Udo From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1778 times:
I already started a similar topic about this issue some days ago but didn't get satisfying answers. Now I try to ask Delta, ATL, MIA or FLL employees...
In 1993 I went on my first USA trip, flying Delta on FRA-MIA, FLL-ATL and ATL-FRA. I only know all aircraft were B763s, at least two of them were ERs. Unfortunately, I didn't take care for registrations in these days and now they are missing in my list,
I also tried to ask at Delta via e-mail (giving them all details including ticket numbers and so on), but I have never received an answer. The BTS website doesn't show information prior to 1995.
Does anyone have an idea how to get information about the three aircraft used on these flights? Aren't there logbooks at airlines or aiports where such data is saved?
OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1763 times:
Aircraft logbooks are indeed saved, but at a minimum you'll need a specific date and a flight number. Assuming you have those (or can find them out), then it's a matter of finding someone within the airline (and specifically, the maintenance department) that has the time to go back and look for the information.
Writing an airline to ask for this info might not bring results. Oh sure, if the FAA needed the info, they'd task someone to dig it up, and if say, it took someone 1-2 hours to do find it, the airline would take that labor cost ($20? $30?) and eat it. That's if FAA needed the info; if John Q. Passenger writes in asking "what aircraft was I on" just as a "nice-to-know", the airline is probably not going to spend the $$$ to answer the question. I'm not saying that this is (or isn't) the case with DL, just that cost -does- enter into it, and that may explain your lack of an response.
My suggestion would be to see if you can find a Delta employee (here or elsewhere) that can lead you to an employee in their maintenance department, who can then find out, hopefully.
Udo From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1707 times:
Thanks for the info, OPNLguy!
Certainly I have the exact dates and flight numbers, so I will keep on asking around. I know the chance to find out what I'm looking for is not very good, but I won't give up.
Delta people, I just need your help!
Regards
Udo
P.S.: Just in case someone has an opportunity to investigate, here are the flights:
DL 117, Frankfurt-Miami, April 2 1993
DL 841, Ft.Lauderdale-Atlanta, April 16 1993
DL 014, Atlanta-Frankfurt, April 16 1993
MSYtristar From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 6251 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1674 times:
FRA-MIA used to operate with L1011-500's back in the day....and ATL-FRA as well, mostly L15's...mayyyybe a 763ER.
FLL-ATL...good chance of an L1011 at that time....or a 767-300.
Udo From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1628 times:
Hi Steve,
I know for sure all flights were operated by B763s, at least two of them were ERs. I know the second daily ATL-FRA service was operated by a L15 and I was damn disappointed I only had the 763. However, what I still miss are the registrations...
Airworthy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1619 times:
It's going to be very hard to figure this out since it probably isn't in a computer system. In 1993 they probably just typed it up and it's probably stored somewhere next to the files of past employees.
Dl1011 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 386 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1529 times:
A/C 171-182 look like the only ER's in service in April 93.
Good luck narrowing it down from there!
Type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4398 posts, RR: 20 Reply 8, posted (10 years 2 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 1390 times:
Base on how airlines and the TSA has been behaving lately, I am surprised that your request was not "suspicious" and you haven't been visited by the government people who investigate such "suspicious" activity! You know that knowing the registration numbers of aircraft in the U.S. is considered suspicious in itself!
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