TWA
Hughes's former airline
TWA is an abbreviation for Trans World Airlines, a major American carrier that operated from 1930 until 2001, when it was absorbed by American Airlines.
The airline was associated with Howard Hughes and the golden age of air travel.
TWA also appears in technical contexts as an abbreviation for time-weighted average, used in occupational health to measure exposure to substances over a work shift.
Eccentric billionaire pilot
- Boeing 747Large four-engine airliner
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- flight attendantAirplane cabin staff member
- airfareCost of flying
Eccentric billionaire pilot
- Charles LindberghPioneer solo oceanic flyer
- Golden AgeLegendary period of perfection
- transatlantic routesPaths crossing the Atlantic
Business debt reorganization process
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- creditorsThose owed payment
- debtsSums owed to others
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
asset stripping · employee buyout · liquidation · receivership · financial distress · labor disputes · debt burden
Early four-engine jetliner
- Boeing 747Large four-engine airliner
- jetlinerLarge commercial passenger aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
winglet · tailfin · runway · takeoff · landing · pilot · flight deck · hangar
Spanning the ocean between continents
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- destinationIntended arrival point
- vacationLeisure time away
- EuropeSmallest inhabited continent
London · Paris · Rome · Cairo · Tel Aviv · first class · globe · jet set
Howard Hughes
Eccentric billionaire pilot
- Boeing 747Large four-engine airliner
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- flight attendantAirplane cabin staff member
Howard Hughes
Eccentric billionaire pilot
- Charles LindberghPioneer solo oceanic flyer
- Golden AgeLegendary period of perfection
- transatlantic routesPaths crossing the Atlantic
Chapter 11
Business debt reorganization process
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- creditorsThose owed payment
- debtsSums owed to others
reorganization · asset stripping · employee buyout · liquidation · receivership · financial distress · labor disputes · debt burden
Boeing 707
Early four-engine jetliner
- Boeing 747Large four-engine airliner
- jetlinerLarge commercial passenger aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
fuselage · winglet · tailfin · runway · takeoff · landing · pilot · flight deck · hangar · turboprop
transatlantic
Spanning the ocean between continents
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- destinationIntended arrival point
- vacationLeisure time away
Europe · London · Paris · Rome · Cairo · Tel Aviv · first class · globe · jet set · luxury
Major American airline
United Airlines · American Airlines · Southwest Airlines · British Airways · Lufthansa
TWAland
Earth's solid surface
Amtrak · Greyhound · ground transportation · rail travel · sea travel
- Mark Twain
- Shania Twain
- never the twain shall meetPermanent, fundamental incompatibility