Saturday, November 06, 2004

Boeing 737-27722653 N186AW flew last revenue service for America West Airlines Nov05-2004 HP643 ONT-PHX.

Monday, November 01, 2004

Cactus Wings News
01Nov-2004


News items
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* The Justice Department switched their MD-80 aircraft based at Williams-Gateway. N16894 and N16895 both departed on 30Oct-2004, while N806US and N822US arrived on 30Oct as their long-term replacements.
Photo of N16894: http://www.cactuswings.com/photos/n16894.jpg
Photo of N822US: http://www.cactuswings.com/photos/n822usiwa103104.jpg

* Ex-SAS B767-300 N2484B [24846, formerly LN-RCE], previously stored at Victorville, ferried VCV-MIA on 27Oct-2004.

* Ex-Swiss MD-11 N15WF [48486, formerly HB-IWT], previously stored at Mojave, ferried MHV-SLN-ZRH on 29/30Oct-2004.

* Boeing B737-7EJ(BBJ) XA-AEX [32774] was noted at Phoenix 27Oct-2004, parked on the Cutter Aviation ramp.

* Pace Airlines B737-300 N373PA [23749], previously operated for Vacation Express, has since been repainted into a corporate c/s and was first noted at Phoenix on 26Oct-2004 as part of the Sportjet fleet.

* Goodyear report and update from Steve Cook, http://www.visitingphx.com:

There were a lot of interesting movements at GYR this weekend. We
made it out to GYR on Saturday evening 10/30. It appears that one of
the ex-Varig B762's is now painted as Bellview Airlines. It was
inside the hangar with plastic drapped over it, no reg was visible
yet. The other Varig B762 that was stripped last weekend is now
outside on the TIMCO Ramp, but most of the logos and its reg were
removed. It appears they may be painting this one soon too. ex-DAL
B732, N378DL was parked on the TIMCO Ramp with no titles after
arriving from ATL-PHX-GYR as flt# DAL9900 on 10/28. World DC10,
N303WL was parked in between the hangars on the TIMCO Ramp after
arriving from LAX-GYR as flt#WOA903 on Saturday. Another arrival to
the TIMCO Ramp Saturday was ex-ACA B762 (C-GAVA) now reg'd N526PH.
The ex-ACA had no titles and flew MHV-GYR using its N526PH reg for
its flight#. Cielos Cargo DC10, N305FE was inside the hangar as well
this weekend. ex-Spanair (EC-FXI) MD83 was parked on the TIMCO
Ramp. The ex-Spanair is now reg'd N320FV and was a/w after arriving
YYR-TUS-(GYR) on Saturday flying as its reg. WOA DC10, N353WL was
moved inside the hangar this weekend and painted a/w now. ex-UAL
B772, N207UA which was still parked at TIMCO, now has it's titles,
logos, and reg removed. UAL B772, N208UA is still in full UAL c/s on
the TIMCO Ramp though. ex-UAL B735, N943UA departed to LCQ on
Saturday morning as flt# UAL9925. Also missing was AAY MD83 N860GA
which returned to service earlier this week. One aircraft that we
missed counting lately was ex-ASA MD80, N932AS which apparently snuck
out to LCQ on 7/16/04 flying as its reg#.
We made another run out to GYR on Sunday afternoon 10/31 to catch
ex-ATA B752, N512TZ which flew in from IND-GYR as its reg#. N512TZ
was in full ATA c/s and arrived to the TIMCO Ramp.
All other aircraft previously noted, still appeared to present on
Saturday and Sunday.


Aircraft movements
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24Oct
GCO4056 DC10 MHV-BFM

25Oct
N932ML DC-9 MHV-TUS 'Firebird II'

27Oct
N2484B B767 VCV-MIA

28Oct
N320FV MD83 YYR-TUS-GYR ex EC-INZ
DAL9900 B732 ATL-GYR N378DL
UAL9956 B767 SFO-VCV N613UA

29Oct
NASA905 B747 MZJ-EDW
SIA8310 A310 YVR-VCV
SXA161 MD11 MHV-SLN N15WF

30Oct
N16894 MD82 IWA-LCQ
N16895 MD82 IWA-AEX
N526PH B767 MHV-GYR
N806US MD82 AEX-IWA
N822US MD82 AEX-IWA
ACA7056 B744 YVR-MZJ C-GAGM
UAL9925 B735 GYR-LCQ N943UA
WOA903 DC10 LAX-GYR

31Oct
N512TZ B757 IND-GYR

01Nov
SKW1003 E120 GTF-ROW

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.