Wouldn't be the first time FlightAware has invented a mythical flight.
Couldn't have been a TWA 747 (they were long gone before AA bought TWA's assets and AA took no 747s in the deal), you can be certain that it was some sort of glitch.
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Wouldn't be the first time FlightAware has invented a mythical flight.
Couldn't have been a TWA 747 (they were long gone before AA bought TWA's assets and AA took no 747s in the deal), you can be certain that it was some sort of glitch.
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JFK-TLV and LAX-LHR were flown with 747-200s. Over the years, TWA flew a total of seven 200s, although not all at the same time. They were registered as N301TW through N307TW. Fleet numbers were 17301-17307.
I've seen some weird flights on Flightaware. SSO is Sao Lourenco, Brazil and its more than a 25 min flt to Scottsdale from there. I would say computer issue with either a pseudo flight for test reasons or someone was playing around?
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Thank you..Royal Ambassador, for the TWA 747 100/200 correction !!!
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I was told that 1 of those "SP's" came from somewhere in the desert in the middle east.
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I remember hearing somewhere back when that one was the Sultan of Brunei's..?!?
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<_< ------ I heard a cute story about Crandel and the SP's. --------- It seems our (TWA) CEO, I believe it was Tillinghast at the time? Was so proud of that Aircraft when we first got them, he invited Crandel to take a ride! Afterwords, he asked Crandel what he thought of the Aircraft, his reply was: "Great Plane! I wonder if they make a stretch version"?
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Trust me...MCI.
There were.."NO Fly's on (uncle) Bobby"
(and IF there were)
"They were paying RENT" !!!!!
Ps,
As I look down at the bottom of this page(when I was typing),..there were 3 "members on line" , ...Me, FA Mikey, and MCI.
3 OLD retired Bas***ds !!
There were.."NO Fly's on (uncle) Bobby"
(and IF there were)
"They were paying RENT" !!!!!
Ps,
As I look down at the bottom of this page(when I was typing),..there were 3 "members on line" , ...Me, FA Mikey, and MCI.
3 OLD retired Bas***ds !!
D
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Spent a couple years working on the SPs when they would RON at DFW.. That was when all we had was the tail dock, hangar 1 and 2... We used to go into the upper deck and relax, me and some other cone's... Back then the supervisor was Bob Vought.. He know the SP very well... But he was still a flathead/picker.... Sometimes they would go up to MCI for heavier maint since they were leased from TWA... It was a great airplane... Sad to have seen them go.... Replaced by the "Scuds".. - Shoot them into the air and never know where they were going to land....
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<_< ------- But Bears! You keep forgetting, your "Uncle Bobby" got his basic training here at TWA! 🙄Trust me...MCI.
There were.."NO Fly's on (uncle) Bobby"
(and IF there were)
"They were paying RENT" !!!!!
Ps,
As I look down at the bottom of this page(when I was typing),..there were 3 "members on line" , ...Me, FA Mikey, and MCI.
3 OLD retired Bas***ds !!
I remember the SP's at the end of their time with TW -- one sat on the North Ramp (across from Bay 112) forever (think years!), it appeared to have remnants of the AA livery left on it: natural aluminum, blue-white-blue stripes just like AA did on the 767's they sent out of here to Capital Cargo. The story I was told on that one was some sheik wanted it, but sent it back when he found out he couldn't load his car in the cargo bin. Hey, that's the story I remember.......
That thing had to be a royal (pun intended) mess when they finally did open it up -- they never opened it up to "air it out" like they did other A/C that were parked on the ramp for extended periods.
The other one was actually painted TW red and white when I last saw it. We had to do some minor repairs on it before they sent it off somewhere. I remember the more "traditional" staircase on it versus the spiral staircase of the rest of the 747's. If I knew where I put it, I kept one of the seat back cards out of it, since they were specifically for the SP.
Were these the only two SP's Boeing made?
Boeing made 45 of them for 14 customers. TWA had three of them.
So much for reading comprehension...
A flight watch listing is now a picture?
TW had -100's and -200-s, last was parked in early 1997.
AA's were gone looong before then.
TW also had 2 SP's, eons ago. Sold one to the Shah of Iran, to make payroll one particularly bleak month, as the story goes... AA wanted two, so TW went out and bought another so they would have two to lease AA, as the other story goes... (thus FWAAA's third TW SP...)
Anyone wanna' hear about Winslow? 😉
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AMERICAN AIRLINES 747'S OWED, OPERATED AND LEASED
AS OF 1991
N740PA 747-121 S/N 19647 - LEASED FROM PAN AMERICAN 2/25/70N743PA 747-121 S/N 19650 - LEASED FROM PAN AMERICAN 2/29/70
N9661 747-123 S/N 20100 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 6/18/70 CONVERTED TO FREIGHTER IN 2/13/74
N9662 747-123 S/N 20101 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 7/16/70
N9663 747-123 S/N 20102 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 6/30/70
N9664 747-123 S/N 20103 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 8/27/70
N9665 747-123 S/N 20104 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 9/18/70
N9666 747-123 S/N 20105 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 10/2/70
N9667 747-123 S/N 20106 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 10/8/70 USED IN MOVIE AIRPORT 77
N9668 747-123 S/N 20107 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 10/29/70 NOW NASA SPACE SHUTTLE HAULER
N9669 747-123 S/N 20108 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 11/27/70
N9670 747-123 S/N 20109 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 12/29/70
N9671 747-123 S/N 20323 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 2/26/71 CONVERTED TO FREIGHTER IN 7/22/75
N9672 747-123 S/N 20324 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 4/16/71 CONVERTED TO FREIGHTER IN 4/12/76
N9673 747-123 S/N 20325 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 4/20/71 CONVERTED TO FREIGHTER IN 7/76
N9674 747-123 S/N 20326 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 5/12/71
N9675 747-123 S/N 20390 - AA ORIGINAL OWNER 5/25/71 USED IN MOVIE AIRPORT 75
N9676 747-123 S/N 20391-AA ORIGINAL OWNER 6/25/71 CONVERTED TO FREIGHTER IN 10/31/74
N748WA 747-273C S/N 20652 - GREYHOUND LEASING ORIGINAL OWNER LEASED TO AA 1984
N749WA 747-273C S/N 20653 - WORLD AIRWAYS ORIGINAL OWNER LEASED TO AA 4/15/84
N57202 747-SP31 S/N 21962 - TWA ORIGINAL OWNER LEASED TO AA 10/86
N57203 747-SP31 S/N 21963 - TWA ORIGINAL OWNER LEASED TO AA 10/86
