Trans World
Airlines Boeing 757-2Q8 N702TW
(c/n 28162)
TWA did not receive their 757s
until 1996. Consequently they were all dressed in the new red,
white and black
livery devised in 1995. 20 were ordered, ten being purchased and
ten leased.
The official announcement
indicated that they would replace Lockheed L-1011s, although clearly
there
would have had to have been some route juggling and capacity changes to
make that entirely
possible. In the event, the 757s were absorbed by American Airlines
when that carrier took over
TWA in
2001. The great shot above was taken by Michael F.
McLaughlin at John F. Kennedy
International Airport in May of
1998.