Specimen Stock printed by Security-Columbian United States Banknote Corporation. Trans World Airlines(TWA) was a major Americanairlinewhich operated from 1930 until 2001. It was formed asTranscontinental & Western Airto operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, withFord Trimotors. WithAmerican,United, andEastern, it was one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines in the United States formed by theSpoils Conferenceof 1930. Howard Hughesacquired control of TWA in 1939, and after World War II led the expansion of the airline to serve Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, making TWA a second unofficialflag carrierof the United States afterPan Am.Hughes gave up control in the 1960s, and the new management of TWA acquiredHilton Internationaland Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.