Vintage TWA The Lindberg Line Airline Silk Scarf

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This is a beautiful silk scarf from many years ago. There are three TWA Airline also known as The Lindberg Line Airplanes shown on the scarf. Measures 26" x 24". Good condition. Please use zoom and enlarge to view details of scarf. Trans World Airlines ( TWA ) was a major United States-based airline with hubs in ST. Louis, New York City (JFK) and Atlanta, with focus cities in Kansas City; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Los Angeles. The airline operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. TWA, which operated flights to most major U.S. cities, was one of the largest domestic U.S. airlines. It also had a substantial feeder operation from smaller Midwest cities. Beyond the U.S., TWA had a highly developed European and Middle Eastern network, served mainly from its hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Along with Pan American World Airways, it was considered to be a secondary unofficial flag carrier for the United States, especially after Pan Am's collapse in the 1990s. TWA's corporate history dates from the July 16, 1930, forced merger of Transcontinental Air Transport (T-A-T) and Western Air Express to form Transcontinental & Western Air (T&WA). The companies merged at the urging of Postmaster General Walter Brown, who was looking for bigger airlines to give airmail contracts. Both airlines brought high-profile read more

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