September11 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3623 posts, RR: 23 Posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 20874 times:
I was reviewing old photos of American Airlines and come across these rare photos...
DCA-ROCguy From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 4402 posts, RR: 37 Reply 1, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 20889 times:
Inherited from purchase of AirCal. Others can fill in the dates as to when 733's entered and left AA's fleet. I saw an AA 733 in AirCal colors at ORD in July 1987.
Fxramper From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 7023 posts, RR: 93 Reply 2, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 20860 times:
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Timz From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 6468 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 20667 times:
Quoting JMackey (Reply 3): Did the 146 also fly in AA colors ?
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American 767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3321 posts, RR: 14 Reply 10, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 20388 times:
Quoting 413X3 (Reply 8): Never, of course. It's a photoshop
Right. American's only Airbus product was the A300. They never flew any other Airbus type.
Here are two more jets considered once as "oddballs" in the fleet:
the BAC-111 and the Convair 990
Lindy Field From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 3072 posts, RR: 15 Reply 11, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 20367 times:
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LVISA From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 40 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 19945 times:
FX1816 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1400 posts, RR: 5 Reply 17, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 19902 times:
Quoting LVISA (Reply 16): Slightly off topic, but rare nevertheless...
LVISA From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 40 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 19749 times:
What were those used for, I've never seen them before, kind of neat!!
FX1816
From the article:
"....The goal was to permit Eastern Airlines, American Airlines and the FAA to experiment the 941 under the conditions and requirements of commercial aviation. It was also an occasion to appreciate its use and practicality among the conventional traffic at the large airports..."
I remember seeing it fly a few times with the Eastern colors. It was very neat!
Congaboy From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 352 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 19663 times:
Quoting LVISA (Reply 16): Slightly off topic, but rare nevertheless...
Also not rare. In fact, if memory correct AA's 30 BAC-111s made them the largest original customer for the type. I guess you mean they were rare only because AA didn't keep them very long, none longer than 6 years.
American 767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3321 posts, RR: 14 Reply 22, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 19616 times:
Quoting Irish251 (Reply 14): Apart from the 1-11 and Fokker 100, what others are there?
American Eagle flew the Saab 340, the Shorts 330/360 and the ATR 42/72. Saab, Shorts and ATR (Aerospatiale of France) are/were small European manufacturers, aren't they? However, Aerospatiale is part of the Airbus Industries consortium.
Ben Soriano
"Aimer jusqu'a l'impossible, c'est possible". Tina Arena.
KELPkid From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 5932 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 19591 times:
Rampart From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2851 posts, RR: 7 Reply 24, posted (3 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 19578 times:
Quoting LVISA (Reply 16): Slightly off topic, but rare nevertheless...
The caption doesn't indicate, is that Chicago? Meigs Field? Grant Park? I can't tell from the old skyline. Maybe it's Boston??
Quoting Rj111 (Reply 18): I wouldn't really call the MD-11 rare. They had 19 and operated them for 10ish years.
RIght. Several of these aren't "rare". "Surprising", perhaps, to those who wouldn't suppose. Fokker 100 was mentioned above. Another, the BAC 111 was a good success in the States, with BN, AA, Allegheny, Aloha, and Mohawk operating (not counting later operators). My Len Morgan Airliners of the World in 1965 counted 32 111's in the AA fleet, their 3rd most common type (after 707 and 727). AA in fact had the world's largest fleet of 111's at the time. BN had 13, tied (with 707) for second-most-common type (after 727's). That's a good dent in the modern air fleet of the era, not "rare".
-Rampart
25 BOACCunard: But other than the Shorts, there is nothing remotely rare/unusual about those types. Neither Aerospatiale nor Airbus Industrie exist any more. ATR is
26 Irish251: I would regard American Eagle as a separate operation. In any case the types you list were commonly found in the fleets of commuter airlines in the U
27 Viscount724: Here's one AA aircraft I do consider rare. Of the 180+ 727s operated by AA, this was the only one with a main-deck cargo door, a 727-100C inherited fr
28 LYChemsa: Flew on the AA 720 in 1966 JFK to LA via Baltimore. IN thise days theyserved steak and cheese cake in economy.
29 BMI727: Back from the time when STOLports were in vogue....until airlines realized it was a little on the expensive side. I believe that McDonnell Douglas wa
30 Viscount724: Yes, TW inherited one DC-9-33CF from Ozark in 1986 (also their only one). It wsa originally delivered to Overseas National in 1969 and went to Ozark
31 VC10DC10: I'm not a Chicagoan, but I believe I can spot the Prudential Building (the hulking chunk of Modernism partially hidden by the Breguet's starboard win
32 ElpinDAB: Although not operated by mainline, I find AE's past usage of the Gulfstream I to be interesting since it was designed as a corporate transport. View L
33 Rampart: I remember early books mentioning it was intended and developed for both, and could seat 30. Grumman had a record in passenger aircraft before (albei
36 C133: In the seventies or eighties American flew a couple of turboprop Convairs in the Carribbean for awhile. If memory serves, the runway was being rebuilt
37 MD80Nut: I did. Check reply 10. Oops! You sure did. My bad, sorry about that. Cheers, Ralph
38 Viscount724: There are a few photos of that AA Convair operation in the Caribbean. It was known as American Inter-Island and used several piston-engined Convair 4
39 B777fan: http://aerostories.free.fr/appareils/Br941/Br941_02.JPG You are correct. That is an approach to Meigs. I was unaware of this service. This has to be
41 Thorben: Clearly my favorite. Looked really sexy. Too bad they replaced it with that dull twin jet.
42 Rwessel: You're almost certainly correct. I used to work in the building just west of the (old) Prudential building (you see about half of the Doral peeking o
43 Triple7man: AA stands out to me back in the late 60's and early 70's with their 747's, 707's 727's and DC 10's
46 Readytotaxi: On which routes did AA operate the 747SP anyone recall?
47 Glideslope: Great thread. Thanks for putting it together.
48 WA707atMSP: The white roofed 747-121 pictured in this message, N743PA, came very close to being destroyed a few hundred yards from where this picture was taken. O
49 Glideslope: Add: I have old 8mm movies from the ConvairLiner and my Grandparents leaving for Germany. Cool memories.
50 American 767: Mostly DFW-NRT from 1987 untill 1991 when the MD-11 arrived. Once the MD-11 was assigned on the DFW-NRT route, the two SP's were repositioned at JFK
51 Jtamu97: If memory serves me correctly, the SP was used on Dallas to Tokyo. I did a little research and found it was also used on New York to London.
52 Readytotaxi: Thank you both for that. My time working at LHR 1975-1992 on the Northern perimeter road area made me sure I had seen at least one of them at some ti
53 Tjwgrr: And I had the pleasure of flying on two of them to HNL and back in 1982.
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I can't tell from the old skyline. Maybe it's Boston??
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