Lehman Brothers.2FHertz ownership: T.26WA.2C Inc. Trans World Airlines



a twa douglas dc-3 prepared takeoff columbus, ohio, in 1940.


on may 18, 1934, dc-2 production version of dc-1 , forerunner of dc-3 entered commercial service on twa s columbus–pittsburgh–newark route. on august 1, twa started three-stop transcontinental flight: leave newark @ 1600, arrive glendale @ 0700, fare $160 1 way (about $2,227 today). transcontinental airline flights made @ least 3 stops en route until 1946.


on december 27, 1934 jack frye became president, paul e. richter, vice president (vp), , walt hamilton, vp maintenance, managers lawrence g. larry fritz, , tommy tomlinson, leader in high altitude research over-weather flying. new owners installed directional homing , runway lights @ facilities.


in 1935, tomlinson , northrop gamma (turbo-supercharged) began high altitude research, , last of 14 twa northrop alphas phased out. on november 16, 1936, richter headed airline s boeing 307 talks; on january 29, 1937, twa contracted boeing 5 boeing 307 stratoliners , first commercial plane pressurized cabin. first twa stratoliner delivered on may 6, 1940.


in 1938, richter elected executive vp, lawrence g. larry fritz became vp of operations, , tomlinson vp of engineering. twa subsequently received san francisco chicago route (via los angeles).








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