TWA in Popular Culture
- A TWA L-1011 is featured on Rocky III
- A TWA Boeing 747 is featured in Rocky IV
- A TWA L-1011 in featured in The Woman In Red
- Some of the scenes in The Delta Force are similar in circumstances to TWA flight 847-the airline's name on the film was changed to ATW
- The first scene of the film Final Destination is similar in circumstances to TWA flight 800
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Binnorie, O Binnorie!
There cam a knight to be their wooer,
By the bonnie milldams o’ Binnorie.”
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