TWA
Skyliner
Magazine
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Comment |
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4 |
January 15 |
8 |
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5 |
February |
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Missing
issue |
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6 |
March 30 |
8 |
Pages 5-6
have picture/text cutout |
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7 |
April 30 |
8 |
News - 1st Boeing to be delivered on May 7 |
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8 |
June 15 |
8 |
News - Boeing fleet christened on May 27 in Washington |
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9 |
July 15 |
8 |
News - Stratoliner service launched on July 8 |
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10 |
August 15 |
8 |
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11 |
September 15 |
8 |
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12 |
October 25 |
8 |
News - 10th anniversary celebration |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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1 |
November 25 |
8 |
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2 |
December 24 |
8 |
News - New York terminal opens on January 9 |
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3 |
January 28 |
8 |
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4 |
March 19 |
8 |
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5 |
June 9 |
8 |
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6 |
July 31 |
8 |
News - TWA trains pilots for U.S. army |
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7 |
September 1 |
8 |
Brown spots and tear along middle of pages |
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8 |
October 1 |
8 |
Issue mislabeled #7 |
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9 |
November 10 |
8 |
Issue mislabeled #7 |
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10 |
December 10 |
8 |
Issue mislabeled #8; tears along middle of pages |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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1 |
January |
8 |
Newsletter
becomes monthly |
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2 |
February |
8 |
Pages 3-8 torn at corner |
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3 |
March |
8 |
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4 |
April |
8 |
Pages 1 and 5 have tape over tears |
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5 |
May |
8 |
Tape over text; News - war bond contest launched |
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6 |
June |
8 |
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7 |
July-August |
16 |
2 issues combined; page 1 has turquoise image of soldiers superimposed over text; News - all employees called to support war drive |
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8 |
September |
8 |
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9 |
October |
8 |
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10 |
November |
8 |
Tear along middle of pages |
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11 |
December |
8 |
Page 1 has “season’s greetings” in red font |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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1 |
January |
8 |
News - FDR uses TWA to fly to Casablanca |
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2 |
February |
8 |
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3 |
March |
8 |
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4 |
April |
8 |
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5 |
May |
12 |
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6 |
June |
12 |
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7 |
July |
12 |
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8 |
August |
12 |
Issue mislabeled #7 |
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9 |
September |
12 |
Pages connected to each other as foldout map of expanded flight routes |
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10 |
October |
12 |
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11 |
November |
12 |
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12 |
December |
12 |
Page 1 has “season’s greetings” in red font |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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1 |
January |
12 |
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2 |
February |
12 |
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3 |
March |
12 |
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4 |
April |
16 |
News - First launching of Connie on April 16 |
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5 |
May |
12 |
Pages 6-7 have red marks |
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6 |
June |
12 |
News - TWA first airline to apply for global route |
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7 |
July |
12 |
Page 9 has red marks |
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8 |
August |
12 |
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9 |
September |
12 |
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10 |
October |
12 |
Pages 2-3 have tears |
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11 |
November |
12 |
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12 |
December |
10 |
Page 1 has green Christmas wreath superimposed onto text; pages have tears |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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1 |
January |
12 |
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2 |
February |
12 |
Pages have tears |
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3 |
March |
12 |
Tape on pages; pages 11-12 numbered in reverse |
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4 |
April |
12 |
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5 |
May |
12 |
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6 |
June |
12 |
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7 |
July |
12+4 |
Includes 4 page map of TWA global routes |
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8 |
August |
12 |
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9 |
September |
12 |
Page 1 has light gray
stain; pages have tears along middle |
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10 |
October-November |
16 |
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11 |
December |
16 |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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1 |
January-February |
20 |
News - Connie flies coast to coast in 7.5 hours |
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2 |
March-April |
16 |
Tears along middle |
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1 |
March 30 |
4 |
Name
changes from Skyliner to
Starliner; volume and issue
numbers start over with Volume 1. |
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2 |
March 28 |
4 |
Pages have tears |
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3 |
April 4 |
6+2 |
Includes 2 pages on LA routes |
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4 |
April 11 |
4 |
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5 |
April 18 |
4 |
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6 |
April 25 |
4 |
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7 |
May 2 |
6 |
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8 |
May 9 |
6 |
News - San Francisco gets Connie service on May 15 |
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9 |
May 16 |
8 |
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10 |
May 23 |
8 |
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11 |
May 31 |
6 |
Page 3 has red underlines |
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12 |
June 6 |
6 |
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13 |
June 13 |
8 |
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14 |
June 20 |
8+2 |
Includes 2 pages on LA routes |
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15 |
June 27 |
8 |
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16 |
July 5 |
6 |
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17 |
July 11 |
6 |
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18 |
July 18 |
8 |
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19 |
July 25 |
8 |
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20 |
August 1 |
8 |
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21 |
August 8 |
8 |
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22 |
August 15 |
8 |
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23 |
August 22 |
12 |
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24 |
August 29 |
8 |
News - TWA reduces international fares |
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25 |
September 5 |
8 |
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26 |
September 12 |
8 |
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27 |
September 19 |
10 |
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28 |
September 26 |
8 |
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29 |
October 3 |
8 |
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30 |
October 10 |
8 |
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31 |
October 17 |
8 |
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32 |
November 21 |
8 |
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33 |
November 27 |
8 |
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34 |
December 5 |
8 |
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35 |
December 12 |
8 |
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36 |
December 19 |
8 |
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37 |
December 26 |
8 |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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1 |
January 2 |
8 |
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2 |
January 9 |
8 |
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3 |
January 16 |
8 |
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4 |
January 23 |
8 |
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5 |
January 30 |
10+1 |
Includes torn separate page noting “training clan, Newcastle, Delaware, March 20, 1947” |
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6 |
February 6 |
8 |
News - TWA initiates European air tours |
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7 |
February 13 |
8 |
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8 |
February 20 |
8 |
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9 |
February 27 |
12 |
News - president Jack Frye fired on February 22 |
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10 |
March 6 |
8 |
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11 |
March 13 |
8 |
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12 |
March 20 |
8 |
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13 |
March 27 |
8 |
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14 |
April 3 |
12 |
Pages separate |
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15 |
April 10 |
8 |
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16 |
April 17 |
8 |
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April 24 |
8 |
News - Lamotte Cohu becomes new president |
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18 |
May 1 |
8 |
News - TWA rated top transatlantic airline |
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19 |
May 9 |
8 |
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20 |
May 15 |
8 |
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21 |
May 22 |
8 |
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May 29 |
8 |
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23 |
June 5 |
8 |
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24 |
June 12 |
8 |
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25 |
June 19 |
8 |
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26 |
June 26 |
8 |
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27 |
July 3 |
8 |
Pages 7-8 have tears on bottom |
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28 |
July 10 |
8 |
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29 |
July 17 |
8 |
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30 |
July 24 |
8 |
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31 |
July 31 |
8 |
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32 |
August 7 |
8 |
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33 |
August 14 |
8 |
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34 |
August 21 |
8 |
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35 |
August 28 |
8 |
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36 |
September 4 |
8 |
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37 |
September 11 |
8 |
Page 1 mislabeled September 4 and volume # 36 |
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38 |
September 18 |
8 |
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39 |
September 25 |
8 |
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40 |
October 2 |
12 |
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41 |
October 9 |
8 |
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42 |
October 16 |
8 |
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43 |
October 23 |
12 |
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44 |
October 30 |
12 |
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45 |
November 6 |
12 |
News - TWA launches transatlantic radio service |
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46 |
November 13 |
8 |
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47 |
November 20 |
8 |
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48 |
November 27 |
8 |
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49 |
December 4 |
12 |
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50 |
December 11 |
8 |
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51 |
December 18 |
12 |
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52 |
December 25 |
8 |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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1 |
January 1 |
8 |
Name
changes from Starliner to
Skyliner and reverts to
volume numbering from 1946 starting with Volume 11. |
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January 8 |
8 |
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January 15 |
8 |
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January 22 |
8 |
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January 29 |
8 |
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February 5 |
8 |
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February 12 |
8 |
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8 |
February 19 |
8 |
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9 |
February 26 |
8 |
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10 |
March 4 |
8 |
Page 1 has Red Cross emblem in red |
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11 |
March 11 |
8 |
Page 1 has pencil writing |
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12 |
March 18 |
8 |
Page 9 has brown stains obscuring text |
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13 |
March 25 |
8 |
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14 |
April 1 |
6 |
News - first Connie 749 delivered |
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15 |
April 8 |
8 |
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16 |
April 15 |
8 |
News - Teleflite change to speed operation |
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17 |
April 22 |
8 |
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18 |
April 29 |
8 |
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19 |
May 6 |
8 |
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20 |
May 13 |
8 |
News - 30th anniversary of air mail on May 15 |
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21 |
May 20 |
8 |
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22 |
May 27 |
8 |
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23 |
June 3 |
8 |
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24 |
June 10 |
8 |
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25 |
June 17 |
8 |
Page 8 has blue pen marks |
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26 |
June 24 |
8 |
News - president Cohu resigns; executive administration led by Chairman Warren Lee Pierson governs in interim |
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27 |
July 1 |
8 |
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28 |
July 8 |
6 |
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29 |
July 15 |
6 |
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30 |
July 22 |
6 |
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31 |
July 29 |
6 |
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32 |
August 5 |
8 |
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33 |
August 12 |
8 |
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34 |
August 19 |
6 |
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35 |
August 26 |
8 |
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36 |
September 2 |
6 |
Page 1 has “QV” (quickie vacation) in yellow font superimposed over text |
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37 |
September 9 |
6 |
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38 |
September 16 |
8 |
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39 |
September 23 |
8 |
Page 1 has QV “in the sun country” sticker in corner |
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40 |
September 30 |
8 |
Page 1 has QV “in the sun country” sticker in corner |
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October 7 |
8 |
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42 |
October 14 |
8 |
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43 |
October 21 |
8 |
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44 |
October 28 |
8 |
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45 |
November 4 |
8 |
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46 |
November 11 |
8 |
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47 |
November 18 |
8 |
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48 |
November 25 |
6 |
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49 |
December 2 |
8 |
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50 |
December 9 |
6 |
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51 |
December 16 |
6 |
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52 |
December 23 |
6 |
Page 1 has blue pen colorings |
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53 |
December 30 |
6 |
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Issue |
Date |
Pages |
Comment |
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January 6 |
6 |
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2 |
January 13 |
6 |
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3 |
January 20 |
6 |
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4 |
January 27 |
6 |
News - Ralph Damon becomes president on January 25 |
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5 |
February 3 |
6 |
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6 |
February 10 |
6 |
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7 |
February 17 |
6 |
Page 1 has pencil writing |
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8 |
February 24 |
6 |
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9 |
March 3 |
6 |
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10 |
March 10 |
6 |
Page 1 has Red Cross emblem in red front |
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11 |
March 17 |
6 |
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12 |
March 24 |
6 |
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13 |
March 31 |
6 |
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14 |
April 7 |
6 |
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15 |
April 14 |
6 |
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16 |
April 21 |
6 |
News - TWA commences 20th anniversary celebration |
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17 |
April 28 |
6 |
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18 |
May 5 |
6 |
Page 1 has pencil writing |
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19 |
May 12 |
6 |
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20 |
May 19 |
6 |
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21 |
May 26 |
6 |
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22 |
June 2 |
6 |
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23 |
June 9 |
6 |
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24 |
June 16 |
6 |
News - teletype circuit to span Atlantic launched |
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25 |
June 23 |
6 |
News - President Damon awarded aviation trophy |
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26 |
June 30 |
6 |
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27 |
July 7 |
6 |
News - 20th anniversary celebrated on July 8; issue has historical retrospective |
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28 |
July 14 |
6 |
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29 |
July 21 |
6 |
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30 |
July 28 |
6 |
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31 |
August 4 |
6 |
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32 |
August 11 |
6 |
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33 |
August 18 |
6 |
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34 |
August 25 |
6 |
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35 |
September 1 |
6 |
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36 |
September 8 |
6 |
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37 |
September 15 |
6 |
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38 |
September 22 |
6 |
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39 |
September 29 |
6 |
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40 |
October 6 |
6 |
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41 |
October 13 |
6 |
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42 |
October 20 |
6 |
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43 |
October 27 |
6 |
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44 |
November 3 |
6 |
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45 |
November 10 |
6 |
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46 |
November 17 |
6 |
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47 |
November 24 |
6 |
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48 |
December 1 |
6 |
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49 |
December 8 |
6 |
News - coast to coast sky coach approved |
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50 |
December 15 |
6 |
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51 |
December 22 |
6 |
News - TWA sues PanAm over Rome charters on December 20 |
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52 |
December 29 |
6 |
News - PanAM suspends Rome charter bid on December 27 |
Last revised: Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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