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many times, when arriving at the curb out in front of the terminal, you were treated by the sound of screaming Rolls-Royce Dart propeller-turbine engines. (Of course, they could also belong to one of United's Viscounts.)
A sure signal that an F-27 and later FH-227 or YS-11 was moving. They also had Martin 404's. One thing for sure is PI stayed busy at ATL. None of their aircraft stayed for long. The other thing I recall was how nice the Piedmont employees were. The were certainly efficient as well. It wasn't unusual to see six aircraft using two gates!
I won't forget the first time I saw a PI 727-100. Could hardly believe it. PI was getting competive with the big guys!
Then came the 737's. Like all the other carriers of the day those early JT-8D's put out some soot! I got used to the tails of the 727's being blackened or the fuselage aft of the wings on the 737's.
Another thing I recall is how strange the old livery looked on those new jets. When the new livery came out it looked really sharp. Especially on the 767's.
Over the years I only flew on PI three trips.An FH-227 from ATL to DCA that must have made five stops and provided a very scenic tour of North Carolina and Virginia through those large oval Windows. And then in the early 1980's a 737 from ATL to CLT x to a 727-200 CLT to TPA. I remember the 737 stopped in Tri-Cities along the way, and the 727 was full out of CLT. The surprise was a very good dinner that I thought rivaled any of the big guys of that era.
It was quite a shock when Piedmont got swallowed up by US Air.
Slowly the old Piedmont birds were repainted and the name finally disappeared,altogether.
Just like the disappearance of EA a few years later, ATL never seemed quite the same again without them.