Hi everybody

First of all, I apologize for my bad english, I'm french and hope to be clear enough in my explanations.
When I was 18 (almost 43 now), I went to the United States through a student exchange program. I'm now trying for a long time to find tracks of the plane I was onboard during this flight.

The only things I remember are: this TWA flight operated on April 25th 1991, from Paris CDG to Washington DC, Dulles airport. Departure was sheduled around 10h30 AM. The aircraft had three engines, like a Tristar. I don't have the boarding pass anymore so I dont know the flight number.
I don't have pictures of the aircraft except one of a seat close to a window, taking a pic of the outside.

Is there a way to get a picture of this plane ? And to know what happened to this aircraft after TWA company disapeared ? Any public database that stores that kind of information ?

Thank you for your help.
David

The only tri-holers TWA had were B727's and L-1011's (source: wikipedia). My guess is that you flew on the latter.
I'm sure someone can manage to dig up a timetable from that era to find out the flight number, which can confirm the type of aircraft.

You're probably better off asking in the civil aviation forum, where I'm sure you'll receive better responses than mine in no time. I've suggested that the mods move this to that part of the forum. It'll be really tough to find the exact registration, but let's see how far we get.

I know www.lhr-lgw.co.uk includes movements going back a long way.

Do either of these airports do so.

Assuming it was a TWA Tristar, airfleets indicates these were with TWA at the time.

MSN Type Active from to Registration Remark
1013
L-1011-1 02/05/1991 08/06/1995 N31001
To Air Ops
as SE-DSE
1029
L-1011-1 16/05/1973 28/05/1993 N31009
To Air Ops
as HR-AMC
1030
L-1011-1 29/05/1973 01/10/1993 N31010
To Air Ops
as SE-DPV
1036
L-1011-1 04/07/1973 25/11/1997 N31014
To Aer Turas
as N31014
1059
L-1011-1 23/01/1974 08/02/1995 N31015
To Air Ops
as SE-DSB
1065
L-1011-1 23/03/1974 18/03/1995 N31018
To Air Ops
as SE-DSC
1066
L-1011-1 18/04/1974 07/02/2003 N31019
To North East Airlines
as 3D-NEG
1072
L-1011-1 09/03/1981 15/05/1993 N41020
To Hawaiian Airlines
as N41020
1075
L-1011-1 29/05/1974 22/05/1994 N31021
To APA
as OB-1545
1091
L-1011-1 10/12/1974 19/04/1993 N31024
To Hawaiian Airlines
as N769BE
1107
L-1011-1 30/03/1981 01/08/1996 N81027
To Royal Airlines
as C-FYXI
1108
L-1011-1 08/04/1980 02/04/1997 N81028
To Air Transat
as C-GBBS
1111
L-1011-1 27/08/1975 30/03/1998 N31030
To American Trans Air
as N198AT
1215
L-1011-100 04/11/1981 08/04/1995 N31032
To Air Ops
as SE-DSD
1221
L-1011-100 21/12/1981 01/01/1993 N31033
To Time Air Sweden
as SE-DPP
1230
L-1011-100 08/03/1982 01/09/1994 N8034T
To American Trans Air
as N194AT
1231
L-1011-100 29/04/1982 18/12/1992 N7035T
To Time Air Sweden
as SE-DPR
1015
L-1011-1 12/08/1972 N11003
Stored at Kingman 01/2000 broken up 10/2000
1016
L-1011-1 30/08/1972 N11004
Broken up at Tucson 07/1998
1017
L-1011-1 27/09/1972 N11005
Broken up at Kingman 10/2000
1018
L-1011-1 23/05/1973 N11006
Stored at Kingman 01/1998 broken up 01/2001
1028
L-1011-1 21/04/1973 N31008
Broken up at Kingman 10/2001
1031
L-1011-1 01/06/1973 N31011
Bought by Evergreen Air Center 12/99 - Broken up 04/2001
1034
L-1011-1 20/06/1973 N41012
Stored at Marana 12/94 - Bought by General Aviation Tech 01/95 - Bought by Nortek Repair - Broken up at Marana 10/95
1035
L-1011-1 04/07/1973 N31013
Broken up at Kingman 11/2000
1060
L-1011-1 01/02/1974 N41016
Broken up at Tucson 2003
1063
L-1011-1 23/02/1974 N15017
Scrapped 10/2009
1080
L-1011-1 20/06/1974 N31023
Stored at Kingman 2001
1098
L-1011-1 13/12/1974 N81025
Scrapped at Greenville 1997
1104
L-1011-1 19/04/1975 N81026
Broken up at Marana 1999
1109
L-1011-1 18/05/1980 N31029
Broken up 2001
1115
L-1011-1 29/08/1975 N31031
Broken up at Kingman 1999
1232
L-1011-100 26/05/1982 N7036T
Stored at Kingman 08/2002
1014
L-1011-1 16/05/1991 N11002
Destroyed by fire after aborting take off (30/07/1992) at New York JFK

I included 1013 in case it was returned by Air Transat earlier than reported.

HTH

TW operated the L-1011 and 762 on the CDG-IAD route.

TW891 was the flight number CDG-IAD

Can I pile on? SVO-JFK, KrasAir, July 16th, 1996. Would love to find out the tail number and details.

I've been wondering if the TWA computer system and records are still kept/maintained by AA, and if there is anyone that could look up such requests. I have been able to find out through the BTS website and detective work the registrations of 3 of my 6 TWA flights. Unfortunately public records only go back to 1995 or so, and only for domestic flights.

I'm also looking for flight details with AA ORY-ORD during summer 1998 (timetable and registration).

Someone can help me on this ?

Hi everybody,

Still looking for the tail number of this 1991 TWA flight from CDG to IAD.
First of all, can someone confirm the correct flight number I recently got : April 25th 1991, TWA flight from CDG to IAD, is it TW803 ?

Thank you.

I have a TWA time table effective May 1, 1991. For CDG-IAD it shows flight 895. It doesn't list the type, just WIDEBODY (B747/L1011/B767).

With a connection through JFK it shows flights 803 and 703, but flight 703 went to DCA. Flight 803 was CDG-JFK as far back as 1970 and still listed as such in 1995, so unless you made a connection in JFK I wouldn't think it was flight 803, though I don't have the exact time table to tell for sure.