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Unusual UA B744 @ LAX Today (6/25/2012)

CXB744 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 202 posts, RR: 0
Posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14946 times:

I was plane-spotting at LAX today and noticed a 744 in UA's hangar area resting that had "UNITED" (new font) on the side but what looked like an ex-Atlas Air paint job at the rear. Is UA leasing a B744 tempoarily or is this a special paint scheme half way done?

Thoughts?

What is it? It's A 747-400, but that's not important right now.

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PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4959 posts, RR: 14
Reply 1, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14935 times:

UA planes operating charters on behalf of Atlas.

[Edited 2012-06-25 16:24:43]

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cat3dual From United States of America, joined Jun 2012, 73 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14935 times:

United Charter. Ex-Atlas.

LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22030 posts, RR: 51
Reply 3, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14935 times:

Voila -
United Charter 747-400 N194UA (by 71Zulu Jan 19 2012 in Civil Aviation)

From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California

DocLightning From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 16819 posts, RR: 57
Reply 4, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14911 times:

Quoting PHX787 (Reply 1):
Ex Atlas UA planes operating charters on behalf of Atlas.

Wait... Atlas is all-cargo. UA has no dedicated cargo fleet. I'm confused.

PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4959 posts, RR: 14
Reply 5, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14845 times:

Quoting DocLightning (Reply 4):
Wait... Atlas is all-cargo. UA has no dedicated cargo fleet. I'm confused.

I edited my original post to clarify that they were ex-UA planes.

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LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22030 posts, RR: 51
Reply 6, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14822 times:

Atlas carries passengers - has 2 VIP 744s, 2 regular 744s and now 3 763s in passenger configurations.

From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California

IFlyTWA From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 267 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14738 times:

I was wondering about this aircraft myself. Here is a picture of it taken with a phone.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/Madness86/photo-14.jpg

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alitalia744 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 4657 posts, RR: 45
Reply 8, posted (11 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 14683 times:

looks better than the CO livery..

Some see lines, others see between the lines.

PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4959 posts, RR: 14
Reply 9, posted (11 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 14487 times:

Quoting alitalia744 (Reply 8):
looks better than the CO livery..

Hmm it is just a charter plane though, albeit i wish they did something like ATA did, and design the tail a bit.

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cat3dual From United States of America, joined Jun 2012, 73 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (11 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 14391 times:

Quoting DocLightning (Reply 4):
Atlas is all-cargo.

No.

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PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4959 posts, RR: 14
Reply 11, posted (11 months 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 14150 times:

Quoting cat3dual (Reply 10):

That aircraft is an ex-NH aircraft....but yeah it is owned by 5Y

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jetblast From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 1198 posts, RR: 11
Reply 12, posted (11 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 13825 times:

I will add that Atlas has three varieties of passenger aircraft. The gold 744s posted above that fly for Sonair, as well as pax 744s and 763s in their regular livery.

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tozairport From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 670 posts, RR: 1
Reply 13, posted (11 months 12 hours ago) and read 5887 times:

Quoting PHX787 (Reply 1):
UA planes operating charters on behalf of Atlas.

No, it is a UA aircraft that was leased to Atlas but is now back on UA property. It is being used for charters, mostly military charters.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

UnitedTristar From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1241 posts, RR: 4
Reply 14, posted (11 months 5 hours ago) and read 1466 times:

Quoting IFlyTWA (Reply 7):

I was wondering about this aircraft myself. Here is a picture of it taken with a phone.

plenty in the data base too!

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