7E72004 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3586 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 2 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1916 times:
I came across a picture of an ATA 727 from 1995 that i flew on and i was wondering if anyone has the registration # and any info. on if it is still in service with another airline. The details that i can remember in which may make it easier to track down was that it was an ex-USAir 727. The only thing that was different was the USAir name was taken off and small "ATA" black letters were slapped on toward the front of the plane. I don't have a scanner so i cannot post the picture.
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LoneStarMike From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 3641 posts, RR: 38 Reply 1, posted (7 years 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1894 times:
You said you flew on it -- do you remember the exact date and what two cities you flew between?
The Bureau of Transportation keeps detailed on-time statistics (that give individual tail numbers) going back to 1995. If you can provide a date and the route you flew - I may be able to find it it.
7E72004 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3586 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (7 years 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1888 times:
I flew from MDW-PHX late December...just before new years i believe. I think the flight left at 9:55pm from MDW. I think i left January 3 or 4th because i flew on a 757 but the 727 in old US colors was at the next gate.
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Lindy Field From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 3072 posts, RR: 15 Reply 4, posted (7 years 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1869 times:
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ATA operated a few 727-2B7/Adv aircraft, all of which were initially ordered by USAir. These included N760AT, N762AT, and N770AT. It's possible that there were some others but those are the only three of which we have photos in the db. The flight you took might have been one of these although if the aircraft was a new acquisition, it might have still been flying under the old USAir registration.
I did a search through the database and didn't find any ATA 727s in USAir colors so it sounds like you've got a fairly rare photo on your hands. It might be worth scanning when you have a chance.
LoneStarMike From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 3641 posts, RR: 38 Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1854 times:
IF ATA didn;t start reporting to the BTS until 2003, then my idea won't work, but for future reference here'show you can go back and look up an old tail number.
When the next page comes up, make sure the box for "Scheduled Departure Time" is checked, then continue to the next page.
When that page comes up, choose the desired airport, then continue to the next page.
When the next page comes up, choose your airline and enter a date range then continue.
The next page that comes up will show you every flight operated by that airline at that airport for the date(s) in question.
You can also do the above process, except this time choose "Destination Airport" instead of Origin Airport and choose your airport/airline and the date(s) you want to look for -- and that will show you all the airline's flights that arrived at a certain airport on a certain date.
Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33 Reply 6, posted (7 years 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1849 times:
I just looked it up and it seems that there were 16 727's operated by ATA that were directly acquired from USAir, so it's probably one of them. Which one is the hard part.
7E72004 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3586 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (7 years 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1656 times:
I tried to upload the photo but it did not work...hopefully i can get it uploaded soon...i am curious as to if i am the only one or one of the very few who were able to take a picture of the USAir/ATA plane
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7E72004 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3586 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 1563 times:
Ok...i was not able to find a scanner to upload these pics. so i took a picture of the pictures *lol* They are not the best shots but i think you could clearly see the USAir colors with the small bold faced "ATA" toward the front end of the fuselage. Has annyone else ever seen this plane? cheers.
This was taken at PHX back in January of 1995.
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