TWA : Kansas City's Hometown Airline

About this book

They called it the Airmans 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 Citys. 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 Citys Hometown Airlines through a lens that is distinctly local. No other book examines as extensively the airlines emotional and historical roots that were originally Kansas Citys and run deep to this day. Its 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.