TWA

How many of you can remember TWA? Sure, it was less than 9 years ago that TWA disappeared, but that seems like a long time ago for some reason. TWA was a mainstay in the airline industry for decades, even becoming one of the first all-jet fleets. TWA was acquired by American Airlines in 2001, but it was in its death throes before 9/11.

But this pre-jetliner-era 1951 ad shows TWA on the ascent, as it was becoming an American icon.

Of course today the flight map shown in this ad seems ridiculously anemic compared to the massive daddy-long-legs-type hub-and-spokes systems even the smaller modern carriers can sport. But whatcha gonna do. In the '50's, this was impressive.

This is another classic print ad from AdClassix.