Toria Sheffield Sat, June 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM PDT 4 min read Leo Kohn/Courtesy of Valerie van Heest via AP Northwest Orient Flight 2501 that disappeared over Lake Michigan in 1950 ...

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was a DC-4 prop-liner that flew daily transcontinental routes connecting the east coast of New York City to the far west coast of Seattle, Washington when it ...

In this photo provided by Valerie van Heest, a historical exhibit of the 1950 crash of a Northwest Orient plane in Lake Michigan is on display at the Heritage Museum in St. Joseph, Mich., Oct. 7 ...

Northwest has used NWA to stress its hi-tech features, including its web site, which uses NWA as the key word. The new scheme will be phased in for the 436-aircraft fleet over the next five years.