*********** American Trans Air Boeing 727-2B7 (Old Colors) ***********


Original design by: Bill Alderson
American Trans Air repaint by: Michael Pickney

File last updated on 10/26/98


Indianapolis based American Trans Air began service in 1973 as the 
management company for Ambassadair, an air travel club and provided 
the aircraft, flight crews, and operating expertise for the travel 
club's vacation packages. In 1981 ATA was certified as a common-air 
carrier. Today ATA provides scheduled service to popular vacation
destinations in five Florida cities, the Caribbean, Mexico, Phoenix, 
Las Vegas, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hawaii from 
gateways in Chicago, Indianapolis and Milwaukee. This aircraft, 
registration number N768AT, painted in ATA's older blue and gold 
livery represents 1 of 24 Boeing 727-200 series aircraft operated by 
the airline. 


Features:

* Night	lighted passenger windows.
* Landing light definition file included (LLADD program required).


Installation:

1.  Unzip all files to a temporary directory. Then... 

FS5: 
 
1.  Copy the At7272v1.air file to your FS5 Pilots folder.
2.  Copy the texture files At7272v1.0af thru At7272v1.9af to your FS5 
Textures folder.

FSFW95 or FS98:

1. Use the Microsoft Aircraft and Adventure Converter for either FSFW95 
or FS98 to convert the files.


Note:

This aircraft converts extremely well to FS98. It looks best in 3D full
screen mode with MIP mapping turned off.


Legal Stuff:

The designer accepts no responsibility or liability for any damages 
incurred due to the use of these files. These files are freeware. 
They are meant to be distributed freely. They may only be made 
available for download at other sites if they are to be distributed 
for free and in current form. They may never be placed on a CD 
(except for personal storage) or any other medium for purpose of sale. 
They may not be used by anyone for monetary gain! These files may never 
be modified and must always be accompanied by this document. These 
files are protected under international copyright laws. If you have any 
questions or comments you may E-mail me at mpickney@pacbell.net . 


Acknowledgments:

Many thanks to Bill Alderson (Cyber Air Virtual Airlines President and
and contributor at the FREEFLIGHT Design Page) for supplying the great 
Boeing 727-200 .AFX file and for his invaluable assistance on this 
project. You may obtain many great AFX files just by visiting Bill's 
Cyber Air website at...
http://www.cyber-air.com/
Or by visiting the FREEFLIGHT Design Page at... 
http://www.geocities.com/~freefltdesign/

A very special thanks also to my patient teacher, most sincere critic,
and friend, the great Frank Safranek for his assistance with this 
project. To see some of Frank's fantastic aircraft visit his Preflight 
Checklist website at...
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/6721/
Or visit the FREEFLIGHT Design Page at... 
http://www.geocities.com/~freefltdesign/


Copyrights:

Boeing 727-200 AFX/FDE and portions of this document Copyright 
(c) 1997 Bill Alderson.  

American Trans Air repaint and portions of this document Copyright 
(c) 1998 Michael Pickney.


For the most current version of this aircraft and many more Wisconsin 
related aircraft and scenery files visit my website, "Michael's 
Wisconsin Flight Simulator Page" at 
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4925/

If you have any questions or comments you may E-Mail me at 
mpickney@pacbell.net


The following excerpt is from Bill Alderson's original text file:

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                       Cyber Air Boeing 727-200
                                      
                                  by

                      Bill Alderson - 76763,3601

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Aircraft Data:

        The Boeing 727-200 is powered by three Pratt and
        Whitney JT8D-17R turbojet engines producing about
        16,000 lbs of thrust.

        Wing span....................108 ft.
        Length overall...............153 ft.
        Max cruise speed.............mach .80
        Max speed (Vmo)..............mach .84
        Service Ceiling..............37,000 ft.
        Runway length t/o............9,200 ft
        Runway length landing........4,690 ft.
        Clean stall..................148 kts.
        Dirty stall (flaps & gear)...104 kts.
        
        V1      Vr      V2      Weight          Vref
        138    140      142     190,000 lbs     140 kts.
      

Acknowlegements:

        The Cyber Air HC's for flight testing the daylights 
        out of this thing.  <G>

Legal Stuff:

        This aircraft is freeware.  You may do anything you like
        with it except sell it.  Enjoy!

        Bill Alderson/Cyber Air President
        CIS UID: 76763,3601
        

                      Sept. 1998 Michaelsoft Inc.
