Paul Ernest Richter Jr. was an American aviation pioneer, co-founder of Standard Air Lines and executive vice president of Trans World Airlines (TWA), operations chief of staff of the Naval Air Transport Service during World War II and chairman of the board, president of TACA Airlines from 1947 to 1949.

William John "Jack" Frye was an aviation pioneer in the airline industry. Frye founded Standard Air Lines which eventually took him into a merger with Trans World Airlines (TWA). Frye is credited for turning TWA into a world-class airline during his tenure as president from 1934 to 1947. He was called "The Flying President" among his peers. At age 24, he was and to this day the youngest airline executive of all time.