Monday, October 18, 2004

Cactus Wings News
18Oct-2004
* Thanks to everybody who came to the 2004 Cactus Wings Barbeque and Slidetoberfest. It was a great time and we look forward to seeing you, as well as some new faces, next year.
News items
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* Uzbekistan Airways B757-200 N719TW [28487], previously at Goodyear, ferried GYR-JFK on 10Oct-2004 on delivery to the airline. The aircraft was deregistered and exported to the Bermuda registry. Another B757, N724TW [28488] is still at Goodyear, noted on an airtest 15Oct-2004.


* Ex-Asiana B767-300 N798AW [24798, formerly HL7264], previously stored at Marana, was ferried to Mexico City on 02Oct-2004.

* Ex-Southwest B737-200 N80SW [22675], previously stored at Mojave, ferried MHV-TAP on 13Oct-2004.

* USAF C-32B 00-9001 [???] was noted at Phoenix on 04Oct-2004, wearing an all-white c/s with no titles, small serial near the rear door.

* TransMeridian MD-80 N69826 [49486] arrived at Williams-Gateway on 04Oct-2004 as an aircraft substitute for USDOJ charter flights. It was still present on 11Oct-2004. Photo at: http://cactuswings.com/photos/transmeridian%20md80.jpg

* WestJet Airlines inaugurated service to Phoenix from Calgary on 05Oct-2004. The initial flight was operated by B737-700 C-FWSX [32761]. Photo at: http://cactuswings.com/photos/c-fwsx-2.jpg

* America West took delivery of a new A319, N834AW [2302], on 05Oct-2004 when it arrived at Phoenix.

* Southwest took delivery of two new B737-700s. N488WN [33853] was delivered to Phoenix on 13Oct-2004, and N489WN [33855] was delivered on 15Oct-2004.

* The third and final presidential debate for the 2004 election was held at Tempe on 13Oct-2004. The following aircraft were noted related to the event:
85-0002 C-5B USAF
86-0206 C-20B USAF
92-9000 VC-25A USAF VIP c/s - Air Force one, President Bush's ride
97-0046 C-17 USAF
99-0168 C-17 USAF
99-0170 C-17 USAF
99-0402 C-37A USAF
N740PA B757 Primaris - Bush's press plane
N804ME MD81 Midwest - Kerry's press plane
N958PG B757 TransMeridian "Kerry-Edwards 2004" c/s - Kerry's ride

Aircraft movements
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02Oct
N798AW B763 MZJ-MEX
SXA157 F100 MHV-SLN

03Oct
N276AG B732 MHV-PVR

04Oct
009001 B757 at PHX
C-GFCP B732 YVR-TUS
C-GOFM CL2T OMA-IGM
N465AT B732 BFI-MZJ

05Oct
N311FV MD80 MZJ-MIA
N693YT B732 TUS-BFI
N719TW B757 airtest GYR
N806YT B732 TUS-BFI
AAY9865 MD80 GYR-LAS
ATN728 DC-8 MQY-MZJ
SXA158 F100 MHV-SLN

06Oct
N238BA B747 BFI-ROW
N465AT B732 MZJ-PHX
SXA470 F100 MHV-CMH

07Oct
N131NK DC-9 FTW-TUS
FDX9008 MD10 airtest MHV
SXA159 F100 MHV-SLN

08Oct
FDX9008 MD10 MHV-BGR
SXA470 F100 MHV-SLN

09Oct
N315FV MD83 MZJ-MIA

10Oct
UZB3520 B757 GYR-JFK N719TW

11Oct
FAO9900 B72S MIA-TUS
SIA788 B744 SIN-VCV

12Oct
WOA908 MD11 SEA-GYR

13Oct
N80SW B732 MHV-MMTP
N311AG B721 SFO-TUS
AAY9863 MD80 DEN-GYR
FAO9900 B72S MIA-TUS

14Oct
C-GQCP B732 YVR-MHV
N821EX DH8 AMA-VCV
AAY9861 MD80 GYR-LAS
WOA901 DC10 BWI-GYR

15Oct
N121NJ B732 GYR-TUS
N610G B757 BTV-IWA
N724TW B757 airtest GYR
FFT9302 B733 DEN-GYR
QFA6019 B762 HNL-VCV VH-EAQ
WOA900 MD11 ANC-GYR

16Oct
AAY9863 MD80 GYR-DEN

18Oct
NWA9750 DC10 SMF-MZJ

Any tie-ups on the above, or anything I may have missed, would be appreciated. It helps keep my database and the Cactus Wings website up to date.