Vintage T W A Trans World Airlines Super Skyliners Aviation Travel Poster
by Peter Ogden
Title
Vintage T W A Trans World Airlines Super Skyliners Aviation Travel Poster
Artist
Peter Ogden
Medium
Painting - Chromolithograph
Description
This is a restored copy of a circa 1950 TWA [ Trans World Airlines ] air travel poster featuring the Martin Aviation 4-0-4 Super Skyliner.
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline that existed from 1930 until 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors. With American, United, and Eastern, it was one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines in the United States formed by the Spoils Conference of 1930.
Howard Hughes acquired control of TWA in 1939, and after World War II led the expansion of the airline to serve Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, making TWA a second unofficial flag carrier of the United States after Pan Am. Hughes gave up control in the 1960s, and the new management of TWA acquired Hilton International and Century 21 in an attempt to diversify the company's business.
The Martin 4-0-4 was an American pressurized passenger airliner built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. In addition to airline use initially in the United States, it was used by the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy as the RM-1G (later as the VC-3A).
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January 11th, 2020
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