Saturday, October 30, 2004

America West Airlines
Boeing 737-277 fleet retirement from AWE.
22653 N186AW planned out of service Oct31-2004
22649 N182AW planned out of service Dec01-2004
22654 N187AW planned out of service Dec08-2004
22654 N189AW planned out of service Jan17-2005

Airbus A320-232 Estimated delivery:

2359 N674AW Jan15-2005
2405 N675AW Mar15-2005
2422 N676AW May15-2005
2430 N677AW May15-2005
2482 N678AW Jun15-2005
N679AW Dec15-2005
N680AW Dec15-2005
N681AW May15-2006
N682AW Jul15-2006

Airbus A319
N835AW Apr15-2005
N836AW Oct15-2005
N837AW Nov15-2005
N838AW Nov15-2005


Aeromexico

Boeing 737-752W
29356 N906AM delivered as AMX894 Oct19-2004 Boeing Field-Mexico City.
30038 N908AM has been sending ACARS msg from Boeing Field.

McDonnell Douglas MD-82
49150 N491SH returned to lessor Oct20-2004 as AMX896 Mexico City-Wichita.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Cactus Wings News
26Oct-2004


News items
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* Ex-USAir B737-200 N239US [22354], previously at Tucson, was painted in full Iraqi Airways livery and was ferried TUS-LNK-YYR-KEF-PRG on 15/16Oct-2004 on delivery.

* Hendrick Motorsports Saab 2000 N508RH [2000-027] was noted at Phoenix from 17/19Oct-2004 parked at Cutter Aviation.

* Ex-American B757-200 N724TW [28488], previously at Goodyear, was painted in full Uzbekistan Airways livery, re-registered VP-BUJ, and ferried GYR-JFK-FCO on 21Oct-2004 on delivery.

* Ex-VARIG MD-11s N499HE [48499, ex PP-VPN], N485LS [48500, ex PP-VPO], and N501FR [48501, ex PP-VPP], all currently stored at Goodyear, have been sold to Fed Ex.

* Ex-United DC-10-30 N1858U [46987], previously stored at Marana, was ferried MZJ-TUS-EIN on 25Oct-2004 on delivery to the Royal Netherlands Air Force as a transport aircraft. It will be re-serialed T-255.

* C-123 Provider N681DG [54-681], previously stored at Mojave, departed Mojave on 21Oct-2004 on delivery to a new museum in Texas. Story and photos by Alan Radecki at: http://www.mojavebooks.com/mhv/041024-1.html

Aircraft movements
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19Oct
N34820 AT43 ROW-BLI
AAL9638 B762 ROW-MCI N316AA

20Oct
AAY5204/5 IFP-IWA

21Oct
N681DG C123 dep MHV
FFT9310 B733 DEN-GYR
MGE425 B72S TUS-HNL
UZB3520 B757 GYR-JFK VP-BUJ

22Oct
C-GJCP B732 YVR-MHV
SXA160 F100 MHV-SLN

23Oct
UAL9924 B735 GYR-LCQ

25Oct
N1858U DC10 MZJ-TUS-EIN
AAY9860 MD80 GYR-LAS
APW8969 DC-8 MIA-ROW
SKW1251 E120 FAT-VCV

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.