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.
Captain Paul E. Richter, US Navy WWII
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors. With American, United, and Eastern, it was one of the "Big Four" domestic airlines in the United States formed by the Spoils Conference of 1930.
Lindbergh Line DC-2
A Lockheed 12A, used by TWA as an experimental/test aircraft
A TWA Douglas DC-3 is prepared for takeoff from Columbus, Ohio, in 1940.
TWA Air Mail & Express service. March, 1943.