Flynavy From United States, joined Mar 2002, 2525 posts, RR: 20 Posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 13371 times:
Figured I'd share this NYT article with you, dated June 21, 1989. If only? Some model companies (Schabak in particular) actually produced models, I've got one, a -300 version.
COMPANY NEWS; Engines to T.W.A. From Rolls-Royce
AP
LEAD: Rolls-Royce P.L.C. announced that Trans World Airlines Inc. had chosen its most powerful long-haul engine to power recently ordered Airbus A330 airliners in a deal worth more than $620 million. T.W.A. has agreed to buy 20 of the A330 aircraft and has an option to buy 20 more, making it the largest
Rolls-Royce P.L.C. announced that Trans World Airlines Inc. had chosen its most powerful long-haul engine to power recently ordered Airbus A330 airliners in a deal worth more than $620 million. T.W.A. has agreed to buy 20 of the A330 aircraft and has an option to buy 20 more, making it the largest A330 order to date, worth up to $4 billion.
T.W.A. is scheduled to take delivery of the planes in late 1994. The contract between T.W.A. and Airbus Industrie, the European consortium, was signed today. The aircraft-engine combination is likely to be used on longer A330 flights over the Atlantic, Rolls-Royce said.
Falstaff From United States, joined Jun 2006, 2559 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 12921 times:
TWA paint on a A330. That would be cool. I think that is a cool looking plane and I thought the last TWA scheme was the best. Too bad things never worked out.
On another TWA never was note. In one of the scenes in Burt Lancaster's office in "Airport" there is model of a TWA SST. That would be a cool model to have.
AndesSMF From United States, joined Jan 2006, 6070 posts, RR: 32 Reply 8, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 12572 times:
I should show you my early 90's books on aviation fleets, that is a sight to behold. It show EK with 12 airplanes only, the NW WB orders, Cargolux with only 8 747s, etc.
PHX Flyer From United States, joined Apr 2001, 263 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 12404 times:
I have great photorealistic renderings of both the TWA A330 and the DC-10. Obviously, both are in the old color scheme, because the new one would not be introduced until 1996, whereas the Airbus order dates back to 1989, and the marketing of the DC-10 to the seventies. Some day, when I have more time on my hands (and a decent scanner), I'll put them online.
The A330 pic was issued by Rolls Royce, the DC-10 pic by McDonnell Douglas. Back in the seventies, when TWA was in the market for a mid-sized widebody, MDD created the pic as part of of a marketing effort, to pitch the DC-10 against the L-1011 - to no avail, as we all know. Nonetheless, the pic looks great.
Btw, the TWA SST exists as a model - in the twin globe c/s.
Longhornmaniac From United States, joined Jun 2005, 1436 posts, RR: 20 Reply 11, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 12284 times:
Quoting Jeremy (Reply 6): I have that one also, along with a Continental A-340.
Hey, me 2, I've got both of them as well! And when I visited the AA Flight Academy, I was in Chief Pilot Cecil Ewell's office, and he had a model of an A340 in AA colors! I was like, whoa! This was about 10 years ago.
WA707atMSP From United States, joined Oct 2006, 601 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 11707 times:
R. E. G. Davies' book about TWA, TWA - an Airline and its Aircraft, has great illustrations by Mike Machat of the Concorde and Boeing SST in the "double globe" scheme, and a Caravelle in the 707 delivery scheme, with the red arrow cheat line, but with plain TWA (no globe) on the rudder.
UK_Dispatcher From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2001, 2009 posts, RR: 16 Reply 16, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 10243 times:
I remember when I was a kid seeing a news clip in the UK about TWA having ordered A330s. I was only about 9 or 10 but I've always remembered it - especially as I never heard any other reference to it since, until this post.
ZschocheImages From United States, joined Sep 2006, 121 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 7750 times:
Quoting Flynavy (Thread starter): Some model companies (Schabak in particular) actually produced models, I've got one, a -300 version.
Schabak tends to make many models right after an order is placed rather than waiting until delivery. I have an NWA 330 from the first order back in the 90's. There are quite a few others that I have seen that never came to be
Texan From United States, joined Dec 2003, 3070 posts, RR: 25 Reply 18, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 7204 times:
One of my former professors was also TWA's Chief Pilot for the 767. When the A330 deal was announced, he was the first TW pilot to be sent to France to receive training. He was checked out in it and rearing to go when Icahn pulled the plug on the deal. Oh what could have been...
Texan
[Edited 2007-01-09 20:05:52]
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Cba From United States, joined Jul 2000, 4296 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 6527 times:
Quoting Jeremy (Reply 6): I have that one also, along with a Continental A-340.
Continental did have solid orders for the A340, however when Gordon Bethune (former Boeing man) took over the company, he nixed those and opted to wait for the triple 7.
AirbusA6 From United Kingdom (England), joined Apr 2005, 752 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (1 year 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 4653 times:
At the time the A330 was by no means a runaway success, and RR were desperate for customers to stay in the big fan business! I bet TWA got a good price from both
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