC-3. Towards the end of the year the military had a surplus of The expected growth in traffic was slow ·end of 1941, and America's entry into doors installed, as well as, an astrodome transport planes and a numberwere being to materialize. The CAA yardstick as to WWII, the fleet consisted of five for a navigator. Stratoliners (which were the first to be returned to the airlines. By the end of how far a pass�nger could fly before his A 12%-Hour Day time was up dropped from 20.9 million drafted by the military), nine DSTs, 21 1944 TWA had 38 DC-3s in service, one These were the days of rationing, pri­ in the process of conversion, and would miles in 1935 to 9.9 million in 1936, and DC-3s and six DC-2s. orities, wage and price freeze, and a 10% soon have all five Stratoliners back. 11.9 million in 1937. In 1938 it was back At the time of Pearl Harbor the DC-3 transportation tax. Passengers without a ' up to the norm of 22.3 million and in was already the most widely accepted air­ Starting in early 1945, and continuing priority took their chances on how far 1939, the safest ever in the pre-war craft of all time. According to CAA statis­ until late 194 7, the TWA overhaul shop they could travel before getting years, rose to 83.3 million. TWA's load tics there were 17 domestic carriers with , was a beehive of activity converting sur­ bumped-nonrevs� not. on company. busi­ factors, which were typical of the industry, a total fleet of 359 aircraft at the end of plus military DC-3s and C-4 7s to meet ness, forget it! ·When in the vicinity of dropped from 62.9% in 1936 to 50.8% in 1941. They flew a total of 4,060,545 pas­ company and CAA standards. Not includ­ airports with military activity, all passen­ 1937, and 45.4% in 1938 and 49.7% in sengers 1.5 billion revenue passenger ing the four-engine aircraft (Stratoliners, ger window curtains had to be closed­ 1939. miles. In 1942, with only one half that Constellations and �C-4s) the DC-3 fleet · number of aircraft, they flew 3,551,833 and no photographs! Some airports, such doubled. Experienced pilots were also be­ Off to War passengers 1.48 billion rpms. TWA's load as Newark, were closed to all commercial ing released by the military and TWA In the spring of 1940 TWA contracted factor jumped from 58.8 to 71.2% during· �ghts. nearly doubled its pilot personnel. Com­

with Douglas for the purch�se of 15 mod- · this period, carrying 317,634 passengers In 1943 TWA's (not including lCD or pany operations personnel and mechanics ern DC-3s, that would accomodate 24 (351,231 in 1941) 202,114,000 rpms. military contracts) load factor jumped to had to get used to aircraftdiff erences such passengers (an extra set of windows on This was with a fleet- of 25 DC-3s by mid- 89.2% with a slight increase in the num­ as aircraft with right \land main cabin each side of the plane). At the same time a. 1942. ber of passengers and rpms. Aircraft were doors, P&W "Wasp" engines that were not contract was made with Wright for the Besides the Stratoliners, all of the averaging about 11.3 hours a day (pilots, . interchangable with the "Cyclone", as it purchase of 111 new engines ($10,500 DSTs and remaining DC-2s wound up in during the war, could fly 100 hours a reqllired a smaller, but longer, engine na­ · each) of the 1,200 hp class. Forty-five of the military. One of the new DC-3s was month instead of the prewar maximum of celle for its twin-row 7 cylinders and also these were for the new planes on order lost in a crash in January of 1942 after 85). Three DC-3s were turnedover to the had a 28-volt electrical sy§tem instead of and 66 to convert the older fleet, trading departing Las Vegas duringa blackout pe- company bringing the total at the end of the former 14-volt system. Prices for surplus DC-3s ranged from $8,000 to $25,000, depending on condi­ . tion, airframe and engine times since overhaul. In1946 TWA purchased a train­ . load of 700 P&W engines off B-17s, for $200 each, less than the price for one cylinder). . Starting in late August of 1945, and lasting until January 31, 1946, a number of TWA pilots had one·of the most pleas­ ant assignments possible. Under contract, 14 brand new C-4 7s were leased to the company for the huge redeployment pro­ gram by the military after the ending of hostilities. During this period (working with the Air Transport Con:unand) some 10,000 servicemen and women were s{>eeded home and over 1,577,000 miles were iogged across the nation with this Patriotic "buy bonds" theme . "Sky Club" cabin interior. operation. (to be concluded)

5 ets, daily breakfast. Canadaian tour Clockwise begains at $159; 7-days Swiss package Travel Tips starts at $289. Resorts·offered are Breck­ Seniors enridge, Cooper Mountain, Keystone,� North Star; Arapahoe Basin, Winter Park and Mary Jane in Colorado. Whistler, 1 (34) - Mauritius: It's hard to find on most Rose Mary Cushman, LAX, Oct. Blackomb, Lake Louise, Banff and Mt. St. Thomas Giannasi, ROM, Oct. 1 (30) maps, but Mark Twain found it and went Anne in Canada. Switzerland: Zermatt, Ralph R. Squibb, , Oct. 1 (17) there in 1896 and upon return home re­ LAX Richard]. Heywood, JFK, Nov. 1 (17) Grindelwald, · Wengen, Lauterbrunnen, marked, " made Mauritius first and Jack W. Hughs, MCI, Nov. 1 (34) God Murren and Morlialp. For a complete bro­ then Heaven, Heaven being copied from David L. Kinter, MCI, Nov. 1 (26) chure write to Club Aero-Marine, 412 Mauritius." This exotic island is located in Stewart G. Long, NYC, Nov. 1 (34) � East Shore Trail; Sparta, New Jersey the Indian Ocean, 450 miles east of Mada­ Theodore G. McMillen, SFO, Nov. 1 (35) 07871. Phone (201) 729-5004. 1 (18) gascar. Interline Representatives, Ltd. is Jackie C. Pace, MCI,Nov. No L. Johnson, JFK, Nov. 1 (16) offering 7- and 14-day tours to Mauritius Iceland: Hallmark Travel offers an "ad­ nnan Joseph P. Pier.zchala,JFK, Nov. 1 (38) from London or Paris via Air Mauritius venture weekend" in Iceland: 2 nights, . RobertB. Ryan, LAX, Nov. 1 (41) . 747s with Sunday departures, positive from either New York or Chicago for Stanley J. Shaughnessy, MCI, Nov. 20 (34) . space, from $679. Choice of five beach $179 ppd or $203 single; 4 nights, from Billie Van Eckard, STL, Nov. 1 (30) , resorts; breakfast and dinner daily. With New York, $225 ppd or $273 single. In­ Joseph Amato, JFK, Dec. 1 (35) 1 (30) reliable service now between London/ . cludes positive air, first class hotel in Rey­ John G. Anunson, LAX, Dec. Rosemary De Angelo, fuel distribution Richard S. er, JFK, Dec. 1 (30) Paris· and the island, Mauritius is being kjavik; continental breakfast daily; sight­ Bak specialist at Los Angeles, is the source for Vernell Bjerke, JFK, Dec. 1 (39) offered for the first time as an interline seeing. Contact Hallmark's interline this authentic-looking "altimeter" wall Walter G. Brafford, JFK, Dec. 1 (29) destination. Retired employees are eligi­ division in Atlanta at (800) 422-4445. 1 (34) clock, which would be an appropriate Howard G. Braton,PHX, Dec. ble. Contact Interline Representatives, gift Peter A. Campisano, EWR, Dec. 1 (21) Florida: The Naples Beach resort, on or memento for someone retiring or Ltd., 25 West 39th Street; New York · JamesL. Cochran,JFK, Dec. 1 (36) 135 acres on the. Gulf of Mexico, extends - marking a TWA milestone. The unique 10018. Phone (800) 828-0046 or (212) James E. Corbett, JFK, DeC. 1 (32) · a $30 daily rate, single or double, through timepiece sells for $37 including postage · 840-6727. Ruth E. Cunningham,Dec. JFK, 1 (36) December 20. Recreation' includes 18- and handling; it features quartz movement BenjaminR. Densieski, JFK, Dec. 1 (29) Seychelles: Nine and 16-days tours to hole golf course, water sports, etc. Con­ and includes long-life battery and a one­ Joseph H. Drexler, ORD, Dec. 1 (33) 1 (25) the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean · tact the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club; year warranty. Orders placed immediately Noah A. , Jr., MCI, Dec. Lilyan Fischer,Eskridge LGB SATO, 1 (25) are offered to airline employees, their 851 Gulf Shore Blvd. North; Naples, Flor­ should be received intime for Christmas. Dec. Harold E. French, MCI, . 1 (37) spouses, dependent children,and retirees, ida 33440. Phone toll-free (800) 237- readers may recall that in Dec Skyliner John M. Green, , Dec. 1 (16) beginning in November. Tours feature 197'6 Rosemary, then passenger sales as­ LAX 7600; in Florida (890) 282-7601. RobertD. Green, JFK, Dec. 1 (36) seven or 14 nights on the islands with per sistant at Anaheim, piloted her Cessna 1 (40) A windsurfing (boardsailing) vacation in WilliamG. Greer, LAX, Dec. person double rates from $639 for nine 182 to 15th place in the 29th and Kenneth A. Griffith, STL, 1 (30) the Caribbean's Turks and Caicos islands final Dec. days and $779 for 16 days. Rates include Powder Derby. Her co-pilot over the James W. Hackett, LAX, Dec. 1 (32) is featured in an interline offering by Pro­ Puff round trip, positive space air on Air Sey­ 2,915-mile transcontinental race was Gordon W. Hargis,JFK, . 1 (38) gressive Travels, Ltd. of Steamboat Dec chelles from LOndon, Paris, Frankfurt or Dorothy Waltz. Harvey R. Hay, JFK, Dec. 1 (32) · Springs, Colorado. Prices range from Clarice L. Heron, JFK, . 1 (17) Rome; hotel accommodations; breakfast To order the altimeter clock, send .a Dec $980 to $1,14-0 and include accommoda­ Edwin M. Hock,JFK, Dec. 1 (40) daily; hotel service charges and taxes, check for $37 to Rosemary De Angelo; tions, most meals, taxes and tips, sailing HowardF. Hofmeister, JFK, Dec. 1 (30) round trip transfers, and some water 6542 Ocean Crest Drive, B210; Raricho 1 (18) lessons, bicycling and catamaran cruises. Antonia H. Johnson, DCA, Dec. sports. For complete details and reserva­ Palos Verdes, Califoinia 9027 4 John E. Kaczynski,JFK, Dec. 1 (30) For a descriptive brochure call toll-free tions contact Interline Representatives, John G. Kapustinec, ORD, Dec. 1 (33) 1-800-245-2229. 1 (26) 25 West 39th St., New York, NY 10018 Fall & Winter Cruises: Discount rates Lawrence Kind, LAX, Dec. GlennD. Kyle, MCI, Dec. 1 (28) (800) 828-0046 or (212) 840-6727. Florida: Sea World, near Orlando and for TWAers on cruises to the Bahamas, Gilbert M. Lamphear, JFK, Dec. 1 (32) Disney World, offers senior citizens (55 . Caribbean and from Papeete, Tahiti to Utah: Tim Moore, St. Louis based first Lawrence L. Larson, MCI, Dec. 1 (19) and over) a $3 discount off the regular outlying islands. For information contact officer, offers his Park West ski condo at a · Vicky Lewis, JFK, Dec. 1 (34) admission daily now through January 31 Hallmark Travel, Inc., Interline Division, 1 (40) discount for ariline employees. Sleeps Solomon D. Luroe,JFK, Dec. and on Mondays and Fridays after January - 56 E. -Andrews Drive N. W. , Atlanta, GA Pasqwile S. Magarelli, JFK, Dec. 1 (26) eight (3 bedrooms) for $99 a night. Write 31. Just show proof of age (driver's li­ 30305. Phone (800) 422-4445. Marcia G. Magnes,JFK, Dec. 1 (40) to Tim Moore at 8637 E. San Ardo Drive, cense, SeaWorld senior dolphin club card Joanne McCarthy, LIT, Dec. 1 (21) Scottsdale, Arizona 85258. Phone (602) 1 (30) or AARPCard). James ]. McNabb, JFK, Dec. - 991..:5459. Add & Subtract Matthew A. Melidoni, PHX, Dec. 1 (28) Ski Colorado: Snowmass will hold its A. Mieczkowski, JFK, Dec. 1 (30) Greece: Fall/winter tours November 1- Eastern Airlines has applied to the Edward 20 (32) · 15th annualairline skiweek December 8- WilliamT. , MCI, Dec. March 23 with positive air on Olympic, for Transportation Department to take over Milam 1 (29) 12, with special lodging and lift tickets Horacio A. Moran, SFO, Dec. . . employee, dependents, parents, retirees United's route to Tokyo from Seattle/ James J. Morgan, MCI, Dec. 17 (33) available for overlap period, December 5- and non-airline companions. For informa­ Portland. In giving tentative approval of Frederick A.Morse, JFK, Dec. 1 (32) 15. Daily lift ticket at $18 (save $9) cov­ tion and reservations contact Trailblazer United's purchase of PanAm's Pacific op­ J. �. Mosier, MCI, Dec. 1 (39) ers families. Registration fee of $25 in­ 1 (19) Safaris, P. 0. Box 660066, Springs, eration, DOT Secretary ElizabethDole in­ Howard ]. Murphy, BOS, Dec. Miami cludes cookouts and apres ski parties, Fred B. Novinger, JFK, Dec. 1 (31) · · FL 33266-0066. Phone (305) 594-0810. dicated that United might have to give up Victor A. Olson, , Dec. 1 (29) Giant slolom competition optional for $5 that route to avoid anti-competitive LAX . Millard E. Pepper, PHX, Dec. 1 (34) · Ski: Aero-Marine Interline Tours begins entry fee. For reservations and informa­ . problems. Constantino JFK, Dec. 1 (8) its eighth ski season by offering package tion on accommodations contact the Perez, Tommy L. Phillips, , Dec. 1 (19) prices in Colorado· as low as $179 for 4 Snowmass Resort Association at ·(303) Delta will suspend Dallas/Ft. Worth­ LAX Werner K. Puddick, JFK, Dec. 1 (26) days/3 nights including lodging, lift tick- 923-20010. Frankfurt service for the winter months. Uel T. Ragsdale, ORD, Dec. 1 (35) George Reitzel,JFK, Dec.l (20) 1 (15) Lorraine Revling, STL, Dec. Seniors Tour England, Ireland and Wales HarryA. Reyelt, JFK, Dec. 1 (39) Margaret Shilobod,JFK, Dec. 1 (38) Nancy Jean Shimkus, STL, Dec. 1 (29) Clifford V. Sparrow, JFK, Dec. 1 (41) MertonR. Stroup, MCI, Dec. 1 (19) 1 (29) Louis F. Thomas, LAX, Dec. James Tomaine, JFK, Dec. 1 (19) Kenneth Underwood,JFK, Dec. 1 (30) Charles Y. Vantrease, MCI, Dec. 1 (30) David F. Wbs, MCI, Dec. 1 (30)

HM��s Subject To Rate Change Changes in the - Connecticut General Group Benefit coverage for salaried em­ ployees and dispatchers, amtounced in the November 4 Skyliner, will necessitate a re-solicitatjon for the HMO option of eligi­ ble employees at a future date. HMO rates quoted during the October 1985 open enrollment period will remain in ef­ feet until the re-solicitation. At that time those who chose HMO will be given the opportunity to re-elect their preference Seniors members are pictured in Killarney during a tour qf England, Ireland and Wales this fall . The tour group was a cross-section of TWA retirees from 11 states - Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, Florida, New York, Connecticut, for Connecticut General or HMO .cover­ Arizona, Minnesota and Nevada. age based on rate change, ifany.

6 November 18, 1985 Archie L. Evans, LAX Robert M. Kirchner, LAX · Edward R. Rowland, MCI Lawrence W. Evans, SFO Lawrence K. Kiyonaga, LAX Stanley ]. Rozycki, JFK Edward A. Fair, LAX Arnold W. Kom, LAX Gordon M. Sandercox, JFK Anniversaries Julius Fernandez, MCI Brigitte R. Kriwalsky, JFK HarryR. Schimmel, MCI AnnaM. Finn, NYC David E. Lamb, STL Ronald F. Schmitt, JFK Constance B. Finnegan, JFK Stephen E. Leonard, STL Leroy F. Scott, MKC Robert P. Fischer, STL Donald G. Loeschner, LAX Judith A. Seese, LAX Dennis ]. Franco, STL Larry L. Lyday, MCI Miguel Segarra, MAD Robert Franks, MKC Edgar C. Shealy, Jr., MKC Gilbert L. Lefholz, MCI Donald M. Perry, BOS Rosemary H. Magarino, LGA Joseph H. Fredrick, MCI Michael F. Sicignano, JFK December Lester L. Littlejohn, DAY Paul F. Sanborn, BDL James R. Mangold, Richard L. Freimuth, CVG lAD Norman H. Sickles, MCI Baldwin G. Lohnes, MKC Howard C. Schuetz, MKC SoniaK. Mantle, Richard E. Gause, PBI LAX Robert D. Mitchell, LAX Michael W. Siracuse, BOS Richard C. Marshall, MKC Romeo Silvestre, SFO William R. Gibbs, Howard W. Morrison, MCI Barbara ]. Wallace, lAD Ronald ]. Marshall, MKC Harry W. Smith, Jr. , MCI 40 Years LAX James P.Golden, STL Kenneth D. Motsinger, MCI Cheryl L. Marsik, JFK Nancy ]. Spector, JFK Stanley E. Burton, PHX Lascelles Gooden, JFK Carl D. Moudy, MKC 0. Don T. Mayne, STL BarryA. Stompe, STL Ellen V. Evans, HLW Donald C. Gordon, MCI Dennis M. O'Rourke, JFK 20 Years Mitchel R. McCutchen, MCI Geraldine A. Straka, ORD Donald Orr, MKC George Gordon, LGA Philipp M. Rimmler, JFK Lawrence W. McGrorty, STL James S. Swearingen, ORD Jacqueline M. Stephenson, MKC Richard M. Ackley, LGA Norbert L. Goss, STL Louis E. Robinson, Joseph L. McLain, MCI George M. Talosi� LAX lAD Charles A. Adams, NYC Kenneth E. Grainger, MCI John J. Sheehan, PHX Herbert L. McQueen, LAX · Sandra H. Taseff, WA S John D. Auxier, MCI Lawrence D. Griffin,Jr. , MCI Joseph J. Sofianek, Jr. , JFK Jimmy L. McRoberts, MCI Sammy M. Taylor, MCI Florence A.Baxter, SFO Dennis D. Gudorf, STL 35 Years Joseph E. Stack, JFK Raymond A. Meyers, STL Joyce L. Tomazin, ORD Phillip A. Benitz, MCI ·Robert A. Hagen, STL John M. Brown, Ralph W. Sturm, MKC Alice S. Mignano, NYC Grace C. Tomey, LAX LAX Jerry D. Binder, MCI Vaughn E. Hall, STL Willie ]. Franklin, LAX Richard E. Thomas, STL Andrew P. Moise, ORD Margar� C. Toze� SFO Gloria]. Bobski, MCI Herbert W. Hamann,JFK Arthur C. Grosdidier, MKC Charles K. Weakley, MCI Thomas P. Monegan, JFK Vernon E: Umphenour, MCI Loran F. Britton, MCI Jam_es D. Hamilton, MKC Armour D. Johnson, MCI David M. White, JFK Burton E. Upham, MKC Joseph G. Motherway, JFK · Kimberley T. Brown, STL N. Hamm, James W. Schwarz, PIT John ]. Witten, JFK Leah LAX James T. Murphy, STL Micha l C. Vallo, STL SamueiJ. Brunetto, LGA Jack H. Hansel, MCI � George R. Staneart, TPA William Z. Zesiger, JFK Patricia Naes, STL Veronica A. Vates, ORD Lester L. Bryant, STL Nancy H. Harris, JFK K. James M. Zimmerman, DCA Ronald D. Novotny, MKC Hugh H. Vaughn, MCI Gerald W. Carlson, MKC Herbert G. Haynes, JFK Merle C. Vest, MCI I Frank Carluccio,JFK Betty J. Heinson, MKC Orlin R. Oehler, MCI · 30 Years Michael P. Vick, MCI Daniel M. Casella,STL L. Henderson, MCI Ephe A. Olliver, JFK l 25 Years Orval Thomas A. Vinci, JFK A. Ashbrook, LAX Charles F. Cavallaro, LGA Robert L. Hendrickson, STL G. Pagels, CHI Phyllis Mary Charles F. Voorhis, JFK Samuel i. Bales, MCI Jose Bardallo, Raymond M. Cellucci, COS Jose Heras, Robert Paquin, IND MAD MAD Harold D. Wagoner, MKC Raymond G. Bertles, LGA WilliamC. Berger, DTW Donald W. Clawson, MKC L. Herberger, MCI Peggy K. Fuss, JFK Mary Parma Everett L. Walters, MKC I Carol A. Pedersen, Claude M. Bettinger, JFK Eugenia Boudouni, ATH Edward W. Connelly, LAX Gaylon L. Hogan, MCI LAX Edward W. Beuerlein,JFK George P. Clancy, BOS Richard J. Conway, Joseph E. Holtsnider, Jr., STL Larry J. Pennington, MCI William G. Warner, MCI � LAX David L. Peters, MCI Roseanne West, LAX .AI3nH. Biermann, JFK Alice J. Curran, BOS Byron L. Connier, SFO Ronald L. Hom, MIA John D. Burgess, JFK Leon ]. Debasitis, BOS Victor W. Dando, STL Carole S. Houston, JFK Gilbert A. Pickrell, MCI Don A.Willcuts, MCI Jane F. Compher, LAX Alison A. Doyle, JFK Paul E. Dare, MCI Susan L. Hull, Vadim V. Ponitkoff, SFO Alvin L. Williams, Jr., JFK LAX William E. Pope, MKC Pamela K. Winch-Thomson, STL Manuei J. Ferreira, EWR Robert E. Evans, PHX Irene G. Delich, MKC Craig E. Inns, JFK { Don W. Fligge, LAX Jacquelyn P. Falk, JFK Benson L. Deweese, DAY Dieter )etzorreck, Charles P. Quilici, E Ronald L. Wolfe, MCI LAX WR Marion W. Wooten, MKC Ralph R. Gatcombe,JFK . Eugene W. Foster, NYC Joseph D. Bial, Sr. , MKC Kristy R. Johnson, STL Kenneth S. Radler, FLL l.! Nancy M. Griffiths, MKC Calvin D. Hineman, LAS Robert D. Dobbe, MKC - Stephen E. Johnson, LAX Ludwig F. Rattelmeier, - Robert L. Wuckowitsch, MCI LAX John W. Wylie, LAX James W. Hayes, DAY Erich Kanton, STL Thomas W. Domville, LAX Carl R. Kehl, MCI Wilfred N. Rausch, MKC Melvin B. Hendrickson, JFK Joseph H. King, BOS Ronald G. Douglas, MCI PaulS. Kelley, BOS Stuart Y. Rehnstrom, LAX · Larry R. Yelick, MKC Clarence H. Hurd, STL Vicenzo Martella, MIL Lawrence P. Dowd, JFK Dennis R. Kennedy, LAX FrancisP. Reynolds; JFK John R. Yorick, ORD Ronald W. Johnson, LAX Friedrich Mylich, FRA Donald W. Eaton, MKC Joseph P. Kenny, STL John R. Rhoads, MCI William ].Youschak, STL I Cecil E. Jones, BNA Richard T. Nicklas, JFK James W. Eckard, MCI Johanna E. Keyzer, LAX Robert M. Rice, MCI �obuyuki Yui, SFO John R. Karkkainen, ABQ Michael J. O'Sullivan, ORD Herbert Egoroff, STL Arthur G. Kilgore, MCI Richard R. Rogers, STL Jon N. Zachem, STL t 1r . Leonard V. Labita, JFK James H. Payne, STL Betty R. Elton, PIT Robert F. Killeen, LAX Raymond H. Rowe, MKC Marlyn Zimmermann,JFK {

Northwest has ordered 10 Boeing 7 47- 'Wings of Pride' is ·off the Press· 400s and 10 Boeing 757s costing about Industry Ne ws $2 billion. The long-range 747s will be r------�------, TWA SPECIAL BOOK OFFER · used primarily over the Pacific. President 1 WINGS OF PRIDE 1 Steven Rothmeiersaid the new planes are I P.O. Box 7864 1 United has placed a $3 billion order for intended for growth, not fleet replace­ I Shawnee Mission, KS 66207 -. 1 ments, and that Northwest expectsto em­ 116 Boeing aircraft, including 110 short­ I I ploy 20,000 people by 1990 from 16,000 WINGS OF to-medium range 737-300s and six long­ I Please send me __· copies of PRIDE @ $20. I enclose a c}leck for I range 74 7 s. The 74 7s will be used on the currently. � . · I $ I t Pacific routes United is purchasing from In the past 12 months a record 7,199 I I .r : Pan American; 20 of the 737s are a con.:. Name ,new cockpit crew members were hired by 1 1; version of an option to purchase the 767. the ·major, national and regional U.S. air­ Address t I . I Deliveries will start in 1988. Earlier this : lines, according to FAPA (Future Aviation I City State Zip I l year, United purchased 25 Boeing 737s Professionals of America). L------� ! from Frontier. f' TWA's Tornadoes Blow Away the- Oppostion ·Members of the Air Line Pilots Assoda- · t l tion have ended their two-year strike at Continental. The company willgrant up to $4,000 in severance pay for each year of service and will honor seniority' of pilots returning to work.

Pride Air, the New Orleans-based carrier organized by former employees of Conti­ nental,which began service in August is in trouble. Failing to find enough subscribers for a $10 million stock offering, it has cut five of 16 cities from its schedule. Of164 new airlines since deregulation in 1978, 90 have failed.

Pan Am reported an operating profit of $39 million· for the third quarte.r. How­ ever, for the first nine months the com­ pany had a net loss of $189.7 million

The battle between two low-cost air­ lines, People Express and Continental, threatens to drag others into another renious fare war, the New Yo rk Times observed.

The financial recovery of the world's airlines last year was short-lived, with Late word (and we do mean late) has been received from London that the TWA .Tomadoes (above) won the annual 1985 expected to be only break-even, ac­ Fourth of July interline softball toUrnament, defeating British Airways in the final. Eight teams were e.ntered in the cording to the International Air Transport event sponsored by Travel Trade Gazette and Marriott. In 1984 TWA was runner-up to a team fielded by TTG. At right, Association (lATA). Tornadoes team captain Ronnie Simkins receives the winner's trophy from Trevor Harding, editor of TTG.

November 18, 1985 7 Back·to Beautiful Downtown Burbank OtiNovember 16, TWA inaugurated daily non-stop service from Burbank, California (officially, "The Burbank/Glendale/ Pasadena Airport") to St. Louis. This serv­ ice, two daily flights, is actually TWA's "reentry" into the area. Burbank was on the transcontinental route during the 40's and 50's. And long before that, on July 7, 1929, Charles Lindbergh took off from Glendale Airport as part of Transconti­ nental Air Transport's historic air/rail transcontinental inaugural. As Robert Serling relates in his Howard Hughes' Airline, "The eastbound inaugural left Grand Central Air Terminal at Glendale with Lindbergh himself piloting the 'City of LosAngeles' ....a trimotor christened by moVie stars Gloria Swanson and Mary Pickford just before its takeoff . . . It was July 7, 1929: Ceremonies at Glendale marking TAT's inaugural 9f transcontinental air-rail service, a route plotted by the start of a long love affair between Charles Lindbergh (left). Among Hollywood celebrities (seated, center) were Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pic�ord. Hollywood celebrities and the airline that someday would be called TWA." passes 111 incorporated cities, maintains Since TWA's departure from the Bur­ its position as the country's leading bank area and the surrounding San Fer­ growth center and is inhabited by a popu­ nando Valley, "The Valley" has grown to a lation that is mobile, affluent and in pos­ population of almost two million. The Bur­ session of effective buying income that is bank area is now home to Columbia Pic­ "truly awesome". tures, UniversalStudios , Walt Disney Pro­ The total airline trafficivals (arr and de­ ductions, Warner Brothers, MCA, Litton partures) at Burbank in 1984 was lndustrjes, Lockheed, and a myriad of 2,503,000. Year-to-date June, passengers other major corporations. The Lockheed totaled 1,418,000, anincrease of 7%. It is. Corporation, adjacent to the Burbank Air­ exceeded as a satellite airport only by port, actually owned the airport for 38 John Wayne Airport in Orange County. years. In 1987, it was annexed by the In 1984, TWA revenues ·from travel cities of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena.. agents and its own Travel Stores in the Burbank has become for suburban San Fernando Valley area totaled $63 mil­ dwellers a welcome alternative to LosAn­ lion, without the benefit of service from geles International Airport. LAX is cur­ Burbank. rently served by 63 carriers, and over 35 Flight Schedule million· passengers passed through that complex in 1984. Unfortunately, the Eastbound, Flight 114 departs Burbank morning and evening "rush hour" trip to daily at 7:00 a.m., apives in St. Louis at LAXfor most of The Valley cities is usu­ 12:30 p.m. Flight 358 ·departs at 10:15 ally a two-hour event. Burbank, only 34 a.m. and arrives ih St. Louis at 3:34 p.m. miles northeast of LAX, is how many of The 7:00 a.m. departure will provide di­ . The Valley travelers spell relief. rect service to LGA, while the 10:15 a.m. With its reentry into Burbank, TWA flight will tag-end to Cleveland. Return now serves five airports in Southern Cali­ service will originate in Chicago at 1:30 fornia - Los Angeles, San Diego,_ Onta­ p.m., arriving Burbank 5:19 p.m., and rio, Burbank and Pahn Springs. The Los Washington, D.C. at 4:20 p.m:, arriving · Angeles/Orange County area encom- Burbank at 8:33 p.m. · Clipped Wings Convention Celebrates SOt" Year of Flight Attendants - .. . r------· ·---,.....- ,._"____ ....,.... .,..,..,"""""'___ 'Y"'"""""""''"·"' ''"'"''"""""... -- ....,.,.;;;-...... _ 1"' �"'!1 t " . _,.��-�--

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with TWA President Dick Pearson, who was guest speaker at the organiza-· press of "Wings of Pride", the pictorial history marking the 50th anniversary tion's convention in Albuquerque last month. of TWA's flight attendants. (See "Class of '35", page one). T