Tuesday, December 30, 2003

America West Airlines
Boeing 737-277
22651 N184AW last flight for America West planned to be on Jan06-2004 then it will be parked from Jan07-2004 as being out of c-check hours.

The next two leased Airbus A320 will be N602AW and N603AW (I do not have c/n for those two)

I wish you all a Happy New Year.

Sunday, December 28, 2003

Phoenix Dec28-2003.

I had a chance to visit Williams gateway and Falcon Field, but too short time, so I only list what I can confirm. So it is far from a complete list.

Williams Gateway
There were only the usual 2 MD-82
49393 N16894 all white no titles/log operating for the US Marshall
49394 N16895 As above

other a/c seen
Lockhhed CF-104 N104 104633
Lockheed T2V-1A n447TV 144735

Falcon Field, Mesa

Ford Tri-Motor 5-AT-C
N414H 74 In basic the old Scenic colors, but with "Grand Canyon.Com" titles, parked at the Confederate Air Force

Douglas DC-4
36031 N438NA sprayer

English Electric Canberra
N76465 HP181B still in Royal navy colors
N76764 EEP13535 as above

Lockheed PV-2
15-1473 ex BU37527 now in new painted RAF colors as "492"
Parked in front of CAF

Douglas C-47
12693 N88874 now parked in front of CAF

Boeing B-17
44-83514 N9323Z was out flying making touch and go's.
America West Airlines will lease 1 Airbus A320 from Boullion Aviation Services and 3 A320 from ILFC all to be delivered before June 01-2004, I am sure N601AW is one of the 4 aircraft.
Further AWE will receive 2 new A320 later in 2004 from Airbus Industrie.

Wednesday, December 24, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
24Dec-2003


Happy Holidays to all!

* Ex-Varig B767-241ER PP-VNQ [23804], previously stored at Goodyear, was re-registered N767QT and ferried GYR-TUS-SNN on 11Dec-2003.

* Ex-Philippines B747-475 N971PG [25422], previously stored at Marana, has been painted for Aerolineas Argentinas and will be the first of the type for the carrier.

* A B727-200 registered 5N-OTI was ferried VCV-MIA on 17Dec. It was noted at MIA wearing basic Delta (1997 middle c/s). Previous ID or c/n??

* Northwest B747-251B N638US [23549], previously stored at Marana, was ferried MZJ-AMA on 19Dec-2003 for repaint into new colors.

* Ex Rio-Sul B737-500 PT-SSD [28565], previously stored at Goodyear, was repainted into AdamAir (Indonesia) colors and re-registered N565LS for air-testing. Departed 15Dec-2003 on delivery and was de-registered (nose gear door had 'KA'). Photo (and slide auction) at:

http://www.airlinehobby.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=441147088

* Ex USAirways F-100 N860US [11295], previously stored at Mojave, was ferried MHV-CMH and eastward to Europe on 22Dec-2003.

* Ex-Gemini Air Cargo DC-10-30 N608GC [46921] was ferried GYR-PHX-LGW on 19Dec-2003.

* Ex-United Express/Air Wisconsin BAe ATP N856AW [2032], previously stored at Kingman, was noted arriving into Blackpool, UK, on 22Dec-2003 on delivery to Emerald Airways.

* An ex-UPS B727, either N211UP or N212UP (both stored at Roswell), was re-registered 9M-TGK and ferried ROW-OAK-HNL and westward on delivery to Transmile Air (Malaysia), on 21Dec-2003.

Aircraft movements
==================
11Dec
N767QT B767 GYR-TUS-SNN

15Dec
AAY901 MD80 LAS-GYR

16Dec
9M-TGK B72S airtest ROW (either N211UP or N212UP)
N130AR C130 MZJ-BJC
N971PG B744 airtest MZJ
FAO9901 B72S TUS-MIA
GTI923 B747 ROW-ANC
NASA911 B747 MZJ-EDW

17Dec
5N-OTI B72S VCV-MIA
AAY9861 MD83 GYR-LAS

18Dec
N143G MD80 VNY-MHV
SXA52 F100 MHV-CMH

19Dec
ABD16P B747 Departed MZJ for BGR, but turned back to MZJ.
ALV9941 B72S MIA-TUS
AMX824 DC-9 MEX-PHX-GYR XA-AMC
NWA9750 B747 MZJ-AMA N638US

21Dec
9M-TGK B727 ROW-OAK

22Dec
SXA192 F100 MHV-CMH N860US

23Dec
CHP2707 B732 MHV-LAS
TSC85 A310 YMX-MHV D-AIDA (to C-GVAT)

24Dec
EIA4242 B747 ONT-MZJ
GTI835 B747 SUU-ROW*
UPS9716 B727 LIT-ROW*

* - planned

Monday, December 22, 2003

Goodyear, AZ Dec13-2003
The report is as usual not complete, becasue of the way the aircraft are parked behind the hangar.


Airbus A300
0235 203 N307FV All white no titles/logo
0304 203 N308FV All white, with PAL tail fin.

Airbus A310
0570 324 N229BA Basic Singapore Airlines colors, no titles/logo

Airbus A319
0890 112 N701UW Full US Airways colors
0896 112 N702UW Full US Airways colors
0904 112 N703UW Full US Airways colors
1136 112 N725US Full US Airways colors
1155 112 N728UW Full US Airways colors
1170 112 N729US Full US Airways colors

Airbus A320
0283 211 N754US All white, dark tail color. No titles/logo
0857 232 N450UA Full United colors


Boeing 727
18843 76C N721JE United Postal Service colors
19089 22C N426EX United Postal Service colors
19090 22C N427EX United Postal Service colors
19097 22C N428EX United Postal Service colors
19099 22C N421EX United Postal Service colors
19287 51C N416EX United Postal Service colors
19289 51C N436EX United Postal Service colors
19290 61C N417EX United Postal Service colors
19475 223 N316NE United Postal Service colors
19495 223 N314NE United Postal Service colors
19597 82C N528PC United Postal Service colors
19665 172C N527PC United Postal Service colors
19702 223 N313NE United Postal Service colors
19703 223 N311NE United Postal Service colors
20042 134C N424EX United Postal Service colors
20190 223 N315NE United Postal Service colors
20193 223 N312NE United Postal Service colors
20643 232 N17789 Platinum colors
20661 224F EC-HBH All white
20662 224F EC-HBR as above
21248 224 N76752 All white no titles/logo
21364 227 N86426 All white no titles/logo
21366 227 C-FACW Allcanada colors, no titles/logo/registration
21495 281F N328FV White with Australian Air Express titles.
21557 222 N7279U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21565 222 N7287U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21566 222 N7288U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21567 222 N7289U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21569 222 N7291U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21570 222 N7292U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21571 222 N7293U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21572 222 N7294U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21826 2Q8 N831L Basic Delta colors
21892 222 N7297U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21897 222 N7443U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21901 222 N7447U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21905 222 N7451U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21906 222 N7452U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21908 222 N7454U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21913 222 N7459U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21989 231 N84357 Basic Capital Cargo colors, no titles/logo

Boeing 737
21735 2Q8 N121NJ Full old Vanguard colors
21927 2S2C N806AL Full Aloha colors.
22575 2U9 N149AW Full America West colors, no engines
22792 2E3 N138AW Full America West colors, no engines
22859 247 N235WA full Delta Express colors
22979 2T5 N120NJ Full old Vanguard colors
23091 232 N319DL Full Delta Express colors
23104 232 N332DL Full Delta Express colors
23185 247 N237WA Full Delta Express colors
23218 3G7 N150AW Basic America West Airlines colors, no titles/logo
23219 3G7 N151AW Basic Amercia West Airlines colors, no titles/logo
23359 3TO N14308 Basic Continental colors, no titles logo (except partly logo on rudder)
24360 322 N354UA Full United colors
24361 322 N355UA Full United colors
24362 322 N356UA Full United colors
24454 322 N361UA Full United colors
25100 4Q8 N763AS Full Alaksa Airlines colors (For maint?)
25105 4Q8 N772AS Full Alaska Airlines colors (For maint?)
28565 56N N565LS Full AdamAir colors, was out for engine test


Boeing 747
21550 206B N725SA Basic KLM colors, no titles/logo
22709 SR-81 JA8156 Basic All Nippon colors, no titles/logo
24066 412 N728BA All white with blue tail, no titles/logo
24405 4H6 N73714 Basic Malaysian Airways colors, no titles/logo/registration

Boeing 757
23227 236 N227AN White/grey colors, no titles/logo

Boeing 767
22215 232 N103DA Full Delta colors
22218 232 N106DA Full Delta colors
22224 232 N112DL Full Delta colors
22226 232 N114DL Full Delta colors
22227 232 N115DA Full Delta colors
23801 241 PP-VNN Full VARIG colors
23802 241 PP-VNO Full VARIG colors
23803 241 PP-VNP full VARIG colors
23805 241 PP-VNR full VARIG colors
23806 241 PP-VNS full VARIG colors
27962 332ER N186DN Full Delta colors

Boeing 777
26917 222 N766UA Full United colors
26935 222 N789UA Full United colors
27108 236 N702BA All white, no titles/logo
27109 236 N703BA All white, no titles/logo
28714 222 N205UA Full United colors
30213 222 N207UA Full United colors
30214 222 N208UA Full United colors


British Aerospace BAe-146 (Avro RJ-85A)
E.2351 N526XJ Full Northwest Airlink colors
E.2352 N527XJ Full Northwest Airlink colors
E.2363 N529XJ Full Northwest Airlink colors

Douglas DC-7C
45549 N777EA No titles/logo


Douglas DC-9
48125 32 N481SF Basic Aeromexico colors, no titles/logo
48126 32 XA-AMB Basic Aeromexicolors, no titles logo.

McDonnell Douglas MD-80
49111 82 N951AS All white, no titles/logo.
49233 83 N932AS All white, no titles/logo.
49480 82 N15820 Basic Continental colors, no titles logo (except parly on rudder).
49399 83 N316FV Full Transjet colors
49442 83 N494AP Full Avioimpex colors
49483 82 N76823 Basic Continental colors, no titles/logo
49777 87 N807NK All white no titles/logo, no engines

Douglas DC-10
47812 N1853U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
46540 N304SP All white no titles/logo
47889 N306FV All white no titles/logo

McDonnel Douglas MD-11
48476 N805DE Full Delta colors
48479 N808DE Full Delta colors
48480 N809DE Full Delta colors
48499 PP-VPN Full VARIG colors
48500 PP-VPO Full VARIG colors.
48501 PP-VPP Full VARIG colors
48565 N810DE Full Delta colors
48579 N276UP All white no titles/logo
48600 N813DE Full Delta colors
48601 N812DE Full Delta colors
48623 N814DE Full Delta colors
48624 N815DE Full Delta colors
48774 N275UP All white no titles/logo.


Airbus A320-232
1935 reg N601AW Dec05-2003 to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee on lease to America West Airlines. Ferried from Germany as N601AW Dec19-2003 to Macon, GA for D-check.

Friday, December 12, 2003

Boulder City, NV Dec10-2003

Fokker F-27
10287 200 N278MA still stored in full Eagle colors
10297 200 N279MA as above
10394 600 N10394 as above
Las Vegas, NV Dec12-2003

Douglas DC-10-30
47837 N1855U still here as an empty hull still in basic United colors

Fokker 100 both in full US Airways colors.
11392 N897US
11398 N898US

De Havilland DHC-8-102
82 N841PH full US Airways Express colors.

Friday, December 05, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
05Dec-2003


* Lake Charles/Chennault, LA (CWF) 29Nov-2003
Noted by my brother during a visit-
===========================================
N59106 A300F a/w
N59107 A300F a/w
N59139 A300F a/w
N59140 A300F a/w
N68142 A300F a/w
N715PA A300F ICC Air Cargo
XA-TUE A300F Aero Union
9V-STO A310 Biman n/t

No sign of any A320s, etc, although it was a Saturday and the hangar doors were
closed.

* Ex-Metrojet B737-200 N273AU [22885], previously stored at Mojave, was ferried
MHV-TUS on 13Oct-2003. Noted at Tucson on 11Nov-2003 wearing full Congo
Airways colors and registration N273AU. Finally departed Tucson on delivery
28Nov-2003, using N273AU as its callsign. On 04Dec-2003, it was cancelled from
the US register as exported to Sierra Leone.

* Global Peace Initiative B747SP-09 N4522V [22805] was ferried MDT-TUS on
01Dec-2003 for maintenance. Photo:

http://www.cactuswings.com/photos/0312/tus0312n4522v2.jpg

* Ex-ATA B757-200 N521AT [24368], previously stored at Mojave, was painted for
new Thai carrier One-Two-Go and re-registered HS-OTA. Departed Mojave on
delivery 26Nov-2003.

* Ex-Metrojet B737-200 N242US [22444], currently stored at Tucson, will undergo
a C-check, presumably for impending sale.

* Blue Moon Aviation A319 N320NP [1494] was noted at Phoenix 03/04Dec-2003 on a
charter for the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team. Blue Moon has the
team's charter contract this season, a check of www.nba.com will provide the
team's schedule. Photo:

http://www.cactuswings.com/photos/0312/phx0312n320np.jpg

Aircraft movements
==================
28Nov
N273AU B732 TUS-YWG Congo Airways

01Dec
N368CE B733 ELM-MZJ
N4522V B74L MDT-TUS
N707JT B707 VCV-BGR
DAL9900 B732 GYR-ATL
GCO4001 DC10 MZJ-MIA

02Dec
C-GHVX CL2T OMA-DVT
N260GL BE1 MZJ-ICT
MES3690 RJ85 MSP-GYR

03Dec
N747GE B747 VCV-YUM
MES3690 RJ85 MSP-GYR
UPS9042 DC-8 ROW-GSO

04Dec
N764AT B72S ROW-JAX
AAL9604 F100 DFW-MHV N1430D '2BJ'
FAO9903 B72S TUS-MIA

05Dec
N703AA B72S MIA-TUS
N822V DC10 FAI-MHV*
AAL9624 F100 DFW-MHV N1440A

* planned movement



Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
26Nov-2003


News items
==========
* United A320 N495UA [1842], the first aircraft to wear the livery of "Ted", was noted at Phoenix 20Nov-2003. First revenue flight was UAL1237 DEN-LAS on 19Nov-2003.

* Ex-Hawaiian DC-10 N141AA [46713], previously stored at Mojave, was re-registered 9G-ANE for Ghana Airways and departed 23Nov-2003 on delivery.

* Ex-ATA B757 N521AT [24368], currently stored at Mojave, has been repainted in Orient Thai / One-Two-Go colors and is being re-registerd HS-OTA. It has not departed Mojave yet.

* China Postal B737-300QC N278HE [24578] was noted at Goodyear on 24Nov-2003 in full colors. Nearby was China Southern B737-300QC N279HE [24279].

* USAirways A319 N706US [946], previously stored at Goodyear, returned to service on 23Nov-2003, ferrying GYR-PHX-PIT as USA9234.

* Ex-Iberia B757 EC-FXV [26241], previously stored at Goodyear, was re-registered N26ND and departed GYR-TUS-YQX-STN on 25/26Nov-2003. The aircraft, which is all white, was due for Hola Airlines, Spain.

* President Bush visited Phoenix on 25Nov-2003 for a few hours. He arrived on board VC-25 92-9000. Also present was C-5A 90001 (Travis), C-17 21109 (McChord), and the press aircraft was USA 3000 A320 N264AV [1867].

* Ex-United B737-200 N977UA [21508], previously stored at Victorville, was purchased by SkyKing for sports charters; it departed VCV on 16Oct-2003.

Aircraft movements
==================
17Nov
N559AU B733 airtest MHV
DAL9900 B732 GYR-ATL N238WA
NWA9868 B747 DTW-MZJ N634US

19Nov
N754US A320 BFI-GYR

20Nov
N8881Z B72F MIA-TUS Cougar n/t
AAL9766 MD80 ROW-MCI N902TW
FDX9055 DC10 airtest MHV

21Nov
N429UE JS32 IGM-AMA
BOE079 B777 GYR-IWA N702BA or N703BA
FDX9034 DC10 MHV-BGR
KHA751 B72S MZJ-DFW N751US

22Nov
SXA51 F100 YQB-KEF

24Nov
N270AU B732 MHV-SFO-HNL-GUM-RPLL
ABD34P B763 JFK-MZJ
CFG670 B753 airtest MZJ
SWA5200 B732 PHX-MHV N80SW
UAL9828 B777 SFO-GYR N789UA
UAL9926 B72S VCV-GYR N7279U

25Nov
N26ND B757 GYR-TUS-YQX

26Nov
ACA7056 B744 YYZ-MZJ C-GMWW
CFG670 B753 MZJ-BGR D-ABOA
WOA910 MD11 ROW-GYR


Friday, November 21, 2003

Tucson Update

A small update...

- Congo Airways 737-200 N273AU still present. Has not moved since 11/13.

- Cougar Cargo (N/T) 727-200 N8881Z a new arrival on the ramp. The other 2 Cougar Cargos, as noted in the logs, have been undergoing engine runs and movement around the ramp, but were back in stored positions today (11/21).

- Casino Express Red Lion N344TM spotted Tuesday (11/18) but has not been spotted since, possible maintenance.

-K

Saturday, November 15, 2003

Aeromexico
Boeing 737-752/W
33784 XA-BAM first revenue service Nov10-2003 AM200 Mexico City-Torreon TRC.
33785 XA-CAM delivered Las Vegas-Mexico City Nov06-2003 AM887 without winglets, they will be fitted at Mexico City by Aeromexico.

Friday, November 14, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
14Nov-2003


News items
==========

* Ex-USAirways B737-300 N338US [23234], previously stored at Mojave, ferried MHV-HNL-YAP-QPG 09Nov-2003 on delivery to Air Asia.

* Ex-USAirways B737-200 N273AU [22885], currently at Tucson, has been painted for Congo Airways (with old registration of N273AU). It was due to deliver TUS-YWG and eastward on 14Nov-2003.

* Ex-Singapore A310 9V-STV [570] was re-registered N229BA and ferried SIN-HNL-GYR on 13Nov-2003 as "N229BA".

* The Commemorative Air Force held a fly-in at Mesa-Falcon Field (FFZ) on 08/09Nov-2003. Cactus Wings has a small photo album of the event:

http://www.cactuswings.com/photos/ffz0311/ffz0311.htm

Deliveries
==========

08Nov N923FR Frontier A319 [2019] BGR-PHX
10Nov N572MS CL604 [5572] YUL-TUS

Aircraft movements
==================
07Nov
N1003X MD80 MEX-LAS-MHV

08Nov
N566AN B757 MHV-PAE

10Nov
N435EX B727 GYR-AEX
N767AN B757 MHV-TUS-BOG
WOA910 MD11 GYR-DAY

11Nov
BOE610 MD11 airtest GYR N275UP
FDX9028 DC10 airtest GYR
SXA28 F100 MHV-CMH N860US (needs confirm)
UAL9916 B767 SFO-VCV

13Nov
N229BA A310 HNL-GYR
N910AE JS32 ELP-IGM
FDX9031 DC10 airtest GYR

14Nov
N273AU B732 TUS-YWG* Congo Airways
N454TA A320 SAL-TUS-FAI*
FDX9020 DC10 GYR-BGR
SXA188 B732 MHV-TAP-LIM* N369DL

* planned movement

Sunday, November 09, 2003

McDonnell Douglas MD-82
48067 N1003X Aeromexico flew Nov07-2003 AM895 Mexico-City-Las Vegas-Mojave on return to Aviation Capital Group Holding Corp.

Wednesday, November 05, 2003

Phoenix Nov04-2003


When I landed this morning in Las Vegas Boeing 737-752W 33785 XA-CAM Aeromexico was parked on the FBO ramp, withour winglets.

Douglas DC-3 N101KC Western Airways LLC was also parked at the FBO, has a big name on the nose "Rose".

Tuesday, November 04, 2003

Ref my CAN from yesterday Nov03
XA-BAM was off course delivered from Everett (PAE) to Mexico City, my fault sorry.
The next XA-CAM will be delivered to Aeromexico in LAS this week.

Mc Donnell Douglas MD-82
49423 N891GA seen today at Las Vegas, McCarren in new Allegiant Air colors.

Monday, November 03, 2003

Boeing 737-752W
33783 XA-AAM First revenue service for Aeromexico AM579 Mexico City-Cancun Nov01-2003.
33784 XA-BAM Delivered Renton-Mexico City Oct30-2003

Friday, October 31, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
31Oct-2003


Aircraft news
=============
* America West B737-200 N183AW [22650] flew last revenue service as HP707 LAX-PHX on 23Oct-2003. Noted stored on the maintenance ramp at Phoenix on 27Oct-2003 minus titles and tail logo. Ferried PHX-MHV on 31Oct-2003 as N183AW.

* Last week I reported an Allegiant MD-80 at Phoenix, which chartered the Northern Arizona University football team. I incorrectly reported the registration of N860GA - it was actually N890GA. N890GA is still showing as reserved on the FAA website, with a previous ID of N33817.

* Ex-USAirways B737-200 N249US [22756], previously stored at Mojave, has been purchased by Aviacsa.

* Ex-Hawaiian DC-10-30 N140AA [46712], previously stored at Mojave, was painted for and delivered to Ghana Airways. It ferried MHV-BWI on 24Oct-2003.

* Ex-UPS B727-200s N211UP [21700] and N212UP [21392], currently stored at Roswell, have been sold to Transmile (Malaysia).

* Ex-Rio Sul B737-500 PT-SSM [25191], currently stored at Goodyear, has been leased to Skyeurope.

* Ex-JAL MD-11 JA8588 [48579] ferried NRT-TUS-GYR on 27Oct-2003 for conversion/delivery to UPS.

Aircraft movements
==================
27Oct
BOE8579 MD11 NRT-TUS-GYR JA8588
FAO9901 B72S MIA-TUS

28Oct
DAL9900 B732 GYR-ATL N238WA

29Oct
N63SW B732 IGM-OKC
DAL9900 B762 ATL-GYR

30Oct
DAL9903 B762 ATL-GYR
FAO9900 B72S TUS-MIA

31Oct
N183AW B732 PHX-MHV
N230AN A320 MHV-MEX*
N316FV MD82 YYR-TUS* ex SE-RBR
ACA7056 B763 YVR-MZJ
FDX9074 A310 MHV-YQX
VRG9940 MD11 MIA-PHX PP-VPN

Thursday, October 30, 2003

Boeing 737-277
22650 N183AW last revenue service for America West Airlines HP707 Oct23-2003 Los Angeles-Phoenix. Seen parked outside the hangar in Phoenix minus titles/logo Oct27/30-2003.

Las Vegas, McCarren (no changes)

Douglas Dc10-30
47837 N1855U still there as an empty shell, but the actually braking up hasn't started yet.

De Havilland DHC-8
82 N841PH Full US Airways Express colors

Fokker 100
11392 N897US Full US Airways colors
11398 N898US Full US Airways colors

Friday, October 24, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
24Oct-2003


Aircraft news
=============

* Ex-USAirways B737-200 N275AU [22887], previously stored at Tucson, was delivered to Aerogal (Ecuador) on 06Oct-2003.

* Ex-USAirways B737-200 N269AU [22881], previously stored at Tucson, was ferried Tucson-Goose Bay and onward to Europe on 22Oct-2003.

* Embraer ERJ-170 PP-XJA [170-0005] was noted at Phoenix on 22Oct-2003 on a demo tour. ERJ-175 PP-XJD is still at Deer Valley, last noted 23Oct-2003.

* FAA DC-3 N34 [33359] was noted at Phoenix 16Oct-2003 during a fueling stop on its way to the Miramar and Edwards airshows.

* Frontier A318 N804FR [2051] was noted at Phoenix 24Oct-2003 having arrived on delivery from Airbus.

* Mesa Airlines/America West Express CRJ-900 N908FJ [15008] was noted at Phoenix 24Oct-2003, having arrived on delivery.

* Ex Varig/Rio-Sul B737-500 PT-SSL [25185], previously stored at Goodyear, was painted and delivered to SkyEurope on 21Oct-2003.

Charter flights
===============
PHX/23Oct AC Jetz A320 C-GQCA (Toronto Maple Leafs)
PHX/23Oct B757 N757AF (Portland Trailblazers)
PHX/24Oct Allegiant MD82 N860GA (NAU Lumberjacks)

Aircraft movements
==================
12Oct
AVA3951 B757 GYR-BOG

13Oct
N757NA B757 MHV-PAE
N962BW C212 MZJ-RNO
UAL9893 B762 LAX-VCV*

14Oct
N271AU B732 MHV-MRY
BOE17 B717 VCV-MIA
UPS9567 B72F ROW-SAT

15Oct
AAL9665 A300 ROW-TUL

16Oct
N812US MD80 TUS-MEX

18Oct
AAL9624 B767 SJC-ROW N312AA

20Oct
WOA902 MD11 GYR-BWI

21Oct
N6937C L1049G MKC-SBD TWA "Save-A-Connie"
3D-ABQ B72S ROW-ELP ID??
CNX1 B72F GYR-YYZ
SXA184 B757 VCV-DFW N526NA

22Oct
N269AU B732 TUS-YQB
PP-XJA E170 PHX-? Embraer c/s
FDX9051 DC10 GYR-LAX N167AA?
GHA161 DC10 MHV-BWI

24Oct
AAL9672 F100 DFW-MHV
NWA9750 B757 MZJ-MSP N519US
NWA9751 B747 MSP-MZJ N625US
SXA49 F100 MHV-CMH*
UAL9881 B744 VCV-BFM
UAL9887 B733 GYR-LCQ*

* movement not verified


Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Boeing 737-700 XA-AAM 33783 that was seen in Las Vegas in full colors Oct07/08/09 - 2003 without winglets, flew Las Vegas-Tijuana-San Diego-Everett as AM859 Oct09 for mounting af the winglets, expected delivery Oct 17-2003.

McDonnell Douglas MD-82
49190 XA-AMQ flew as AM856 Mexico City-Phoenix-Goodyear in all white colors, no titles/logo stored at Goodyear Sep19-2003.

Friday, October 10, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
10Oct-2003


News items
==========
* Cebu Pacific DC-9-32 RP-C1546 [48133], previously N602ME and stored at Mojave, was delivered MHV-BFI and onward on 07Oct-2003.

* Ex-Metrojet B737-200s N270AU [22882], N276AU [22888], and N283AU [23116], have been purchased by Air Philippines. I have N270AU and N276AU recorded as stored Mojave, and N283AU at Tucson. Any updates to their status would be appreciated.

* Ex-Iberia B757-200 EC-FXV [26241], currently at Goodyear, has been leased to Hola Airlines (Spain). The aircraft was last seen at Goodyear on 06Sep-2003, any updates are appreciated.

* Ex-Delta B727-200 N525DA [21585], previously stored at Victorville, has been leased to Mandala Airlines.

* Earlier this week, Mesa Airlines made an offer to acquire Atlantic Coast Airlines for about $512m. The offer is still being considered by ACA.

* Ex-United B737-200s N996UA [22456] and N997UA [22457], currently at Tucson, have been painted for Space World Airlines (Nigeria) and have been seen with new registrations 5N-BGA and 5N-BGB. It is unknown whether the registrations fall in order with the C/Ns.

Aircraft movements
==================

07Oct
RP-C1546 DC-9 MHV-BFI delivery
ASA9300 MD80 airtest MZJ
DAL9900 B732 GYR-ATL*
WOA911 DC10 DAY-GYR

08Oct
N271AU B732 MHV-MRY
CHP2707 B732 MHV-LAS
UPS9029 B727 SDF-ROW

10Oct
N805US MD82 TUS-MIA
NWA9750 B757 DTW-MZJ N524US

* unconfirmed

Friday, October 03, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
03Oct-2003


Aircraft movements
==================
28Oct
RYN6001 DC10 GYR-OAK N572RY

29Oct
WOA904 MD11 GYR-LAX N271WA

01Oct
AAL9778 DC-9 VCV-ROW N931L

02Oct
N758BC B734 VCV-YXX
AAL9629 F100 DFW-MHV N1422J
AAL9630 F100 DFW-MHV N1441A
AAL9779 DC-9 VCV-ROW N979Z
ANA9398 B74R ANC-GYR
FAO9900 B72S TUS-MIA
FFT9272 B732 DEN-MZJ N1PC
NWA9873 B747 SFO-MZJ N626US
UPS9026 B727 ROW-SAT

03Oct
N203FN C212 MZJ-SKF
N368CE B733 airtest MZJ
N488UE JS32 IGM-DRO*
AAL9631 F100 DFW-MHV N1416A
WOA906 DC10 GYR-BWI
WOA912 MD11 GYR-ATL



Friday, September 26, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
26Sep-2003


News items
==========
* Saudi Arabia-based A310 P4-ABU [431] was at Phoenix 24-25Sep-2003, parked on the executive ramp.

* Ex Midwest DC-9-32 N602ME [48133], stored at Mojave, will be re-registered RP-C1546 and delivered to Cebu Pacific after final testing. Pictures of the aircraft can be found at:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=157250

* RCAF CC-115 Buffalo 115465 was noted at Phoenix 25Sep-2003 on the executive ramp.

* Ex-Air Canada DC-9-32 C-FTMZ [47598], currently stored at Mojave, has been purchased by Trans African Airlines of Mali.

* Ex-Rio Sul B737-500 PT-SSL [25185], currently stored at Goodyear, has been painted in Skyeurope colors.

* Ex-MetroJet B737-200 N251AU [22757], previously stored at Mojave, has been leased to Aviacsa.

Aircraft movements
==================
20Sep
N951AS MD80 MHV-GYR
N954AS MD80 MHV-GYR

23Sep
N858V DC10 FAI-MHV
BOE25 B717 VCV-MIA
DAL9900 B732 GYR-ATL
UPS9022 B72F ROW-SAT

24Sep
N14834 ATR ROW-CLE
N818US MD82 MHV-YWG
AAL9769 MD80 STL-ROW N927TW
AAR264 B763 ANC-MZJ
ACA7079 DC-9 MHV-YWG C-FTLT
COA9970 DC10 MHV-YRP N14079

25Sep
N2264 B732 MHV-PHX-YWG ex C-GPPW [22264]
ACA7056 B732 YYZ-MHV C-GRPW
DAL9931 MD11 GYR-ATL

26Sep
ABD18P B747 MZJ-IAH
DAL9931 B763 GYR-ATL
GLA1 Be1 CYS-MZJ
NWA9868 B747 NRT-MZJ





Thursday, September 25, 2003

Our own Kevin Trinkle was interviewed for a story in the San Diego Union Tribune about the 25th anniversary of the crash of PSA Flight 182. Read it here at:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/metro/news_1m25psa.html

Sunday, September 21, 2003

Ref my previous CAN, sorry but A/C N907AW 757 flew one extra day in the Sun's colors due to Hurricane Isabel and maint on our 757 fleet, so last revenue service in the Sun's colors was HP716 LAS-PHX Sep19-2003 ferried PHX-ROS as HP7818/20SEP for re-paint to standard America West Airlines colors.

Friday, September 19, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
19Sep-2003


News items
==========
* Mesa Airlines fleet update:

N501MJ CRJ7 [10047] seen 19Sep-2003, parked at Phoenix, all white
N513MJ CRJ7 [10111] United Express, departed PHX-LAX on 19Sep-2003
N514MJ CRJ7 [10116] United Express, seen 19Sep-2003, parked at Phoenix
N515MJ CRJ7 [10117] flew PHX-OKC on 13Sep-2003. Believed this aircraft was delivered in America West Exp colors, but is now being painted for United Express (unconfirmed)
N75999 CRJ2 [7471] was seen at Phoenix on 13Sep-2003 in full USAirways Express colors, and was gone by 15Sep.

* Ex-United B737-222 N9016U [19054], previously WFU at Las Vegas, has been completely broken up.

* Southwest B737-700 N444WN [29839] was delivered BFI-PHX on 17Sep-2003. Note - the ferry flight is confirmed, I'm assuming the reg is next in sequence, never did receive a positive sighting.

* Zantop L-188 Electra N343HA [1053] was seen at Phoenix parked on the east cargo ramp, 19Sep-2003.

* Ex-Lufthansa Cargo B747-200F D-ABZF [23621] (special c/s), currently stored at Marana, has been sold to Air Atlanta Icelandic. The deal also included D-ABZB and D-ABZI.

* Frontier JetExpress service will be operated by Horizon Air CRJ-700s starting in 2004. Tucson is a JetExpress destination.

* America West B757-200 N907AW [22691], currently in the Phoenix Suns special colors, is tentatively planned to be ferried PHX-ROW on 19Sep-2003 for painting into the normal America West colors.

Aircraft movements
==================
12Sep
RP-C1545 DC-9 MHV-BFI Cebu, ex N502ME
UAL9749 B767 LAX-VCV N608UA

13Sep
N856V DC10 FAI-MHV [47856]

15Sep
NWA9868 DC-9 MSP-MZJ
PLZ9401 B72S VCV-SAT
WOA906 MD11 GYR-BWI

16Sep
ASA9000 MD80 MHV-TUS*
DAL9900 B732 GYR-ATL N324DL
SXA181 MD82 MHV-ANC N829US

17Sep
N274AU B732 MHV-SFO

18Sep
N422BN B72S SBD-ONT-ICT
N602ME DC-9 airtest MHV

19Sep
N747GT B747 TUS-MZJ [22995] ex ZS-SKB
N769BC B767 VCV-XNA [23624]
SXA50 F100 MHV-CMH

Thursday, September 18, 2003

America West Boeing 757 N907AW will ferry from Phoenix to Roswell Sep19-2003 as HP7818
to be re-painted in standard America West Airlines colors.
Last revenue service in "The Suns" colors HP72 SEA-PHX Sep17-2003.

Monday, September 15, 2003

A MD-82 or MD-83 from Allegiant Air in a new color scheme seen today from the cockpit when we were taxiing out at LAS but I was unable to read the registration.

Airbus A320-232
2077 N761AW i/s with America West Airlines Sep15-2003 HP83 Phoenix-Baltimore.

Boeing 737-222
19054 N9016U has bow been completly broken up at Las vegas as of Sep13-2003

Saturday, September 13, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
12Sep-2003


News items
==========

* Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy PR-LEG [???] was noted at Phoenix on 10Sep-2003, it
departed later that day.

* Freedom Airlines changes:

CRJ700-
N501MJ [10047] was seen on 11Sep-2003 still all white with no titles.
N513MJ [10111] was noted at Phoenix on 11Sep-2003 in full United Express
colors.
N514MJ [10116] was delivered on 05Sep-2003. Not sure if the aircraft is for
America West Express or United Express.

CRJ900-
N907FJ [15007] has been registered to Freedom, but I have not seen a delivery
flight listed for it as of yet.

* America West A320 N671AW [2077] is being delivered to the airline today,
12Sep-2003, TLS-PHX (with stops).

* Southwest B737-700 N443WN [29838] was delivered BFI-PHX on 10Sep-2003.

* Ex-Midwest Express DC-9-32 N502ME [48132], currently at Mojave, has been sold
and will be operated by Cebu Pacific.

* Ex-USPS B727-100s N527PC [19665] and N528PC [19597], both currently stored at
Goodyear, have been potentially sold and will be operated by Northeast Bolivian
Airlines.

CACTUS WINGS NOTE: Our stored aircraft search page has been updated. Now you
can obtain a list of aircraft parked at any airfield for a specific date.
Also, please visit the Cactus Wings store, we now offer a large selection of
aviation prints, original slides, and airline memorabilia for sale and auction.
Look for additional improvements in the weeks ahead!

Aircraft movements
==================
06Sep
ASA9001 B734 SEA-GYR
WOA905 DC10 DAY-GYR

07Sep
ASA9001 MD80 SEA-MHV N951AS
ASA9002 MD80 SEA-MHV N954AS
GCO4025 DC10 IAH-MZJ
JAL7939 B743 VCV-NRT

08Sep
N130GA Be1 MZJ-PWA
N339US B733 airtest MHV
ASA9000 MD80 SEA-MHV N953AS

09Sep
N744SA B747 airtest MZJ
AAL9764 DC-9 VCV-ROW
WOA911 DC10 GYR-DAY*

10Sep
AAL9668 F100 ORD-MHV 2AB
UAL9893 B72S VCV-GYR N7294U

11Sep
N410EA DC-9 MIA-VCV
N763AT B72S ROW-JAX*
OAE502 DC10 LAX-VCV N540AX
SXA47 F100 MHV-CMH N896US

12Sep
N527DA B72S VCV-SBD*
ASA9001 MD80 SEA-MZJ*
WOA978 MD11 NKX-GYR

Friday, September 12, 2003

Airbus A320-232
2077 Reg. N671AW Sep11-2003 to US Bank Na Trustee on lease to America West Airlines. Delivered Toulouse-Prestwick-Bangor-Phoenix Sep12-2003 using registration as callsign. (While writing this he is overhead Toronto)

Friday, September 05, 2003


Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
05Sep-2003


News items
==========

* Ex-TWA L-1011 N31023 [1080], currently stored at Kingman, has been acquired by Viva International. No details were given on the intent of this purchase.

* Beech 1900C N138GA [UC-138], previously stored at Marana, departed the USA on 01Sep on delivery to National Airways, South Africa.

* Ex-Delta L-1011 N730DA [1199] ferried ROW-HNL on 02Sep. It then filed HNL-GUM on 03Sep but cancelled the flight after posting 3 departure times. On 04Sep, N730DA filed HNL-GUM, and departed Honolulu, but my flighttracker shows it as "arrived" at Midway Island (MDY), not Guam. Today, 05Sep, N730DA filed GUM-BKK twice, and both plans were cancelled.


30Aug
N508AU B733 departed MHV

02Sep
N730DA L10 ROW-HNL (see above)
CCP8000 B72S MSP-ROW
NWA9868 A320 PHX-MZJ
UAL9745 B744 SFO-VCV

03Sep
AAL9675 F100 DFW-MHV N1434A
AAL9676 F100 DFW-MHV N1426A
NWA9871 B747 DTW-MZJ

04Sep
N508DA B72S VCV-HNL
N514RS STAR SNA-MHV
AAL9606 B767 DFW-ROW
AAL9608 B767 JFK-ROW N308AA
AAL9609 F100 DFW-MHV N1437B
AAL9610 F100 DFW-MHV N1461C
AAL9611 F100 DFW-MHV N1420D
AAL9612 F100 DFW-MHV
AAL9615 B767 LAX-ROW N305AA
AAL9761 MD82 STL-ROW
DAL9902 MD11 ATL-GYR

05Sep
N485UE JS32 IGM-MKC
ATN2248 DC-8 ROW-IAH
FAO154 B727 BTR-TUS
CTT7721 B72S TUS-SJO

As always, tie-ups are appreciated!


Sunday, August 31, 2003

Kingman, AZ Aug20-2003

Beech C-45
AF-153 N9816E Pink, no titles/logo, no registration.



British Aerospace BEe3100/3201 Jetstream
D-CJRA Fuselage only, white/blue colros, with small titles on the nose Gold Aviation Ltd.
830 LV-VEI Full LAE colors
831 LV-VEJ As above
832 LV-WCZ As above
662 N303PX Fuselage only in basic Northwest Express colors
824 N3108 All white no titles/logo
863 N3126 Trans West (parked on the other side of the runway)
929 N337TE As above
932 N338TE TW Express
935 N339TE TW Express
939 N340TE TW Express
954 N342TE TW Express, parked on the other side of the runway
955 N343TE TW Express, parked on the other side of the runway
624 N400MX Eastern Metro Express colors, fuselage only
628 N401MX As above
630 N402MX As above
632 N403MX As above (unable to read registration, due to the position)
631 N406MX Basic Eastern Metro Express colors, fuselage only
794 N417UE Sunrise Airlines
617 N420MX Basic Eastern Metro Express colors, fuselage only
602 N422MX As above
796 N424UE Sunrise Airlines
798 N425UE United Express (Parked on the other side of the runway)
806 N428UE Sunrise Airlines
806 N429UE United Express
784 N430UE Sunrise Airlines
881 N431AM Discover Air
813 N431UE Sunrise Airlines
885 N433AM TW Express
887 N434AM TW Express, Parked on the other side of the runway.
889 N435AM TW Express, Parked ont he other side of the runway.
891 N436AM TW Express
814 N470UE Basic United Express colors, no titles/logo
821 N471UE As above
823 N472UE As above
828 N473UE As above
849 N474UE As above
850 N475UE As above
884 N476UE As above
890 N477UE As above
892 N478UE As above
893 N479UE As above
894 N480UE As above
898 N483UE As above (Inside hangar)
909 N490UE As above
911 N491UE As above
900 N496UE As above, (Parked on the other side of the runway)
904 N497UE As above, (As above)
615 N822JS Basic USAir Express colors, fuselage only
627 N824JS As above, As above
633 N825JS As above, As above
866 N866AE Basic USAir Express colors, no titles/logo
867 N867AE Parked on the other side of the runway
870 N870CY Green white colors. no titles logo
873 N873JX Discover Air
874 N874CP Green/white colors, no titles/logo
879 N879CP As above
886 N886CP As above
888 N888CY As above
896 N896CP As above
913 N913AE Basic USAir Express colors
914 N914AE As above
915 N915AE All white, no titles/logo
916 N916AE As above
920 N920AE As above
927 N927AE Basic USAir Express colors
930 N930AE As above
934 N923AE All white no titles/logo
952 N952AE Basic USAir Express colors
957 N957AE Basic US Airways Express
958 N958AE Basic American Eagle colors, no titles/logo
959 N959AE Nasic US Airways Express colors. No titles/logo
961 N961AE Basic US Airways Express colors. No titles/logo
962 N962AE As above
963 N963AE As above
964 N964AE As above
966 N966AE As above
972 N972JX Trans State


SAAB SF-340

211 N211NE Full American Eagle colors
218 N218AE As above
219 N219AE As above
232 N232AE As above
236 N236AE As above
238 N238AE As above
240 N240DS As above
250 N250AE As above
253 N253AE As above
259 N259AE As above
283 N283AE As above
298 N298AE As above
301 N301AE As above
304 N304AE As above
323 N323AE As above

British Aerospace ATP
2028 N854AW Full old United Express colors
2029 N855AW As above
2032 N856AW Full current United Express colors.




Fairchild C-123
20064 N546S


Douglas DC-4
35930 N51802
35934 N90203 Minsu control surfaces.
27284 N96358 Inside hanagar, Water bomber "160"



Douglas DC-8-73F
46103 N795FT Basic Emery colors, not tiltes
46086 N870TV As above, minus engines

McDonnell Douglas MD-87
49388 N87MD All white, no titles/logo, minus many parts, will def. not fly again


McDonnell Douglas MD-90
53367 N901DC Very derelict in McDonnell Douglas House colors, minus many many parts, will not fly again..


Boeing 727
21781 C5-ABM 256 Still in basic Iberia colors, no engines.
21431 N515DA 232 Basic Delta colors, no titles/logo, being b/u, no undercarriage, engines, and many other parts
21432 N516DA 232 Basic Delta colors, no titles/logo, minus engines, ther wise intact.
21433 N517DA 232 Basic Delta colors, no titles/logo, being b/u, no undercarriage, engines, and many other parts
19793 N702DH 30C Full DHL colors
19010 N703DH 30C As above
19134 N705A 21 Little part of the green colored fuselage part left.
19191 N705DH 22C Full DHL colors
18321 N707DH 22 Full DHL colors
18275 N708DH 25 As above
19968 N709DH 82C As above
19401 N712DH 29 As above
19618 N715DH 155C As above
19389 N717DH 23 As above
19862 N724DH 228 As above
20204 N727DH 228 As above
22476 N901RF 259F Full Kitty Hawk colors, no engines
22549 N902RF 225F As above



Boeing 737
19713 N465AC 293 The fuselage parts finally gone!
22061 N63SW 2H4 Baisc Southwest Airlines colors, no titles/logo


Boeing 747-206B
19922 N531AW Cockpit section finally gone!


Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
1063 N15017 TWA old colors
1080 N31023 TWA old colors
1232 N7036T Bais TWA colors, no titles/logo


Boulder City, NV Aug20-2003

Fokker F-27 Friendship
10287 N278MA 200 Seen parked in full Eagle colors
10297 N279MA 200 As above
10394 N280EA 600 As above

Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Williams-Gateway (IWA) 22Aug-2003

* A microburst occurred during a thunderstorm, causing damage to several aircraft. Photos are now posted on the Williams-Gateway Photos page.





Friday, August 22, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
22Aug-2003


* Ex-Air Canada B737-200 C-GKPW [21819], currently stored at Mojave, has been re-registered EX-015 (Kyrgyztan).

* Boeing B777-300ER N5016R [32431] was noted at Williams-Gateway on 11Aug-2003 for flight testing, and departed on 13Aug-2003. Photos posted on Cactus Wings.

* Ex-Merpati B737-400 N692HE [24692] was ferried GYR-BGR and on to Europe as AEA001, on delivery to Air Europa.

* Ex-KLM B747-206Bs PH-BUI [21111] and PH-BUL [21550], currently stored at Mojave, have been sold to Southern Air and re-registered N746SA and N725SA, respectively.

* Ex-TWA B767-200 N602TW [22565], currently stored at Victorville, will be scrapped.

* Swift Aviation EMB-135 Legacys N135SG [145706] and N135SL [145711], previously based at Phoenix, have been ferried to Kuwait where they will operate as United Aviation, offering VIP flights to Iraq and other Middle East destinations. A story is on the web at:

http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/26457.html

(Thanks to Mike & Steve)

* Ex-USAirways B737-200 N275AU [22887], currently stored at Tucson, has been sold to Aerogal (Ecuador).

* Ex-Northwest B747-200B N612US [20357], currently stored at Roswell, will be scrapped.

Aircraft movements
==================
09Aug
OAE811 DC10 RIV-VCV

11Aug
N747GE B747 MHV-VCV now based at VCV
AEA001 B734 GYR-BGR N692HE
UAL9878 B744 VCV-BFM N177UA

12Aug
N730DA L10 ARA-ROW
SXA178 B732 MHV-ANC N272AU

13Aug
N139GA Be1 MZJ-ICT
N194SW EM2 VCV-SGF*
S7-RGP A310 -MHV Pacific Airlines
AAL9788 DC-9 VCV-ROW N921L
DAL9900 B732 GYR-ATL
RTN170 Be1 ICT-MZJ
SXA26 F100 MHV-CMH N880US
UAL9893 B732 VCV-TUS N997UA

14Aug
N253AU B732 TUS-YWG*
N303FV B72F PHX-ROW
N502ME DC-9 MKE-MHV
N633AN A300 airtest MZJ
AAL9789 DC-9 VCV-ROW N977Z
COA9970 DC10 MHV-GWO EI-DLA
SIA741 B744 SIN-VCV 9V-SMH
WOA907 DC10 DAY-PHX-GYR N304WL

15Aug
AAL9649 F100 DFW-MHV N1406A
DHL2830 B72F CVG-IGM N727DH

19Aug
N524DA B72S VCV-SFO*
N763BC EM2 VCV-SGF
ACA7056 B767 YVR-MHV C-GAVA

20Aug
NWA9750 DC-9 MSP-MZJ N925US
SXA27 F100 MHV-CMH N865US

21Aug
N762BC EM2 VCV-SGF

22Aug
N253AU B732 TUS-YWG*
ATN3234 DC-8 IAH-ROW*

* planned

Monday, August 11, 2003

Phoenix Aug10-2003


McDonnell Douglas MD-83
49557 N861GA Allegiant Air, seen today at Las Vegas, still in basic SAS colors, with "S" on rudder.
Phoenix Aug09-2003

Frontier Airlines is changning the black text on the fuselage from : "The Spirit of the West" to "A Whole Different Annimal"

Friday, August 08, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
08Aug-2003


News items
==========
* Embraer 175 PP-XJD noted still at Phoenix/Deer Valley (DVT) 07Aug-2003, inside the Honeywell hanger nose-in. (Thanks to S. Forshaw).

* Ex-USAirways B737-400s N407US, N408US, and N413US [23877, 23878, 23882 respectively], all previously stored at Kingman, have been ferried to Nimes, France to be scrapped.

* Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy N135SL [145711] was ferried from Brazil-FLL-PHX on 08Aug-2003, on delivery to Swift Aviation.

Aircraft movements
==================
03Aug
N1464A F100 TUL-MHV

04Aug
N413US B734 IGM-YYR
N765AT B72S ROW-IAH
DAL9905 MD11 ATL-GYR
NWA9868 B747 MSP-MZJ N613US

05Aug
AAL9606 F100 TUL-MHV
WOA970 MD11 GYR-GTB

07Aug
FFT305 B733 ROW-DEN
NWA9751 B757 SEA-MZJ N522US
SIA744 B744 SIN-VCV 9V-SML

08Aug
N255AU B732 MHV-YWG
N816EA B72S ROW-OKC
N925LG DC-9 IGM-PBI
SXA25 F100 MHV-CMH

Sunday, August 03, 2003

Las Vegas Aug03-2003

McCarren International Airport Aug03-2003

Douglas DC-10-30
47837 N1855U Still in the process of being reduced to spares, the real scrapping has not started yet, but def. will not fly again.

Boeing 737-222
19054 N9016U Only fuselage from wings and back, wings are left, it is lying on its belly. Registration have been painted out.

De Havilland DHC-8-102
082 N841PH still in full US Airways Express colors

Fokker 100
11392 N897US Still in full US Airways colors
11398 N898US Still in full US Airways colors
Las Vegas July 31 - 2003


The following were seen at Miami International Jul19-2003, not nessesary stored.

Boeing 737-201A
21815 C-FNAX Basic Royal Colors with Canada 3000 titles.

Boeing 757-236
25133 N522NA Full TransMeridian colors

Beech 18
N9493 C/N: ???????? at George T Baker Aviation School
N26001 C/N: ???????? As above

Douglas Skyhawk
C/N: ??????? Serial: ?????? Registration: ?????? at George T Baker Aviation School.

Douglas DC-10-30F
47929 N606GC Full Gemini Air cargo colors
46936 N831LA Full Cielos Cargo colors


Boeing 727-227
21243 N794AJ Full AmeriJet colors


Boeing 707-330B
18928 N88ZL Blue end white colors, no titles.

McDonnel Douglas MD-83
49556 N862GA Full Alligient colors, minus engine 1 (Later seen in LAS, so just for maint in MIA)

Douglas DC-9-51
47731 N410EA All white, no titles/logo

Douglas DC-9-31
48154 PJ-SNL Full DCA colors minus engine 2 halfway inside a hangar.

Boeing 707-368C (KC-137E)
21367 45-12 T.17-3 Full Spanish Air Force colors.

Douglas DC-8-63F
46151 9G-MKN Full MK Airlines colors.

Boieng 720-022
18073 N64696 George T Baker Aviation School

Martin 4-0-4
14132 N404DD All white, no titles/logo, no registration, minus rudder at George T Baker Aviation School.

Boeing 727-223
20735 N422BN Still in basic "Braniff blue" colors no titles/logo
22461 N703AA Basic American Airlines colors
22462 N705AA Basic American Airlines colors

Boeing 727-251
22543 N727AN All white no titles/logo

Lockheed L-1011-200F Tristar
1138 N306GB All white no titles/logo, minus enfgine # 2.

Saturday, August 02, 2003

Phoenix Jul29-2003

Another visit to Goodyear, AZ July 28-2003. Didn't get a chance to visit the Southwestern corner of Goodyear for two reason one the usual time! But Timco has started to be not too happy about out hobby!
Timco have re-arange most of the aircraft on the field, so all the US Postal/Emery are parked in the northeastern end of the field, All the United/Delta B737 and the two America West B737-300 and Vanguard B737-200 are parked in the south-westerly corner.

But here is a list of the confirmed sightings.

Airbus A319
946 112 N706US Full US Airways colors
1136 112 N726US Full US Airways colors
3 more stored (all at the hangar ramp) but unable to read the registration but I am sure they are N707UW/N728UW/N729US.


Airbus A300

235 B4-203 N307FV All white no titles/logo
304 B4-203 N308FV Basic Philippine Airlines tail colors, no titles, cargo door cvtd.



Boeing 727:

18843 76C N721JE Full US Postal colors
19090 22C N427EX Full US Postal colors
19097 22C N428EX Full US Postal colors
19099 22C N421EX Full US Postal colors
19287 51C N416EX Full US Postal colors
19288 51C N435EX Full US Postal colors
19289 51C N436EX Full US Postal colors
19290 51C N417EX Full US Postal colors
19475 223 N316NE Full US Postal colors
19495 223 N314NE Full US Postal colors
19597 82C N528PC Full US Postal colors
19665 172C N527PC Full US Postal colors
19702 223 N313NE Full US Postal colors
19703 223 N311NE Full US Postal colors
20042 134C N424EX Full US Postal colors
20053 231 N64320 Full Sportshawk colors.
20190 223 N315NE Full US Postal colors
20193 223 N312NE Full US Postal colors
20643 232 N17789 Full Patinum colors.
20661 224F EC-HBH All white no titles logo
21055 200 C-FACR Allcanada logo on tail
21247 227 N73751 All white, no titles/logo
21248 224 N76752 All white, no titles/logo
21364 227 N86426 All white, no titles/logo
21366 227 C-FACW Allcanada logo on tail
21416 222 N7269U Basic United colors, no titles/logo.
21571 222 N7293U Basic United colors, no titles/logo.
21826 2Q8 N831L Full Delta colors, minus engines
21892 222 N7297U Basic Untied colors, no titles/logo.
21901 222 N7447U Basic United colors, no titles/logo.
21906 222 N7452U Basic United colors, no titles/logo.
21913 222 N7459U Basic United colors, no titles/logo.
21989 231 N84357 Basic Capital colors, a thin golden stripe, no ttiles/logo


Boeing 737:

21720 2Q9 N809AL Full Aloha colors, minus many parts, including undercarriage, emergency exits, radome and more.
21735 2Q8 N121NJ Full Vanguard old colors
21927 2S2C N806AL Full Alhoa Airlines colors
22575 2U9 N149AW Full America West colors, no engines.
22646 277A N179AW Full America West colord, no engines
22792 2E3 N138AW Full America West colors, no engines.
22979 2T5 N120NJ Full Vanguard old colors
23105 232 N334DL Full Delta colors, on the hangar ramp
23184 247 N236WA Full Delta colors
23218 3G7 N150AW Basic America West colors, no titles/logo.
23219 3G7 N151AW Basic America West colors, no titles/logo.
24455 322 N362UA Full United colors
25191 5Y0 PT-SSM Full Rio Sul colors
28565 56N PT-SSD Full Rio Sul colors


Boeing 757:

22185 236 N951PG White/grey colors, no titles/logo
23227 236 N227AN White/grey colors, no titles/logo on the hangar ramp
26241 200 EC-FXV All white no titles/logo


Boeing 767:

22224 232 N112DL Full Delta colors
22226 232 N114DL Full Delta colors
22227 232 N115DA Full Delta colors
23801 241 PP-VNN Full VARIG colors
23802 241 PP-VNO Full VARIG colors
23803 241 PP-VNP Full VARIG colors
23804 241 PP-VNQ Full VARIG colors
23805 241 PP-VNR Full VARIG colors
23806 241 PP-VNS Full VARIG colors
24802 332ER N174DN Full Delta colors
27962 332ER N186DN Full Delta colors

Boeing 777:

27108 236 N702BA All white no titles/logo
27109 236 N703BA All white no titles/logo
30213 222ER N207UA Full United colors
30214 222ER N208UA Full United colors

Douglas DC-9
48125 32 XA-AMA Basic Aeromexico colors, no titles/logo/registration


McDonnell Douglas MD-80:

49114 MD82 N14890 Full Continental Airlines colors, (Not confirmed)
49118 MD82 N14889 Full Conitinental Airlines colors, (Not confirmed)
49233 MD82 N932AS all white. "Alaska" rudder
49442 MD83 N494AP Full colors
49480 MD82 N15820 Full Continental Airlines colors.
49777 MD87 N807NK All white colors, no titles/logo


Douglas DC-10:

46540 30 N304SP All white no titles/logo
46930 10 N167AA Basic American colors, no titles/logo, is back in the storage area, after being on the hangar ramp for a couple of months.
46991 30 N35084 All white no titles/logo still in process of being scrpped but very slowly.
47812 30F N1853U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
47889 30 N306FV All white no titles/logo
47908 30F N322FE Basic FedeEx colors, no titles/logo



McDonnell Douglas MD-11:

48476 N805DE Full Delta colors
48479 N808DE Full Delta colors
48480 N809DE Full Delta colors
48501 PP-VPP Full VARIG colors
48519 N273WA Full World colors, inside a hangar, so not sure if it is in for a check or for storage?
48565 N810DE Full Delta colors.
48575 N274UP All white no titles/logo.
48601 N812DE Full Delta colors
48623 N814DE Full Delta colors.

Friday, August 01, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
01Aug-2003


News items
==========
* Happy 20th Birthday, America West Airlines!

* America West Express (Freedom Airlines) took delivery of two new aircraft this week: CRJ-700 N513MJ [10111] and CRJ-900 N906FJ [15006].

* Frontier A318 N802FR [1991] was delivered XFW-YQX-PHX on 31Jul-2003. Departed Phoenix on 01Aug-2003, and will presumably enter service.

* Embraer ERJ170 PP-XJD was noted at Phoenix-Deer Valley Airport on 30Jul-2003 for testing at Honeywell.

* Ex-Continental MD80 N14890 [49114], currently stored at Goodyear, has been leased to PT Lion Airlines of Indonesia.

* Lufthansa B767-300 D-ABUV [29867] first seen at Phoenix on 01Aug-2003 operating LH448 FRA-PHX. Aircraft wears the Star Alliance c/s with a black tail.


Aircraft movements
==================
27Jul
N730DA L10 VCV-ARA
N1732D L10 VCV-ARA
UAL9750 B777 LAX-GYR N208UA
WOA987 MD11 BWI-GYR

28Jul
N102AB B763 MHV-PHX-LBG
NWA9868 B72S ROW-OKC

29Jul
N407US B734 IGM-YYR
N724YS B72S MCC-SBD
UAL9884 B733 GYR-SFO N372UA
UAL9894 B732 VCV-TUS N996UA

30Jul
3D-DPT B727 ELP-VCV
N229AN A320 MEX-TUS*
UAL9753 B777 SFO-GYR N205UA
UAL9754 B777 LAX-GYR N766UA
UAL9882 B733 GYR-LAX N370UA
UAL9892 A320 ORD-GYR N450UA
VRG9940 B733 MIA-GYR

31Jul
N997CF DC-8 ROW-LIM*
NWA9752 DC-9 MSP-MZJ N3991C

01Aug
N857V DC10 FAI-MHV*
FFT9305 B733 DEN-ROW* N305FA

* planned

Friday, July 25, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
25Jul-2003


News items
==========

* Ex-Lufthansa B747-230B D-ABZE [23509], previously stored at Marana, was painted with Air Pullmantur titles/logos (overall white fslg) and ferried (delivered) MZJ-PHX-MAD on 19Jul-2003 as DLH8951.

* Frontier took delivery of their first A318, N801FR [1939] on 23Jul-2003. It was delivered XFW-BGR-PHX as FFT801, arriving PHX around 21.40 local time. As of press time, the aircraft was still parked on the east side of T3 North back away from a gate. Photograph at:
http://www.cactuswings.com/photos/phx0307/phx0307n801fr1.jpg
... with more coming soon.

* Martinair MD-11 PH-MCP [48616] was at Phoenix 22Jul-2003, presumably to deliver automobiles for track testing. Photograph at:
http://www.cactuswings.com/photos/phx0307/phx0307phmcp.jpg

* America West Express (Freedom Airlines) took delivery of CRJ-700 N512MJ [10109] on 24Jul-2003. The aircraft was delivered DTW-PHX as N512MJ, and parked on the Cutter FBO ramp.

* Ascend Aviation B727-200 N878AA [21390] arrived at Phoenix on 24Jul-2003; bringing the LA Dodgers baseball team. The aircraft wears the airline's Braniff-esque livery in black/silver.

* Miami Air B727-200 N211DB [20766] was noted at Phoenix 21Jul-2003 at the Swift FBO ramp.

* Casino Express B737-200 N344TM [23044] "Red Lion Hotels" was noted at Phoenix 23Jul-2003 at the Cutter FBO ramp.

* Ex-Ansett Australia B737-300 N190FH [23831], previously stored at Mojave, was re-registered G-CELC and ferried MHV-CMH and onward to Bournemouth, UK as SXA167, on delivery to Channel Express. Sister-ship N191FH [23832] should become G-CELD and will follow very soon.

* Ex-United B727-200 N7262U [21409], currently stored at Victorville, has been sold for parting out.

Aircraft movements
==================

19Jul
DLH8951 B747 MZJ-PHX-MAD D-ABZE/Air Pullmantur
NWA9750 DC-9 MSP-MZJ N1798U
WOA927 MD11 BWI-GYR N273WA

21Jul
N342US B733 MHV-
N39019 Be1 BRO-MZJ
AAL9759 MD80 SAT-ROW N915TW
SXA24 F100 MHV-EWK N853US
UAL9882 B72S VCV-GYR N7459U

22Jul
N602ME DC-9 -MHV
AAL9761 MD80 MCI-ROW N920TW
WOA971 MD11 GYR-COS N273WA

23Jul
N256AU B732 MHV-YWG
N612GC DC10 MHV-LAX
N619DB MD82 ROW-MIA
N920AE JS32 ELP-IGM
QFA6001 B762 HNL-MZJ VH-EAJ
SXA167 B733 MHV-CMH G-CELC

24Jul
N408US B733 IGM-YYR
N507AU B733 MHV-OPF

25Jul
NWA9868 B72S ROW-OKC* N820EA

* planned

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

PHX 22Jul-2003

* MPH067 MD11 arrived at 1545 from Amsterdam, will depart at 0010/23Jul
* FFT801 A318 eta 2137 from Bangor ... Frontier's first A318, N801FR

Friday, July 18, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
18Jul-2003


News items
==========
* Northeast Bolivian Airlines L-1011 3D-NEG [1066] finally departed Tucson for Cochabamba, Bolivia on 13Jul-2003.

* Williams-Gateway startup carrier European Transair has a 9-year contract to begin 3-times-weekly Toronto-Gatwick-New Delhi in October for a Canadian travel agency. It is negotiating to acquire a 767-200ER and two 747-300s for service.

* Confirmed - QANTAS B767-238 VH-EAK ferried SYD-HNL-MZJ on 30Jun-2003.

Aircraft movements
==================
11Jul
AVA227 B757 MIA-GYR N227AN
AVA951 B757 MIA-GYR N951PG

15Jul
N259AU B732 MHV-YWG
AAH100 B732 OAK-GYR
DAL9902 MD11 ATL-GYR

17Jul
N486UE JS32 IGM-MKC
SXA174 MD82 GYR-CMH

18Jul
N633AN A300 FAR-MZJ
DLH8850 B747 MZJ-PHX

Friday, July 11, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
11Jul-2003


A long report - catching up after being in & out the past 3 weeks.

* America West A320 N670AW [2029] was delivered on 20Jun-2003 as N670AW TLS-BGR-PHX. It entered service 23Jun-2003 as HP612 PHX-ATL.

* Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy N135SG [145706] arrived at Phoenix on 28Jun-2003 and is based at Swift Aviation.

* Embraer ERJ-170 PP-XJC [170002] arrived at Phoenix-Deer Valley (DVT) on 27Jun-2003, and noted partially inside the Honeywell hangar on 07Jul-2003.

* Beech 1900D N17534 [UE-141], previously stored at Marana, was noted at Phoenix on 03Jul-2003, all white with no titles. New aircraft for Arizona Express Airlines, and noted in service 10Jul-2003. Thanks to Mike & Steve for info.

* Ex-Rio-Sul B737-500 PT-SLU [25186], previously stored at Goodyear, was painted for new Slovakian air carrier Skyeurope and delivered GYR-DUB (with enroute stops) on 05Jul-2003. The aircraft was re-registered N186LS for the ferry flight, with reserved registration OM-SEA taped over.

* Northeast Bolivian Airlines L-1011 3D-NEG [1066], still parked at Tucson, is due to ferry TUS-CBB for delivery to the airline.

* DHC-8 N802MX [013] stopped briefly at Phoenix on 24Jun-2003, operating BJC-PHX-FLG-EKO. What is the configuration/purpose of this aircraft ... is it a corporate turboprop?

* Mesa Airlines DHC-8 N448YV [448] was noted parked on the west cargo ramp at Phoenix 28-29Jul-2003, in full United Express colors & titles. Did this aircraft enter a temporary assignment with America West Express?

* Ex-American MD-87 N754RA [49641] was delivered to Aeromexico on 26Jun-2003, and was ferried MZJ-GDL. No Mexican registration tie-up available yet.

* America West B737-200 N179AW [22646] last revenue flight was HP446 TUS-PHX on 01Jul-2003. Retired and ferried PHX-GYR as HP7802 on 02Jul-2003 for storage.

* Ex Korean Air Lines B747-2B5F N285SW [22485], previously stored at Goodyear, was leased to Cargo Air Lines of Israel. The aircraft was re-registered 4X-ICN and delivered GYR-TUS and eastward on 28Jun-2003.

* Ex USAirways Fokker 100 N855US [11283], currently stored at Mojave, will be publicly auctioned for sale on 15Jul-2003.

* Ex Delta Air Lines B727-200s N545DA [22494] and N546DA [22677] were ferried VCV-MIA on 20Jun-2003. They have been sold to Hewa Bora Airways, Congo.

* Ex Aviation Partners Boeing B737-300 CS-TMZ [23827], previously based at Tucson conducting winglet mod tests, has been leased to Air Plus Comet, Spain.

* Ex Emery (USPS c/s) B727-100Fs N416EX [19287], N435EX [19288], and N436EX [19289], currently stored at Goodyear, have been sold to Trans Pacific Airlines, Australia.

* Ex USAirways B737-300 N507AU [23382] has been sold for parting out.

Aircraft movements
==================
20Jun
N545DA B72S VCV-MIA
N546DA B72S VCV-MIA
GCO4030 DC10 MIA-MHV
UAL9892 B72S VCV-GYR
VRG9941 B733 GYR-MIA

21Jun
N996CF DC-8 ROW-TLC
DLH8712 B747 MZJ-FAI
SXA006 MD81 OAK-MHV-OAK


23Jun
N107YV Be1 3O9-MZJ (Afton, OK)
N802MX DH8 BJC-FLG-PHX-FLG
DAL9900 B733 GYR-ATL
SXA11 F100 MHV-CMH

24Jun
N481UE JS32 IGM-IXD

25Jun
SXA30 F100 MHV-CMH

26Jun
3X-GDM B72S MHV-MIA c/n?
UAL9881 B733 GYR-LAX
UAL9884 B733 GYR-SFO
AMX834 MD87 MZJ-GDL N754RA

28Jun
4X-ICN B747 GYR-TUS
PP-VPP MD11 MIA-GYR

29Jun
N37882 MD80 GYR-PHX

30Jun
N37882 MD80 PHX-SJO
ACA7056 B744 YVR-MZJ C-FCRA
AAL9780 MD80 STL-ROW
NWA9868 B72S MSP-ROW N817EA

05Jul
N186LS B735 GYR-CLE Skyeurope del'y

08Jul
N419BN B72S SBD-JAX
SXA173 MD80 GYR-CMH

09Jul
N482UE JS32 IGM-ICT

10Jul
N411US B734 IGM-GWO
PAA9364 B72S TUS-SFB

11Jul
DAL9904 B733 GYR-ATL*
FAO9992 B72S airtest TUS
UAL9878 B744 VCV-BFM*
UAL9881 B733 GYR-SFO*
UPS9334 B72F RFD-ROW*

Some of the registration tie-ups I have jotted down in a notebook ... as always any further information is appreciated!

Monday, July 07, 2003

Cactus Wings Live: Kansas City

Hi all,
Back in Phoenix after spending a week in Middle America. Hot & humid as ever, I'll take our dry heat anytime.

Flew America West PHX-MCI on 01Jul. Arriving at PHX for departure I noticed Swift's new Legacy outside of their hangar, registered N135SG. It's wearing a sharp red and gold striped color scheme.

Arriving at MCI, I was pleased to see the old TWA maintenance hangars still standing, with plenty of American aircraft parked nearby. Later that week, I read that American was intending to scale back or even close the facility, but the local Kansas City government offered an incentive package to AA to keep the hangar open. My fingers are crossed that the facility survives.

Kansas City Int'l (MCI) 01Jul-2003
==================================
Aircraft at the AA facility when I arrived:

N920TW '4TV' MD80
N925TW '4UR' MD80 no engines
N966TW '4XY' MD80 awaiting AA conversion
N969TW '4YC' MD80 awaiting AA conversion
N974TW '4YH' MD80 awaiting AA conversion
N711ZX '5TL' B757 conv to AA spec, due in service
N712TW '5TM' B757 still in TWA layout
N713TW '5TN' B757 awaiting repairs following DFW hail storm
N330AA '330' B763 mx

I later found out that N701TW '5TA' arrived 02Jul for conversion to AA specs.

Noted at the terminal:
N319FL B733 Frontier
N690NW DC-9 NW
plus a DL B738 with 'Shuttle' titles

During the next few days I visited a few airports around the area.

Olathe - Johnson County Executive (OJC) 02Jul-2003
==================================================
Nothing of interest to speak of. A family member told me that bizjets sometimes use the airport, but I didn't see any there. The ramps and runway are easily visible from both the east and west sides of the airport, and anything parked can be easily read off. To find your way around, just print a map off Mapquest.

Olathe - New Century Airpark (IXD) 02Jul-2003
=============================================
A mid-sized airport with plenty of variety. The main entrance road leads in from the south, and winds its way northward along the western perimeter. I found the layout easy to navigate, and my usual theory of going as far as I can initially, then backtracking thru the nooks and crannies worked fine.

Entering the airport from the south, the first ramp on the right contained Sabreliner N114LG, its nose covered by a tarp.

Continuing northward, I found a small park with preserved Navy aircraft parked in the grass:

158857 A-7*
156782 A-7*
150598 A-4

Each aircraft made a nice photograph in evening sunlight. Any aircraft I photographed (either slide or digital) will be marked with an asterisk (*).

After the park, a small ramp near the tower contained US Army Chinook helicopters, but the place was buzzing with activity and I didn't bother stopping. I continued to the northern perimeter road and turned right (following signs for Dodson Aviation). I knew Dodson's contained interesting stuff, and I wasn't disappointed:

N193RD DC-3*
N332RD DC-3
N146RD DC-3*
N ?? DC-3* light blue, no markings
N16HC LJ24*
LV-JXA LJ24*
N244DM G3

Total time spent at the airport: 30 minutes.

Kansas City Downtown Airport (MKC) 04Jul-2003
=============================================
I could not come to Kansas City without making a visit to the Save-a-Connie museum. Actually, the museum is known as the Airline History Museum of Kansas City. Cost is $7 for adults, and I was given a personal tour of the museum by one of the guides. I highly recommend the visit ... the photography was good and the exhibits are top-notch. The Martin 404 and Constellation were available for viewing, the DC-3 is being restored.

Elsewhere on the field, a restored B-17 was parked on the transient ramp, giving flight tours.

A few bizjets were parked about, but nothing of great interest. It appeared that anything present was readable from somewhere on the perimeter. I was more interested in the nearby railway tracks - a photo inside the museum of Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh at the airport showed the same railway tracks in the background!

MCI 05Jul-2003
==============
Time to return home. As I was staying some 40 minutes away from MCI during my visit, I didn't venture there for a dedicated spotting/photography visit.

From what I gathered via the Internet, maps, and looking out various windows, the primary runways are parallel and are oriented north-south, one on each side of the terminal complex. The western north-south runway could be viewed from the cargo area parking lots - this would make for a morning photo. For the eastern north-south runway, there appears to be a long-term parking lot just west of that runway, from which good photographs could be taken in the afternoon. It looked very close, so a small zoom lens would be sufficient. The AA complex is distant and aircraft there are barely readable using binoculars.

The terminals (for those unfamiliar) are circular, much like Dallas, but more compact and closer together. I saw that in between each "circle" (labeled Terminal A, B, and C) a fence separates a short-term parking lot from the terminal ramp. Depending on the time of day, photographs could be taken of any aircraft at a nearby gate thru the gaps in the fence. I regret not trying these vantage points out myself.

Noted before boarding B732 N184AW to return to PHX:

N????? B757 Funjet Vacations - basic TransMeridian c/s, Funjet Vacations titles on fuselage, Funjet logo on tail
N905ME B717 Midwest
N912FR A319 Frontier*

Overall it was nice to see the DC-3s and see the TWA Connie up close. I was impressed with the KC area (aviation-wise) and hope to explore some more on a future visit.


Wednesday, July 02, 2003

Sorry folks, the company decided to use aircraft N179AW one more time as it still had a few cycle left, so last revenue service for America West with N179AW was HP446 Tucson-Phoenix Jul01-2003 and is now planned to be ferried to Goodyear as HP7802/02Jul

Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Our new site design has been introduced! Please bear with us during the "re-branding" process, we will slowly be updating pages to a uniform color scheme and format. We are planning many new and exciting additions to cactuswings in the near future, so please stay tuned!

Thank you!

-The cactuswings team
Boeing 737-277A
22646 N179AW Last revnue service for America West Airlines Jun30-2003 HP443 Tucson-Phoenix. Planned position ferry Jul01-2003 HP7701 Phoenix-Goodyear.

Sunday, June 29, 2003

McDonnell Douglas MD-87
49641 N754RA wasn't delivered to Aeromexico until Jun26-2003, because of the delay it was routed Marana-Guadaljara (Aeromexico's MD-80 maintenance base).

The first Boeing 737-700W for Aeromexico is XA-AAM 33783 expected delivery Oct 2003.

Sunday, June 22, 2003

Goodyear, AZ Jun20-2003.

Airbus A300B4
0304 203 N308FV Phillippine Airlines tail colors, no titles


Airbus A320-214
0936 N101UW Full US Airways colors.
0946 N706US As above
0949 N707UW As above
1136 N726US As above
1155 N728UW As above
1170 N729US As above

Boeing 727
18843 76C N721JE USPS colors
19089 22C N426EX USPS colors
19090 22C N427EX USPS colors
19097 22C N428EX USPS colors
19099 22C N421EX USPS colors
19287 51C N416EX USPS colors
19288 51C N435EX USPS colors
19289 51C N436EX USPS colors
19290 51C N417EX USPS colors
19475 223 N316NE USPS colors
19495 223 N314NE USPS colors
19597 82C N528PC USPS colors
19665 172C N527PC USPS colors
19702 223 N313NE USPS colors
19703 223 N311NE USPS colors
20042 134C N424EX USPS colors, no work this time, still minus engine # 2
20053 231 N64320 Sporthawaks colors
20190 223 N315NE USPS colors
20193 223 N312NE USPS colors
20643 232 N17789 Full Platinium colors.
20661 224F EC-HBH All white
20662 224F EC-HBR All white
21055 217 C-FACR Allcanada
21247 227 N73751 All white, no titles/logo
21248 224 N76752 All white, no titles/logo
21364 227 N86426 All white, no titles/logo
21366 227 C-FACW Allcanada
21416 222 N7269U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21571 222 N7293U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21826 2Q8 N831L Full Delta colors
21892 222 N7297U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21906 222 N7452U Basic United colors, no titles/logo
21989 231 N84357 Basic Capital Cargo colors, no titles/logo (If that thin stripe can be called a color)


Boeing 737
21270 2Q9 N809AL Full Aloha colors.
21735 2Q8 N121NJ Full Vanguard Airlines colors
22575 2U9 N149AW Full America West Airlines colors, minus engines.
22792 2E3 N138AW Full America West Airlines colors, minus engines.
22859 247 N235WA Delta
22979 2T5 N120NJ Full Vanguard Airlines colors
23091 232 N319DL Delta
23098 232 N326DL Delta
23104 232 N332DL Delta
23105 232 N334DL Delta
23184 247 N236WA Delta
23186 247 N238WA Delta
23187 247 N239WA Delta
23218 3G7 N150AW Basic America West Airlines colors, no titles/logo.
23219 3G7 N151AW As above
23717 3L9 N231DN Delta
24360 322 N354UA Full United colors
24362 322 N356UA Full United colors
24378 322 N357UA Full United colors
24379 322 N358UA Full United colors
24452 322 N359UA Full United colors
24454 322 N361UA Full United colors
24455 322 N362UA Full United colors
24539 322 N370UA Full United colors
24641 322 N376UA Full United colors
25191 5Y0 PT-SSM Full Rio Sul colors
28565 56N PT-SSD Full Rio Sul old colors


Boeing 747
22485 2B5F N285SW Basic Korean Air colors, no titles/logo.


Boeing 757
26241 214 EC-FXV All white no titles/logo


Boeing 767
22224 232 N112DL Full Delta colors.
22226 232 N114DL As above
22227 232 N115DA As above
23801 241 PP-VNN Full Varig colors
23802 241 PP-VNO As above
23803 241 PP-VNP As above
23804 241 PP-VNQ As above
23805 241 PP-VNR As above
23806 241 PP-VNS As above
24802 332ER N174DN As above
27962 332ER N186DN As above

Boeing 777-236
27108 N702BA All white no titles/logo
27109 N703BA As above

Douglas DC-7C
45549 N777EA No titles/logo

Douglas DC-9-32
48125 No registration Basic Aeromexico colors ex XA-AMA

Douglas DC-10
46540 30 N304SP All white, not titles/logo.
46930 10 N167AA Basic American Airlines colors, no titles/logo
46991 30 N35084 All white no titles/logo being scrapped
47812 30F N1853U Basic United Air Lines colors, no titles/logo.
47889 30 N306FV All white no titles/logo
47908 30F N322FE Basic FedEx colors, no titles/logo.

McDonnell Douglas MD-80
49114 82 N14890 Basic Continental colors, no titles/logo
49118 82 N14889 Basic Continental colors, no titles/logo
49233 83 N932AS All white, no titles, partly Alaska Airlines logo on rudder.
49480 82 N15820 Full Continental Airlines colors.
49441 82 N35836 Full Continental Airlines colors.
49442 83 N494AP Full Avioapex colors
49483 82 N76823 Full Continental colors
49777 87 N807NK All white, no titles/logo, no engines


McDonnell Douglas MD-11
48476 N805DE Full Delta colors
48479 N808DE Full Delta colors
48565 N810DE Full Delta colors
48575 N274UP All white, no titles/logo
48623 N814DE Full Delta colors

If not parked inside the hangar the following aircraft has left since my last visit May23-2003 at Goodyear.
DC-8-71F N872SJ,
Boeing 757-222 N556UA, N558UA, N559UA
Boeing 767-231 N606TW.
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Thursday, June 19, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
19Jun-2003


News items
==========

* Visit our sales stand at the Los Angeles Aviation Expo this Saturday! Show info: http://www.laxairlinerexpo.com

* America West Express (Mesa/Freedom) took delivery of two new aircraft this week. CRJ-900 N904FJ [15004] arrived at PHX on 14Jun, and CRJ-700 [10094] arrived at PHX on 17Jun.

* B727-200s G-BPND [21021] and G-OPMN [21578] were noted at Tucson on 13Jun-2003 in full Cougar Cargo colors.

* B777-200 N702BA [27108] and N703BA [27109] are now stored at Goodyear. Both aircraft are all white.

Aircraft movements
==================

14Jun
NWA9868 B72S SAT-ROW N818EA

16Jun
N410AN A310 HNL-MHV Lion Airlines ex S7-RGQ
N610TW B767 GYR-MIA* did this fly?
SWR7001 MD11 ZRH-MHV HB-IWP

17Jun
NWA9868 B72S MSP-ROW N816EA

18Jun
N545DA B72S VCV-MIA* did this fly?
DLH8711 B747 airtest MZJ
RTN157 Be1 HOU-MZJ

19Jun
N368CE B733 GRR-MZJ
AAL9761 DC-9 VCV-ROW
ACA7056 B767 YUL-MHV
AMX834 MD87 MZJ-MEX*
NWA9750 DC-9 MSP-MZJ
SKW1002 EM2 ROW-FAT

* planned

Sunday, June 15, 2003

Mesa Falcon Field May10-2003

Lockeed C-130 Hercules
3212 N130PS Maxturbine is no longer stored at Falcon Field, do any of you know when it left?

English Electric Canberra
EEP13636 N76764 and HP181B N76465 are still both stored in full Royal Navy colors.

Douglas DC-3
12693 N88874 has been repainted in USAF colors, and is parked in front of restaurant "Anzio Landing" at Falcon field.
13070 N844TH still parked in front of Confederate Air Force hangar. still in green/yellow colors.


Goodyear, AZ May23-2003.

This is not a complete report due to the usual lack of time before I had to be at the office, sorry!

Airbus A300
0304 N308FV B4-203 Still parked with basic Phillippines tail colors, no titles/logo.

Airbus A319-112
0949 N707UW Stored behind the hanagr in full US Airways colors. together with 5 others Airbus A319/320.


Boeing 727
19703 N311NE 223 Still stored in US Postal colors
20193 N312NE 223 As above
19495 N314NE 223 As above
20190 N315NE 223 As above
19475 N316NE 223 As above
19287 N416EX 51C As above
19290 N417EX 51C As above
19099 N421EX 22C As above
20042 N424EX 134C As above, being worked on, minus eng # 2 and radome open, no radar antenna, can't tell if he is gfetting ready to fly or starting to be reduced to spares.
19089 N426EX 22C Still stored in full US Mail colors
19090 N427EX 22C As above
19097 N428EX 22C As above
19288 N435EX 51C As above
19289 N436EX 51C As above
19665 N527PC 172C As above
19597 N528PC 82C As above
20053 N64320 231 Full Sportshawk colors.
21416 N7269U 222 Basic present United Air Lines colors, no titles/logo
21571 N7293U 222 As above
21892 N7297U 222 As above
21906 N7452U 222 As above
21826 N831L 2Q8 Still stored in Delta colors, minus engines.

Boeing 737
21735 N121NJ 2Q8 Still in full Vanguard Airlines colors
22979 N120NJ 2T5 As above
22792 N138AW 2E3 Still in full America West Airlines colors, minus enignes
22575 N149AW 2U9 As above
23218 N150AW 3G7 Basic America West colors, no titles/logo
23219 N151AW 3G7 As above
23717 N231DN 3L9 Full Delta colors
24220 N232DZ 3L9 Still parked in front of the hangar in dull Delta colors.
23091 N319DL 232 Still store din full Delta colors
23098 N326DL 232 As above
23105 N334DL 232 As above
24537 N368UA 322 Stored in full United Air Lines colors
24378 N357UA 322 As above
24379 N358UA 322 As above
24540 N371UA 322 As above
24641 N376UA 322 As above
24455 N362UA 322 As above
24539 N370UA 322 As above
24637 N372UA 322 As above
21720 N809AL 2Q9 Still stored at the hangar ramp in full Aloha Airlines colors.
28565 PT-SSD 56N Still stored in full Rio Sul colors
25185 PT-SSL 5Y0 As above
25191 PT-SSM 5Y0 As above


Boeing 747
22485 N285SW 2B5F Still stored in basic Korean Air colors, no titles/logo


Boeing 757
25241 EC-FXV 214 Still all white, no titles/logo
26657 N559UA 222 Stored in full United Air Lines colors
26650 N556UA 222 As above
26654 N558UA 222 As above


Boeing 767
22224 N112DL 232 Still in full Delta Air Lines colors.
22226 N114DL 232 As above
22227 N115DA 232 As above
24802 N174DN 332 In full Delta Air Lines colors.
27962 N186DN 332 in full Delta Air Lines colors.
22569 N606TW 231 Still parked in front of the hangar in all white, no titles/logo.
23803 PP-VNN 241 Still stored in full VARIG colors
23802 PP-VNP 241 As above
23804 PP-VNQ 241 As above
23805 PP-VNR 241 As above
23806 PP-VNS 241 As above
23801 PP-VNO 241 As above
Las Vegas North Terminal Jun09-2003

Born Again Restorations Sikorsly S-38B
B414-20 NC28V seen on the Cheyenne Aviation ramp.

De Havilland DHC-6-300
359 N149SA
723 N255SA Both parked on the Cheyenne Aviation ramp

Fairchild F-27
97 N366SB Still parked at the Cheyenne Aviation ramp.

Beech 1900
UB-69 N381CR Still operating in non Scenic Airlines colors, with Scenic title on tail fin.

Aero Vodochdy L-39
931331 N50XX
834558 N49MH both parked at the ramp.

Vision Air

Piper PA-31 Navajo all parked/tied down at the Vision Air ramp.
31-8052121 N3587Y "Spirit of Las Vegas"
31-7752013 N27419 "Spirit of Temple Bar"
31-7752170 N27419 "Spirit of Pearce Canyon" minus engine # 2
31-7552052 N76CF "Spirit of Lake Mead" minus both engines.
31-7652088 N88MG Non standard Vision Air colors, cream/brown with Vision titles.
31-7552019 N61510 Full Vision Air colors
31-7652120 N974CS As above, but minus both engines.

Donier DO-228
8120 N404VA New Vision air colors, operational
8240 N228ST Two titles: "Inner Canyon Air" and "Vision" on the tail finn, also a Hibiscus flower on the tail fin. Operational.
Stored:
8117 N117DN White/blue colrs, no titles/logo
8097 N228ME As above
8110 N110DN As above
8121 N260MC All white, blue strip, no titles/logo
8135 N269MC All white with a thin red stripe, no titles/logo.
Phoenix Jun15-2003

Las Vegas McCarren International Jun15-2003.

Boeing 757-28A N369AX Omni Air International has been parked for the last 5 days at Las Vegas storage area, doesn't look "stored"..

Douglas DC-10-30
47837 N1855U Still in process of being reduced to spares, haven't been starting the scrapping process yet.

Boeing 737-222
19054 N9016U The cockpit section is gone by Jun15-2003.

De Havilland DHC-8-102
082 N841PH Full US Airways Express colors, still stored

Fokker 100
11392 N897US Full US Airways colors
11398 N898US As above

Cheers

Flemming

Friday, June 13, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
13Jun-2003


* No aircraft news to report on...

Aircraft movements
==================

07Jun
N257AU B732 MHV-YWG
N434CA C212 MZJ-BWD
N703BA B777 FRA-???-GYR
N707JT B707 ROW-SAT
UAL9883 B757 GYR-SFO

08Jun
AAL9663 MD80 DFW-ROW N559AA
N758BC B734 airtest VCV
NWA9750 B757 MZJ-MSP

09Jun
N202FN C212 PEQ-MZJ
AAL9663 MD80 ROW-TUL N7508

11Jun
AAL9752 MD80 STL-ROW N921TW
SXA21 F100 MHV-CMH N866US
SKW1001 EM2 ROW-SLC
SKW1002 EM2 ROW-SLC

12Jun
VRG9940 B733 MIA-GYR

13Jun
AMT7198 L10 IND-ROW*
AMX834 MD87 MZJ-MEX*

* - planned



Friday, June 06, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
06Jun-2003


A quiet week, relatively speaking.

Aircraft news
=============

* Ex-Southwest B737-2H4 N64SW [22062], previously stored at Kingman, ferried
IGM-ELP-SJO on 02Jun-2003.

* Frontier A319 N919FR [1980] was delivered XFW-YQX-PHX on 06Jun-2003 as
FFT919.


Aircraft movements
==================

30May
NWA9868 B72S MSP-ROW N820EA

02Jun
N64SW B732 IGM-ELP

03Jun
AAL9780 MD80 STL-ROW N924TW
KLM7411 B743 AMS-MHV - need a reg for this

06Jun
UAL9884 B757 GYR-LAX*

* planned movement


Monday, May 19, 2003

Las Vegas May18-2003


Boeing 737-3G7
23219 N151AW Last revenue service for America West HP270 May09-2003 Houston-Phoenix. Titles/logo painted out at Phoenix May10-2003. Returned to lessor and ferried as HP7810 Phoenix-Goodyear May15-2003.

Cheers

Flemming

Thursday, April 17, 2003

Security Update (2)

The vehicle inspections (and radar guns) at Sky Harbor have all been removed as of 4/17. We have not received any reports of problems spotting from the top of the Terminal 4 garage or Cutter at this time.

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

Security update

The nationwide terror alert level has been lowered to YELLOW.


Friday, April 11, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
11Apr-2003


Updated 14Apr-2003 - in bold

News items
==========
* Delta B727-247 N283WA [21485] operated DL's final 727 service on 06Apr. The
aircraft was last to be retired and was ferried ATL-VCV late on 08Apr-2003.

* Delta B737-300 N223DZ [23972] ferried GYR-ATL on 08Apr-2003, returning to
service.

* DC-8 4K-AZ29 [46085] ex-N803CK, was ferried MHV-OST and delivered to Silk
Way of Azerbaijan on 05Apr-2003. It was previously stored at MHV.

* Ex-Continental B737-300 N39340 [23578] was ferried MHV-DHN on 07Apr-2003 for
freighter conversion. According to Jeff DeVore, this should be the second
B733F for TNT Airways once completed.

* FedEx B727-100F N115FE [19814] will be donated to the ISTAT Foundation and
placed at the Embry-Riddle University campus at Prescott, AZ.

* Ex-USAirways B737s N534AU [24516] and N412US [23881] were ferried IGM-GWO on
09Apr and 10Apr-2003, respectively. Both were previously stored at MHV.

Movements noted
===============
04Apr
COA9973 MD80 HOU-VCV .. N17812
FDX9092 DC10 LAX-GYR .. N322FE
NWA9868 B757 MSP-MZJ .. N516US
NWA9869 B757 MSP-MZJ .. N519US
UAL9877 B757 ORD-GYR .. N556UA

05Apr
N423BN B72S ICT-SBD
4K-AZ29 DC-8 MHV-OST
DAL9900 B72S ATL-VCV

06Apr
DAL9900 B72S ATL-VCV
DAL9903 MD11 ATL-GYR
NWA9751 DC-9 MSP-MZJ .. N675MC
NWA9870 A320 MSP-PHX-MZJ .. N325US
NWA9871 A320 MSP-PHX-MZJ .. N334US
UAL9885 B733 DEN-GYR .. N376UA

07Apr
COA9973 B733 MHV-DHN .. N39340
DAL9900 B72S ATL-VCV .. N523DA
DAL9902 B72S ATL-VCV .. N533DA
DAL9903 MD11 ATL-GYR .. N810DE
IBE6279 B757 ORD-GYR .. EC-FXV

08Apr
N14830 ATR SAT-ROW
N368CE B733 MZJ-LAS
AAL9618 Fk100 TUL-MHV .. N1415K
AAL9620 B72S MHV-SBD .. N868AA
DAL9901 B72S ATL-VCV
DAL9930 B733 GYR-ATL .. N223DZ
DAL9931 B72S ATL-VCV .. N283WA final flight
DAL9933 B72S ATL-VCV .. N8891Z
DAL9935 B72S ATL-VCV .. N532DA
NWA9750 DC95 MSP-MZJ .. N670MC
NWA9751 DC95 MSP-MZJ .. N676MC
NWA9852 B72S IAD-ROW .. N296US
UAL9878 B757 LAX-GYR .. N558UA
UAL9883 B757 ORD-GYR .. N560UA

09Apr
N534AU B733 IGM-GWO
GCO4007 DC10 air-test MHV
UAL9754 B777 SFO-VCV .. N771UA
UAL9879 B757 ORD-GYR
USA9298 A319 CLT-PHX-GYR
USA9299 A319 CLT-MHV

10Apr
N412US B734 IGM-GWO
SXA156 B732 MHV-OPF .. ex USAirways
USA9298 A319 CLT-GYR
USA9299 A319 PIT-GYR

11Apr
N141UE Be1 PWA-MZJ
EIA916 DC-9 MZJ-LAX .. N916F presumably
NWA9751 DC-9 MSP-MZJ .. N9336
USA9297 A319 CLT-GYR
USA9298 A320 PIT-GYR
VRG9940 B767 MIA-GYR .. PP-VNN

Tuesday, April 08, 2003

April sports charter visitors

Diamondbacks
===========
11-13 Milwaukee
14-17 Colorado
28-30 Florida

Suns
====
09 Dallas
11 Golden State
13 San Antonio

Friday, April 04, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
04Apr-2003


News items
==========
Update
* N358BC, B737-7ES (BBJ) [33542], bare metal, noted at Williams-Gateway on 01Apr-2003. Reportedly this aircraft is going to the Royal Australian AF as an AEW&C "Wedgetail" aircraft, although this example did not have the wedgetail nor any visible markings or other clues about its future.

* N446AN, A320 [446] all white, ferried MHV-MEX on 29Mar-2003. Will this be operated by Mexicana?

* N883US Fk100 [11337] ferried MHV-CMH as "SXA16" on 02Apr-2003. It continued eastward across the Atlantic, eventually arriving at Woensdrecht.

* Delta Air Lines will retire the B727 type on 06Apr-2003, with the last revenue flight tentatively DAL607 GSO-ATL. The final two B727s (regn's unknown to me at the moment) will ferry ATL-VCV on 08Apr, marking the retirement of the type.

* America West Airlines will store 3 B737-200s beginning in Jul-2003. They are N179AW [22646], N183AW [22650], and N184AW [22651].


Movements noted
===============
29Mar
N446AN A320 MHV-MEX

31Mar
DAL9900 B72S ATL-VCV .. N521DA
OAE82F DC10 MHV-LAX

02Apr
N305FE DC10 ROW-OKC
SXA16 Fk100 MHV-CMH .. N883US
UAL9882 B744 SFO-VCV

03Apr
N525DA B72S VCV-SBD
COA9971 MD82 HOU-VCV
UAL9884 B744 SFO-VCV .. N198UA
UPS9309 MD11 MZJ-HNL

04Apr
N370MT JS32 IGM-TUL*
N522NA B757 MZJ-MIA*
ATN818 DC-8 MHV-MIA* N818CK
DAL9900 B72S ATL-VCV
DAL9902 B72S ATL-VCV
NWA9868 B757 MSP-MZJ

* planned

As always, registration tie-ups would be appreciated!