Friday, December 07, 2001

Movements week of 12.01.01

01Dec-
UAL9185 B72S DEN-VCV N7266U

02Dec-
UAL9186 B732 IND-VCV N995UA

03Dec-
USA9290 B732 BWI-PHX N268AU
USA9291 B732 LGA-MCI-MHV N249US
USA9292 B732 PHX-MHV N244US
USA9293 B732 PHX-MHV N266AU
USA9294 F100 PIT-MCI-MHV N860US
USA9295 F100 PIT-MCI-MHV N869US
USA9297 F100 RDU-MCI-MHV N863US
USA9298 F100 LAS-MHV N858US
USA9299 F100 LAS-MHV N881US
UAL9187 B72S ORD-VCV N7276U
UAL9188 B72S IND-VCV N7281U
UAL9189 B732 IND-VCV N979UA

04Dec-
USA9290 B732 PHX-MHV N251US
USA9291 B732 PHX-MHV N256US
USA9292 F100 MCI-MHV N888US
USA9293 F100 MCI-MHV N892US
N867US F100 arr MHV
N801US MD81 arr MHV
N815MK DC-8 dep MHV for MK Airlines

05Dec-
USA9290 F100 PHX-MHV N896US
USA9291 F100 MCI-MHV N893US
USA9292 F100 MCI-MHV N895US
USA9293 F100 MCI-MHV N897US
N56CD B734 MZJ-PAE

06Dec-
N925TS B72S MHV-YLW
N620FF B747 MZJ-HNL
DLH8850 B747 PHX-MZJ D-ABYX
N89CD B734 MZJ-PAE
NWA9750 DC10 arr ROW N220NW
N246US B732 PHX-MHV
N247US B732 PHX-MHV
N259AU B732 PHX-MHV
N265AU B732 PHX-MHV
N669HA D95 HNL-MHV
N730AA B72S DFW-MHV

Monday, December 03, 2001

Marana (MZJ)
12.02.01

Noted during the visit to the Army Air Guard open house:

VH-EAB - B747SP - full Qantas c/s
D-ABZB - B747 - Lufthansa Cargo full c/s
N73730 - B762 - ex Egyptair
N431AV - DC10 - ex Viasa, derelict
N856FT - B747 - ex Polar, derelict fuselage hulk
N919SJ - L100 - ex Southern, derelict
N93108 - B747 - ex TWA, derelict
N461AT - B732 - ex Airtran, derelict
N611US - B747 - ex Northwest, derelict
N93107 - B747 - ex TWA, derelict
N160UA - B747 - ex United, derelict
N306TW - B747 - ex TWA, wfu being scrapped
N792BA - B743 - a/w, wfu being scrapped
N793BA - B743 - a/w, wfu being scrapped
N728DA - L10 - ex Delta, std
N146UA - B747SP - ex United, being scrapped
P4-MDF, -MDG, -MDH - MD90 - all ProAir full c/s, stored

* 2 ex El Al B757
* 5 ex American MD90s


Base Visit - Silverbell Army Heliport, Marana, AZ (MZJ)
12.02.01

Noted during "Family & Friends Day" at the base:

Gate guards
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66-15255 - AH1F Cobra
67-15471 - AH1S Cobra
70-15143 - OH58 Kiowa

AH64 Apache
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90-0311
90-0313
90-0314*
90-0315
90-0322
90-0323
90-0324
90-0325*
90-0326
90-0331
90-0334
90-0336*
90-0337
90-0416
90-0417
90-0418
90-0420*
90-0421

* - on display & photographed.
Note - 90-0335 was W/O 10Jul00 in the crash nr. Gila Bend.

OH58A Kiowa
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Note - Somewhat difficult to tie up. All are marked 0-xxxxx on the engine cowling, with the full serial written in small font on the starboard fuselage just behind the cockpit. Only the last 5 digits tie up ... I had to search for the first 2 digits. Below I've provided what's marked on the aircraft, the actual serial, and the c/n in brackets. This was all researched from Joe Baugher's website.

"21292" - being rebuilt inside hangar. Cannot find any ref. to this one.
"80J" - on flatbed truck, being prepared for delivery to Ft. Rucker. This one had flight-training (day-glo orange) markings.
70-15517 [41068] "0-15517" - OH58 w/ FLIR pod underneath
69-16206 [40427] "0-16206"
71-20465 [41326] "0-20465"
69-16186 [40407] "0-16186"
69-16347 [40568] "0-16347"
70-15167 [40718] "0-15167"
69-16291 [40429] "0-16291"
69-16268 [40489] "0-16268"
69-16204 [40425] "0-16204"

Small compound off the main ramp
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69-16208 [40429] - OH58A - WFU, derelict
78-23110 - AH1F Cobra - stored
68-17014 - AH1F Cobra - stored
69-16434 - AH1F Cobra - stored
69-16416 - AH1F Cobra - stored
70-16032 - AH1F Cobra - stored

* Missed 1 UH60 Blackhawk parked distantly on the main ramp.