TWA iconic Terminal 

In October 1958, Pan American World Airways launched its first scheduled jet flight with the brand-new Boeing 707-120 from New York Idlewild airport, as it was then known, to Paris-LeBourget.

The flight was carrying 111 passengers, and the cost of an economy seat ticket was $272. After making one unscheduled stop in Newfoundland, it landed in Paris with a flight time of 8 hours and 41 minutes. This journey marked the dawn of the jet age.

And it was also when Finnish architect and industrial designer, Eero Saarinen designed the Trans World Airlines terminal. Commissioned in 1955, Saarinen’s design for TWA resembled a giant bird, and it caused a sensation when it opened. Saarinen, who passed away less than a year before the terminal was completed in 1962, was posthumously awarded the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.