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Classic movie trivia, TWA is immortalized in Alfred Hitchcock's 'North by Northwest'.

St. Charles sure does look different today---- th-cam.com/video/RbWB4WPmKAA/w-d-xo.html

And so i guess it dumped you into earth city?

I took this same flight Dec 97

I recall around that time friends and I would venture from west county over there to ride go carts and there was like the final A&W in the region nearby........

Grew up in St Charles in the 50's & 60's. Crossed that old bridge hundreds of times. I remember my Dad & I following a black gal in a Chevy station wagon with fishing poles sticking out the tailgate. Every time she met another car, sparks would fly as she scraped the bridge. Cracked my Dad up. He said she "drove by sound" 😅😂

Bicycling over the bridge on the walkway was an exciting experience, with my butt slightly above the level of the guard rail.

I drove over this bridge at least once every year for back in the 70s to purchase fireworks around the 4th July. Thanks for the video, wow. I drive over the McKinley Bridge sometimes just for the nostalgia, because in this area that is the last of the old black painted steel bridges we can drive on, and I do believe it will be shut down some day soon and the traffic diverted to the popular street bridge as another newer bridge will be built. I use to love to get caught by the train that went down the center and cut you off on the eastside lol.

1:41 The sound of boarding passes being printed. That means nonrevs are getting on! Music to my ears.

Amazing how bridge building engineering has changed over the last 100 years.

If I was that baby and those were my parents, I’d be screeching louder.

I remember being a little kid and going to visit my great grandma in St Charles coming from Florissant going over that bridge from the Rock Road. That bridge was sketchy and freaky, lol. I would have been in 4th grade dec 15th 1992 lol. Little guy. Now Im old lol.

That was part of a different world.

I remember that it was a scary ride across. Also remember the party spot beneath it on the STL side. It's kind of sad that there is no mention of it (not even a little plaque) on the St. Charles side. I often walk the entire Main St. and I can't even tell where it was.

Cool!

To the poster of this video… Was your wife a SCAB in the 1986 TWA FA strike? I bet she was.

Had no idea they had a bridge at Main Street 😱

in April 1994 I saw one of these take off from St. Louis airport as we were waiting for a another flight to Orlando, it was definitely a sight to behold. Easily one of the coolest looking aircrafts ever built with it's tail engine.

I had no idea the L-1011 flew in main line service that late into the 90’s…

Legendary

Thanks so much for sharing

Was your wife an 86er?

The greatest airline ever, sadly ripped off by asset stripping. Fantastic staff loyal to TWA and its customers

4339. It came from New Orleans.

I miss this period in life. Things were still simple

classic! Love this!!! Did that STL-LAX route many of times on TWA L10-11, 767 and the MD80s - brought back many memories with TWA gates at Terminal 3

Wow - I spent many hours on MD80s out of CMH and STL in the late 80’s and early 90’s, but to SFO instead of LAX. It seems like yesterday. The engine sound gives me flashbacks. Thanks for posting this!

I miss the 90s.

I flew an L1011 to Munich in 1982.Those were the days

Kinda uncanny hearing the airport.

Then after 1995 just 6 years later they were shut down

I flew Delta L-1011s from Atlanta to DFW and back to Atlanta on the return trip and again in 2000 from Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta. I loved and miss those planes. Special for sure.

Flight attendants were much nicer to.

If they left that bridge up 7 more years it would of turned 100 years old

If that bridge was still standing today in 2024 it would be 120 years old

Fortunately downtown St. Charles is much better off today.

Lived about 7 min away from the bridge, watched on TV and a second later heard the boom and felt it.

I worked for Laclede Gas and had to haul equipment across that narrow bridge.. Talk about some *** puckering moments!

The good old days. I miss TWA and San Diego before it became so corporate.

How much extra did you pay for your seats and your meal? 😂😂😂😂 Great video!!

Thank you very much for sharing!

Thank you for uploading this. Childhood memories.

I’ve been on this flight many times past and St Louis to PHX. Wonderful. It was still good and people were dressed decent and no diversity and no fights. I hate it now.

Back when people were civil and basically friendly and you could go on a flight and not worry about someone losing their mind and having to be dragged off the plane.

That’s when passengers were civilized

Che bei tempi, viaggiavo da Malpensa a Jfk con 747 200 twa era uno Spasso, le hostess divertentissime, molte di loro super pettinate truccate 🎉

They had the NICEST FLIGHT ATTENDANT,S AND PILOT'S, typical of the MIDWEST PEOPLE,,I was a FA for them a short time,I had flew them to HON,and was impressed and had asked the crew if they were hiring,1990,and was given the right info,and in 2 months months, was in STL for FA 4half week training

Flying was great as I the video shows!

Can I upscale it?

Boring boring boring. I don't care to watch video of flight attendant's backs