Friday, December 17, 2004

N709BR and N710BR (ex-Independence aircraft) in service with Skywest, full Independence Air colors. First flight of N710BR on 12/10/04, based out of SLC. Both aircraft were placed into service early to cover for 2 damaged CRJ-200 aircraft.

N698BR and N699BR currently in repaint/mods in PSP and YYC, respectively.
Cactus Wings News
17Dec-2004


News items
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* Ex-United B777-200 N208UA [30214], previously stored at Goodyear, has been delivered to Varig. It was deregistered on 09Dec-2004 and ferried GYR-LAX as VRG9961 that day.

* Ex-Farwest DHC-7 N701AC [18], previously stored at Chandler-Memorial, was noted at Las Vegas North Air Terminal on 29Nov-2004 now registered RP-C2996. It was deregistered on 09Nov-2004, no record of the departure date from Memorial.

* Ex-Delta MD-11 N810DE [48565], previously stored at Goodyear, ferried GYR-LAX on 03Dec-2004 for FedEx.

* Ex-America West B737-200 N187AW [22654], retired from service 29Nov-2004, ferried PHX-GYR on 14Dec-2004.

* Ex-American F-100s N1424M [11407] and N1431B [11416], previously stored at Mojave, have been sold to Trade Air (Croatia). These could have been the two that ferried out of Mojave last week, confirmation welcomed.

* Ex-United B737-300 N368UA [24537], previously stored at Victorville, ferried VCV-HMO on delivery to an unknown Mexican operator.

* Southwest Airlines took delivery of two new B737-700s. N493WN [32477] was noted at Phoenix on 06Dec-2004, and N494WN [33868] was noted at Phoenix on 13Dec-2004.

* Goodyear report from Mike & Steve, http://www.visitingphx.com:
We made it out to GYR before the rain hit on Saturday morning (04Dec) to catch a couple of ex-Southeast MD82's. N374GE arrived from FLL and
N418GE arrived a few minutes later from PIE. Both were flying as
their reg, and were in a full Southeast c/s. AWE B732, N182AW was
parked on the TIMCO Ramp in full c/s. The ex-ACA B762, N526PH is
now in full Iraqi Airways c/s and was inside the hangar Saturday.
Another interesting aircraft at GYR, was the USAF NT-43A, '73-155'
that has the extensions on its nose and tail. '73-155' was inside
the small hangar this weekend. The only other new aircraft at GYR
was AAY MD83, N891GA which was inside the hangar. The ex-ACA A320,
N754US that was stripped last weekend and on the TIMCO Ramp was
missing and may be in the paint bay. Both ex-UAL B735's, N952UA and
N948UA were parked on the TIMCO Ramp this weekend along with ex-COA
MD80, N10834. Three aircraft were missing at GYR this weekend, ex-
DAL MD11, N810DE departed as flt# FDX9069 to LAX on 12/3. ex-WOA
DC10, N353WL has apparently gone to Omni Air, it departed 12/1 as
flt# OAE270 to TUL. ex-AWE B732, N180AW was missing this weekend
and may have departed to TUS since there was a flight track on 12/30
(flt# AWE9800) to TUS. Both Bellview B762's were outside on the
TIMCO Ramp this weekend and one was near the fence by the general
aviation hangars.

Williams-Gateway 11Dec:
Out at IWA, Spirit N817NK departed for DTW on Friday. N801NK was still there on Saturday, operating for the DOJ. N311FV arrived from MIA Saturday (a/w) and headed to the DOJ ramp. N945MA flew the RNO-IWA run for Allegiant on Friday. N806US departed as its reg to TUS on Saturday.

Phoenix log
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11Dec 164410 E-6 USN
12Dec 57-1478 KC135
12Dec 02-0201 C-40 USAF
12Dec 64-0520 C-130 ANG
12Dec N1402A B763 Delta - football charter
13Dec N253DV B733 pvt - basketball charter
14Dec N710BR CRJ2 Independence Air c/s, no titles, operated by Skywest

Aircraft movements
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05Dec
N446AN A320 FAR-MZJ [446]

06Dec
C-GMCP B732 YVR-MHV
N215BB AT43 AFW-TUS
N920LG DC-9 PIE-FTW-MHV

07Dec
N215BB AT43 TUS-SYR
N921LG DC-9 PIE-FTW-MHV
ATN728 DC-8 MZJ-GSO

08Dec
AAY9948 MD80 IFP-GYR
ASA9000 B732 SEA-MHV
NKS9951 MD80 DTW-IWA N817NK, DOJ wet-lease
SXA474 F100 MHV-SLN
WOA950 MD11 GYR-ATL

09Dec
N10876 B190 ICT-MZJ-ICT
N806HE B767 airtest GYR
N932ML DC-9 airtest TUS
VRG9961 B777 GYR-LAX N208UA

10Dec
EUK102P B747 MZJ-BGR
NKS9951 MD80 IWA-DTW N817NK
SWA5001 B732 HOU-VCV

11Dec
MYT007 A321 BGR-MZJ G-JOEE
N806HE B767 airtest GYR
N806US MD80 IWA-TUS
AAY9891 MD80 GYR-LAS
SXA171 F100 MHV-SLN

13Dec
C-FCRE CRJ7 YMX-TUS
FAO9902 B72S TUS-MIA
PLZ401 B72S MCO-IWA* DOJ wet-lease

14Dec
C-FCZD CRJ7 TUS-YUL
N986PG B732 TUS-PAE
AAY9948 MD80 LBL-GYR
AWE7603 B732 PHX-GYR N187AW
FAO9940 B72S MIA-TUS
RYN6001 B734 IFP-GYR
SXA477 F100 MHV-CMH

15Dec
AAH100 B73G LAS-GYR
AAY9860 MD80 LAS-GYR
AAY9948 MD80 GYR-IFP
ASA9200 B732 MHV-ANC
NKS8001 MD80 IWA-DTW N801NK
RYN6001 B734 GYR-IFP

16Dec
5N-BEV B732 MHV-MIA
C-FACP B732 YVR-MHV
C-FHCP B732 YVR-MHV
17Dec
N316UA B733 VCV-IND*
N67134 B757 TUS-PAE
N948UA B735 GYR-LCQ*
AAH100 B73G GYR-RNO*

* - planned

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.


Monday, December 13, 2004

Aeromexico
Boeing 737-76Q
30283 ex G-OSLH re-reg. N997AM to Wells Fargo bank Northwest NA Trustee Dec03-2004. Ferried Stavanger-Keflavik-Boston-Mexico City Dec03-2004 as AMX802 on lease to Aeromexico. Does not have winglets.
America West Airlines
Boeing 737-277
22654 N187AW will be position ferried Phoenix-Goodyear Dec14-2004 as HP7603 for storage. Has been parked at Phoenix since last revenue flight for America West Airlines Nov30-2004.