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Re: N508PA, Clipper Bald Eagle, L1011-385-3

Posted by Nicole on 5/2/2008, 2:59 pm, in reply to "N508PA, Clipper Bald Eagle, L1011-385-3"
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I'll take your word for it :-) --Previous Message-- : According to my list of Pan Am aircraft, they : had 12 L1011-385-3 jets. Approximately 3 : were sold to the Royal Air Force and they : are active. : : AIRCRAFT DETAILS : Manufacturer: Lockheed : Model: L1011 – 385 - 3 (Tri-Star 500) : Aircraft Type: Fixed Wing Multi-Engine : Const. No: 193Y-1186 : MTOW: 540,000 lbs : Engine MFR: Rolls Royce : Engine Model: Three RB211 – 524B02 : Operator: Pan American World Airways : Registration: N508PA : Clipper Name: Bald Eagle : : : AIRCRAFT HISTORY : Manufacturer’s first flight: 06 / 10 / 1980 : Service Dates: 1980 to 1984 : Flying Time Hours: 47,390 (with Pan Am) : Cycles: 10,459 (with Pan Am) : Previous Registrations: N404PA N2138T : N404PA : Summary: Delivered to Pan Am as Clipper : Bald Eagle : DELIVERY DATE OPERATOR REGISTRATION : 06 / 27 / 1980 Pan Am N508PA : 09 / 01 / 1984 Royal Air Force ZE704 : : : : CURRENT STATUS : Fate: Active : Location: United Kingdom : Date: Current : Owner: Royal Air Force (RAF) : Registration: ZE704 : Comments: Converted C MK2. 02 / 1985 : FAA information: N/A : : : PHOTOS : 1) Operator: Pan American World Airways : Registration: N508PA : Country: United States (USA) : : http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N508PA&distinct_entry=true : : http://www.eucomairlines.de/prodlist/msn186.html : : http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?q=photos+N508PA : : 2) Operator: Royal Air Force : Registration: ZE704 : Country: United Kingdom : http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php : : http://www.planepictures.net/netsearch4.cgi?srch=ZE704&srng=2&stype=reg : : http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=ZE704&distinct_entry=true : : http://www.flugzeugbilder.de/search4.cgi?srch=Lockheed%20L1011-500%20TriStar&stype=actype&srng=2 : : http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?regsearch=ZE704&view=true : http://www.airteamimages.com/67007.html : : http://www.sgmst.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=1 : : http://www.sgmst.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=0 : : http://www.airliners.net/open.file/411718/M/ : : http://myaviation.net/search/search.php?view=&regnr=ZE704 : : : Have a great day, : Mark Bermudez : Embry Riddle Aeronautical University : graduate & alumni : Research aviation historian : Plane spotter : FAA Certified Aircraft Mechanic : : : References : : http://www.eucomairlines.de/prodlist/msn186.html : : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : I stand corrected. : : I'll have to go look in my old Pan Am : handbook to see exactly which Airbuses Pan : Am flew. I may be getting it confused with : the A/C when I flew on for United. I never : liked the Airbuses. I do believe it was the : A310. : : I don't think Pan AM flew the L-1011...but : you'll have to ask a more senior former crew : member to know for sure. : : Thanks for the info :-) : : : : --Previous Message-- : As far as I know, Pan Am never received any : A320's although they were on order, you : might be thinking of the shorter A300, the : A310? : : I've read that Pan Am retired their L-1011 : fleet in 1986. They may have had an airline : paying a lease to them or were still trying : to sell a few by 1991 though. : : Interesting enough, there are several scale : models of Pan Am L-1011's in the last : billboard livery, yet I've never found a : photograph of an actual Pan Am L-1011 in : anything else other than the classic : cheatline. : : --Previous Message-- : Hi. I am not sure what aircraft you speak : of. : When Pan Am shut down, they flew the Boeing : 727, 737, 747 Airbus A300 and A320 (if : memory serves.) I was a JFK based flight : attendant at the time. : I'm afraid you would have to ask a pilot, : perhaps, what was done with the aircraft but : presumably many were sold to Delta and : United, along with the routes these airlines : acquired from Pan Am (United got the LHR : base and routes a little bit before Pan Am : went under.) I always heard about aircraft : being parked in the desert, though not sure : where or which desert. Certainly one in The : U.S. I hope this helps. : : --Previous Message-- : Hi there can anyone tell me what became of : the : PAN AM tri star jetrs after pan am finished : up. Were they stored or re sold to other : airliners and which of these tri jets was : the last flight to London in 1991. Could : some one also list the details of Clipper : Bald Eagle from her borth. Thank you : : Usha Berigin : Lufthansa Employee Frank fruit : : : : : : : : :

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Message Thread: PAN AM TRISTAR AIRCRAFT - Usha Berigin 5/1/2008, 4:38 pm Re: PAN AM TRISTAR AIRCRAFT - Nicole 5/1/2008, 9:08 pm Re: PAN AM TRISTAR AIRCRAFT - Garret 5/2/2008, 1:31 am Re: PAN AM TRISTAR AIRCRAFT - Nicole 5/2/2008, 4:51 am N508PA, Clipper Bald Eagle, L1011-385-3 - Mark Bermudez (m2eagle2) 5/2/2008, 2:18 pm Re: N508PA, Clipper Bald Eagle, L1011-385-3 - Nicole 5/2/2008, 2:59 pm Re: N508PA, Clipper Bald Eagle, L1011-385-3 - Angela Crosby 5/2/2008, 5:25 pm Re: N508PA, Clipper Bald Eagle, L1011-385-3 - N 5/2/2008, 5:46 pm « Back to thread

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