We never traveled in style like “Iron Maiden’s” 747, but our team used to fly charter most of the time. The buses I mentioned in an
earlier post were used only for short trips. Most of the “Big 10” schools are located in the mid-west United States.
The first picture is a 757 carrying the football team. The second is a 737 carrying the men’s basketball team. That’s our airport. The university owned a 727 and 737 but they were used exclusively by the aviation technology program. The 727 had been donated in the 60’s or 70’s by United so students could work on it. I’d never get on it...
It was destroyed in 2006.
“ATA” is who I have flown on the most of all the airlines. My "ex" (six years older and once a cheerleader for Indiana University our main rival) and I flew it all the time. I've probably flown on that 757 both as a player and as a married man on vacation...
Based in Indy, they offered non-stop service to places like Miami and Las Vegas.
They declared “Chapter 11” in 2008 and were bought by Southwest (I think). I graduated well before that so no, it was never a 737 “Max 8.”
(The last picture is the "old" logo used in the 2000's. Adding Penn State in the 90's made 11. But they didn't want to call it the "Big 11." See what they did? Now there are 14. Or 15. Or 16... Getting old, can't keep up.)