Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
26Nov-2003


News items
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* 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
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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