(Updated 11/13/11)
In the News
Getting together with another DCS or two, or ten? Snap a picture and e-mail it with details to us twahistorian@yahoo.com so we can post it. Any photos relating
to our gang would be welcome.
November 2011. A Class 70-1 mini-reunion! Rod Gaines poses with Cyndy and
Steve Ching at the Catfish Alley restaurant in Las Vegas. We hope everyone will join
them in Vegas for our DCS reunion next fall.
December 2010. DCS alums Carol Ann and Sandy King (center) dropped by to visit with
Nancy Nix in Windermere, Florida. They were joined by Bill Burgner.
November 2010. Gathering in Philadelphia, Marianne Lifsey, Barbara Gow, Paul McGowan
and Carole (Smaltz) McLaughlin.
September 28, 2010. closing in on the San Diego reunion, alum Jon Proctor joined
June and Tom Donahue for lunch in Del Mar, California.
September 6, 2010. While on a visit to nearby Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, Alums Terry Anderson Wood had lunch with alum Jon Proctor in Sandpoint.
August 21 , 2010. Above: Joe Hobbs and Joe Ballweg strike a pose at the Airline History Museum Hangar, at the downtown Kansas City (Wheeler) Airport, during the MCI Overhaul base closure gathering. Below: Joe and Pam (Shropshire) Smedile at the same event.
July 28, 2010. Alum Mert Nason (left) and Ed Hunter, retired TWA General Manager of Sales in Boston, got together for a game of tennis while their families were vacationing at the South Jersey Shore on Cape May.
April 10, 2010. Alum Jon Proctor had lunch with Kathleen Galindo at Huntington Beach. Many thanks to Kathleen for looking us up and providing her husband Mark's Class picture, 72-xxx. Click here.
Congratualations, Mr and Mrs Tom Donahue!
October 10, 2009. Our President Tom Donahue and June Clark were married today
at Mercer Island, Washington. Tom and June pose at the Donahue residence with
Jerry Warkans, Svein Husevold and Jon Proctor.
July 22-24, 2009 - Orlando
Above: Jon Proctor and Sharon Canzonieri got together for lunch at the
Wyndham Resort.
Below: Enjoying dinner at Carrabba's Italian Grill: Craig Kodera (guest), Jon Proctor, Nancy Nix, Barbara and Bill Burgner.
July 9, 2009. During an informal DCS reunion (!), Tom Donahue, Jon Proctor,
Mike Hagan and Jerry Warkans enjoyed a Seattle Mariners ballgame at Safeco Field.
May 2009. Geoff Shrewsbury sent us this picture of him posing with his son Dylan,
who is a corporate pilot. Geoff was invited to ride jumpseat on one of Dylan's trips.
January 27, 2009. Jon Proctor (left) and Ron Green (right) enjoyed lunch with
Judy Veres and her beau, Bill Klein, at Blue Water Grill in Redondo Beach, California.
And the big news: Judy and Bill married on May 16!
October 12 , 2008. A bunch of the boys were whooping it up ... L to R: Mike Hagan,
Tom Donahue, Jerry Warkans, Jon Proctor, Svein Husevold and John Bartell
relax aboard the Washington State Ferry, en route from Seattle to Bremerton for
sightseeing and Sunday brunch.
During the same weekend, Jerry, Tom and Svein pose in front of a beautifully restored
DC-2 at Seattle's Museum of Flight.
JetBlue's New Terminal 5 at JFK
Seen in the final stages of completion, JetBlue's new Terminal 5 (T-5) wraps around the
TWA Flight Center. Look closely and you'll see the original TWA sign atop the building,
facing outward as a reminder of our landmark building's heritage. Passengers will be able
to pass through the Flight Center as then enter and leave the new terminal
On September 22 , 2008, JetBlue hosted a gala sneak preview of T-5. Many thanks to
former TWAer Todd Burke, the airline's vice president of corporate communications,
for inviting the Trans World family to join in the festivities.
DCS alums Linda (Crawford) Parlock, George Gerrish and Donna Richardson
enjoy the hospitality during the T-5 unveiling. Linda and Donna both fly for JetBlue.
Jan Golon and George joined the festivities.
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April 2008 - DCS Alum Association Prez Tom Donahue hooked up with Alum Ron Jagen
at Ron's home in Sherwood, Maryland.