TWA Engine Overhaul shop in Kansas City
Photographer
Transworld Airlines
DateOctober 1943
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque National Bank
Object numberPA1980.061.461
DescriptionThe TWA engine overhaul shop is located in Kansas City. General maintenance work is done in Albuquerque, and after a specified number of hours the plane is given a general overhaul at the main shops. The entire plane and each engine is inspected after 25 hours of flight, and engines are given a complete overhaul after 600 hours of operation. The workers at this overhaul shop are stationed at different of large machinery in a factory type setting. Carts full of various parts form a line in the center of the room. The room has large windows in far the left frame and shop lights along the ceiling.On View
Not on viewTerms
Locale
October 1943
October 1943
January 9, 1963
September 1986
ca. 1970
