Poster size is 14" wide by 20" tall, including a one-inch white border, and is printed on heavyweight, acid-free poster stock.

Chris Bidlack's illustrated Lambert Field poster pays inspiring tribute to St. Louis's noteworthy 1956 terminal and honors two of the great airlines serving America in the Jet Age, Ozark and TWA.

Minoru Yamasaki's majestic 1956 terminal (cited by the Landmarks Association of St. Louis as “the first airport building to make a formal statement about aviation and aerodynamics”) fills the background of the composition, while TWA's famous Boeing 707 tail dominates the foreground. The airline's “twin globes” logo, hands-down one of the most iconic symbols of the Jet Age, was designed in 1962 by Raymond Loewy and TWA's Director of Design, Rex Werner.

Homage is also paid to the another great STL carrier, Ozark Air Lines (which was headquartered at STL). A departing Ozark DC-9 is seen the carrier's original “three swallows” livery, a paint scheme which first appeared on Ozark's Fairchild F-27 prop-jets in 1959.

And if you look closely, an American Airlines BAC 1-11 can me seen in the distance, while a DC-8 is visible high overhead.

Both TWA and Ozark had deep roots at STL. TWA's history at St. Louis reaches back to the 1930s, while Ozark Air Lines began service at the airfield in 1950. TWA inaugurated 707 jet service at STL in 1959, while Ozark's first DC-9s were delivered in mid-1966.

Both liveries lasted into the 1970s: Ozark aircraft retained the “three swallows” livery until 1979, while TWA dropped the “twin globes” paint scheme in 1975, replacing it with a modernized but bland block letter emblem. (Additionally, Loewy's original red “arrowhead” cheatline was replaced with tapering twin red stripes.)

Ozark was absorbed by TWA in 1986, and TWA was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. Yamasaki's terminal, expanded and renovated over the years, remains a proud St. Louis landmark to this day. But sadly, Ozark Airlines and TWA operations at Lambert field remain only as distant memories.

The print will arrive carefully packaged and ready for you to unroll and frame. (Framing instructions included.) Click on the image to see the full poster in detail. (And of course, the “JetAgeArt.com” watermark does not appear on the actual poster.)