MCO, TIX Spotting July 14th, July 15th Pan am 727

[SengaB]

Greetings,
Had small decent day today went to MCO for an Aero Litoral E-145 and the headed to TIX for the Zero G 727-200. Thanks to Bill for brining the Zero G to my attention.
I got a few small wonders and TIX also
N777AS PVT 777 was at MCO again as well.

C-123
F-105
F-4
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Senga

[Chris102]

Great shots, Senga!

Zero-G looks great!

[AirtrafficController]

Super Senga was posted great pics again

[LGA777]

As always Senga, great catches and shots. Not sure if I mentioned in a previous thread but where you aware Eastern flew 727's into TIX in the late 60's-early 70's, at Manned Space Flights peak ? I think the main routing was MIA-TIX-ATL and return,

Cheers

LGA777

[SengaB]

Thanks and thanks :)
Ron, I didn't know Eastern used to fly to TIX. TIX doesn't look like it get much of anything. Amazing how an airport like that used to have that kind of traffic.

Senga

[njgtr82]

Great stuff Senga, what exactly is TIX used for these days?

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots Senga! That E-145 is a nice one!

[SengaB]

Thanks Mark, Bill
TIX....Its mainly a GA airport witha large helicopter training school there or something.

Heres a shot of the Pan Am 727 at SFB today.. I am still really fuming of the cloud that moved in RIGHT when the blasted plane taxied next to me. It happed RIGHT at that moment.

Rich, this is the furst time Pan Am has hit SFB in a long time. I wonder if this is the last plane they are flying.
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[nwafan20]

Nice Pan Am 727! There are 3 of them in the fleet.

[SengaB]

Ok thanks Matt.
Its too bad that they never expanded with more than just a few planes. I'd love to see them pick up some A320s after they lsoe the 727s.
Senga

[hiss srq]

I have flown on that 727 and Clipper Juan Trippe between SFB and BQN a few times.

[SengaB]

What do those Pan Am 727s look like on the inside?
Senga

[hiss srq]

United interrior, a "first class cabin" which was just a bunch of United first class seats left up there. It was a a mix matched cabin though on both jets. I went to the bathroom and there was labeling for CO in there while the cabin was UA and the emergency flashlights sitting in the charger were from Delta.

[stuart schechter]

United interrior, a "first class cabin" which was just a bunch of United first class seats left up there. It was a a mix matched cabin though on both jets. I went to the bathroom and there was labeling for CO in there while the cabin was UA and the emergency flashlights sitting in the charger were from Delta.

So they went to the boneyard and just scrounged about to get stuff? :)

[SengaB]

Quite humorous,
I still think they have one of the best liveries even out there still.
Even in its whitness.
Senga

[hiss srq]

[quote="hiss srq":bf833]United interrior, a "first class cabin" which was just a bunch of United first class seats left up there. It was a a mix matched cabin though on both jets. I went to the bathroom and there was labeling for CO in there while the cabin was UA and the emergency flashlights sitting in the charger were from Delta.

So they went to the boneyard and just scrounged about to get stuff? :)[/quote:bf833]
They picked the planes up right from UA. Last time I flew out of SFB in any capacity there was a pair of UA 727's sitting in front of their "service center".

[INTENSS]

Senga,

Good catch on the Pan Am! Even their charter operations have slimmed down to almost nothing. The certificate is still holding 3 active 727's.....I'm guessing they've got those, the other parked 727's, and the UA parts planes all up in Portsmouth now.

How's the international traffic been this Summer? According to the schedules, it looks a bit slow....

Rich

[SengaB]

Thanks Rich,
Yes thats true. They fly about 1 or 2 times a week now if they are lucky
The international traffic has been the usually characters. all the airlines are swicthing betwen the large aircrfat types also. exmaple. Like My Travel is A330 and 767. Globespan is flying the BLue GSP 767 in to SFB. So what should I expect as summer winds down and fall starts up?
Senga

[stuart schechter]

[quote="stuart schechter":5a0f5][quote="hiss srq":5a0f5]United interrior, a "first class cabin" which was just a bunch of United first class seats left up there. It was a a mix matched cabin though on both jets. I went to the bathroom and there was labeling for CO in there while the cabin was UA and the emergency flashlights sitting in the charger were from Delta.

So they went to the boneyard and just scrounged about to get stuff? :)[/quote:5a0f5]
They picked the planes up right from UA. Last time I flew out of SFB in any capacity there was a pair of UA 727's sitting in front of their "service center".[/quote:5a0f5]


What I meant was the base was UA but a mix of different equipment from different airlines.

[hiss srq]

Yep. They picked apart other planes but as far as I know the frames were UA birds. I recall flying aboard them and they were certainly United through and througth though I recall Continental equipment on board the plane in the form of emergency equipment.