In my opinion, perhaps no other aircraft type wore Trans World Airline’s (TWA’s) classic 1961-75 “double-globe” livery better than the Boeing 747-131. The look just seemed perfect on the original “Queen of the Skies” and from the first TWA 747 roll-out in late 1969 until 1979/80 when the last aircraft received the completely redesigned 1975 paint scheme it was always a pleasure to see one of these airplanes, whether at rest or in motion. Such views were readily available as TWA was a major operator of Boeing’s “Jumbo Jet,” with the airline being second only to launch customer Pan American World Airways in putting the type into service, inaugurating the first U.S. transcontinental 747 flights beginning in February of 1970 (the company actually flew 747’s from that year until retiring the last aircraft in 1998). One of those original -131’s, “N93107” is seen here at Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport, apparently just after a rainstorm, sometime in the 1970’s. The airline flew a total of 36 747’s during 28 years including the Special Performance (SP) model and a number of “second-hand” -200 variants. Also included among the -100 series aircraft were four 747-125’s originally ordered by Eastern Air Lines in 1967. These aircraft were under construction in Seattle in early 1970 when EAL decided to go exclusively with the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar as its widebody flagship for the 1970s. All four aircraft were sold to Trans World instead.