TWA : Kansas City's Hometown Airline

by Julius A. Karash, Rick Montgomery

They called it the Airman's Airline ... the Airline of the Stars. Its passengers hummed "up, up and away" as it thundered into the jet age. It was born of aviators such as Charles Lindbeergh and sustained by mystery-man Howard Hughes. And it was Kansas City's. It was here that the airline got its first start and experienced its most glorious years. Now, as the TWA name becomes a memory, Kansas City Star Books chronicles the life of TWA, Kansas City's Hometown Airlines, through a lens that is distinctly local. No other book examines as extensively the airline's emotional and historical roots that were originally Kansas City's and run deep to this day. It's a tale of guts and glamour, or romance and celebrity. Or risk-takers fighting red ink. TWA is, and will forever be, a Kansas City story. Celebrate that legacy with TWA : Hometown Airline.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although sympathetic and nice tribute to a legendary airline and its employees and well-written and put together, I do not like the author or interviewed subject's assertions regarding deregulation and the decline of TWA itself since there is no correlation further the book mentions the strikes but does not condemn it which had a bigger part, is is also too gossip-like on Hughes. Good pictures overall.