Friday, May 28, 2004

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
28May-2004

* I suffered a hard drive crash two weeks ago, and lost a lot of current news items & movements. My database is intact but the things that go into updating it were lost. Still, I managed to remember a few news bits.

* Two Frontier Airbuses have been delivered through Phoenix:
- A319 N927FR [2209] arrived on 08May-2004, and departed the next day to Denver.
- A318 N806FR [2218] arrived on 11May-2004, and departed the next day to Denver. Photo at:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/580309/L/

* America West A320 N672AW [2193] arrived at Phoenix on delivery on 18May-2004.

* Ex-Ethiopian B767-200 N271SW (former ET-AIE) [23106], previously stored at Victorville in bare metal primer, was ferried to San Bernardino on 09Mar-2004. Painted all white and ferried to Miami on 25May-2004, still as N271SW.

* Ex-USAirways B737-300 N351US [23554], previously stored at Mojave, was ferried MHV-HNL on 26May-2004. Noted at HNL in basic USAirways c/s with no titles.

* Air Atlanta B747-200 TF-ATD [21966] was noted at Phoenix on 23May-2004. Parked on the executive ramp until 26May-2004.

* Ex Aeromexico B757-200 N301AM [30045], previously stored at Goodyear, was painted in full TACV Cabo Verde Airlines c/s and noted as such on 08May-2004. Cancelled from the US register on 14May-2004 and was not seen on 22May-2004, assumed delivered.

* Ex-Singapore B747-400 N242BA (former 9V-SMG) [24226], previously stored at Goodyear, was ferried to Amarillo on 29Apr-2004. Returned to Goodyear on 16May-2004 in full Air India c/s.

* Delta DC-3 NC28341 [3278] was noted at Phoenix on 14/15May-2004 as part of Delta's 75th Anniversary tour.

Aircraft movements (Again, not complete due to HD failure)
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17May
N672AW A320 BGR-PHX dely

19May
UAL9926 B72S VCV-GYR N7276U

20May
AAL9615 F100 TUL-MHV N1405J

24May
N876CP JS32 MZJ-VGT

25May
N271SW B767 SBD-MIA

26May
N351US B733 MHV-HNL
N532DA B72S VCV-BGR-LPAZ
COA9970 MD82 IAH-GYR N77827
SKW1499 EM2 PSP-ROW
UAL9927 B72S VCV-GYR N7273U

27May
COA9970 MD82 IAH-GYR N18833
KHA748 B72S DFW-ROW
SIA744 B744 VCV-ICN
SXA426 F100 MHV-CMH N1473K

28May
N122NJ B732 TUS-ACA*
N226G B757 AUS-TUS-NTU
N335FV B757 GYR-PHX-SAL*
BOE8578 MD11 TUS-YUM-GYR*
FDX9016 DC10 MHV-BGR
GLA16 BE1 CYS-MZJ
RYN42 B72S MSY-GYR
RYN540 B72S ORD-GYR

Monday, May 24, 2004

Website update

Apologies for not updating the website in a while. We'll get back on track shortly. Many recent photos have been posted to Airliners.net. A news update is in the plan for 28May.