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Originally Posted by D-AIHC
Yes, they did!
But I did a quick search on the registration and can't seem to find [N501PA] in UA colors. Maybe they did operate this aircraft [N501PA] but no pic can be found in the database. So, I can't say if this is a fantasy model. This aircraft was delivered to Pan Am and probably leased or sold to UA. If anyone knows more on this, please feel free to chip in.
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.....Well here it is! As you can see, it has been highly rebuilt, modified and repainted. N501PA lives on.
.....Oh hell, it's a Cessna 150M, a plane I hold dear as a type I learned to fly.
.....Facts 1: My 1980 "World Airline Fleets" lists Pan American N501PA to N514PA as L-1011-500 Tristars. Kind of obvious being 500s they were numbered as 500s.
.....Facts 2: By the 1996 "TAHS Airlines" there was no Pan Am and the United N500 series was Boeing 757-222s. Not an L-1011 in sight.
.....Supposition 1: UA aquired some, if not all the ex-PAA L-1011s. Although not renumbered, they were repainted in UA livery (one great livery for another!).
.....Supposition 2: The ex-PAA/UA L-1011s are nowhere to be found in service. Likely either scrapped or sunning themselves in desert oblivion. Too bad for such a great airliner.
Dave