Thursday, September 29, 2005

Cactus Wings News
29Sep-2005


News items
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* Ex-United B747-400 N184UA [25380], previously at Marana, has been sold to Corsair of France. It was reregistered F-WKIS and departed Marana for Jamaica on 23Sep-2005 for a pre-delivery D-check and paint.

* FedEx MD-11 N525FE [48565], previously parked at LAX in basic Delta livery, ferried LAX-MHV in full FedEx livery on 24Sep-2005 and continues to be a part of a research & development program for terrorist countermeasures.

* B-36H 52-2827, currently being restored at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, received its wings this week via truck. Photos of the impressive relocation are posted at the folllowing link:
http://www.b-36peacemakermuseum.org/ (scroll to bottom)

Airport logs
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IWA-
17Sep N750PA B757 Hooters Air (charter)
20Sep N932RD MD80 Ryan Int'l - departed
21Sep N712S B732 Sierra Pacific
22Sep N? MD83 Allegiant (PSP-IWA-RNO)
24Sep N703S B732 Sierra Pacific
26Sep N? MD83 Allegiant (RNO-IWA-DEN)
28Sep N703S B732 Sierra Pacific

TUS- (all 18Sep-2005)
XA-TVB DC93 Aerocaribe n/t
XA-TVC DC93 Aerocaribe n/t
XA-ABX B733 Estafeta

PHX-
22Sep HL7700 B73G pkd Cutter
28Sep N737Q B732 pkd Swift

Aircraft movements
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17Sep
N901UA B735 airtest GYR

18Sep
N908UA B735 airtest GYR

20Sep
C-FFVE CRJ2 TUS-YMX
C-FFVJ CRJ2 YUL-TUS
N308FV A300 MZJ-KEF
N382DL B732 VCV-TUS
FAO9921 B72S LAX-SBD
NWA9751 DC93 MSP-MZJ (N920RW)
RYN6001 MD80 IWA-RFD (N932RD)
TST1 B757 airtest ROW (?)

21Sep
N308FV A300 GYR-KEF
USA9238 B733 CLT-MZJ

22Sep
AAY9945 MD87 LAS-GYR (N945MA)
COA9971 B733 HOU-GYR (N60312)
EIA600 B747 PIK-MZJ
UPS9351 B727 ELP-ROW

23Sep
N184UA B744 MZJ-KIN
N755DH B72S VQQ-MHV
FAO9923 B72S SBD-RDU
NWA9751 DC10 DTW-MZJ (N229NW)
UPS9151 B727 ROW-BGR

24Sep
FDX9048 MD11 LAX-MHV (N525FE)
SWA8503 B73G PHX-ROW

25Sep
ASH930 CRJ2 ROW-PHX
ASH9431 CRJ2 ROW-CLT
ASH9432 CRJ2 ROW-BNA
ASH9433 CRJ2 ROW-CLT
ASH9434 CRJ2 ROW-ORD
SSV290 B757 YYZ-TUS-MZJ (C-GMYH)

26Sep
AAY6261 MD83 RNO-IWA-DEN (charter)
ASA9000 B73G SEA-ROW
FAB5051 B732 MHV-YOW
UAL9925 B763 MZJ-SFO (N655UA)

27Sep
ASA9000 B732 SEA-ROW
DAL9902 B767 ATL-VCV
DAL9903 B732 ATL-VCV
NWA9750 A319 MSP-MZJ
TST1 B757 airtest ROW

28Sep
FDX9051 MD11 GYR-LAX
USA9239 B734 PIT-TUS

* - planned movement
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. Codes can be translated at The Airline Codes Website:
http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/