Trans World Airways TWA First Flight Baltimore MD - San Francisco CA Boeing 707

Description

Said to have been christened with water from the Pacific Ocean (brought from the West Coast for the occasion) a TWA Boeing 707 flew from Baltimore’s Friendship Airport to Los Angeles in 5 hours, 3 minutes. The return flight required only 4 hours, 13 minutes.
This cover was
carried on the May 29, 1959 inaugural Boeing 707 flight from Baltimore, Maryland to San Francisco, California (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Jet Age Flights Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as J-61.