Adam told me years ago that he was forced out of the original organization by the financial backers. One of my reference publications shows them (Voyager 1000) with primarily Easterns old aircraft. N11VG was originally N5520. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 6:53 PM Subject: Re: SFGate: ATA Airlines to Expand Service Very interesting history at ATA. Too bad they took on a massive debt load at exactly the wrong time. In a message dated 1/23/2006 5:36:35 PM Central Standard Time, exatc@xxxxxxxxxx writes: A LOOK AT ATA OVER THE YEARS â?¢ 1973: Latvia native J. George Mikelsons, former chief pilot and director of operations at Voyager 1000 travel club, forms his own club, Ambassadair.