Museums American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum - Ft. Worth, Texas

TWA exhibit

TWA exhibit

This is a bitter sweet exhibit. TWA wa? among America's finest carriers but suffered a long, cruel decline before finally being taken over by American in 2000-2001. It likely wouldn't have survived much longer as an independent carrier with the recession and then the events of 9/11 taking hold. Unfortunately very little of the original TWA remains: flight attendants, St. Louis hub, countless dedicated employees, the 717, Kansas City Maintenance Base, are gone forever. The real soul of the company remains in Kansas City and St. Louis, not Ft. Worth but it is a nice, modest display nevertheless. A more comprehensive TWA exhibit is at Save A Connie in Kansas City.
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