Friday, October 28, 2005

Cactus Wings News
28Oct-2005


News items
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* Ex-Frontier B737-300 N306FL [28563], previously at Marana, has been painted and delivered to Virgin Nigeria. Registration cancelled on 25Oct-2005 and exported as 5N-VNA. It was noted at Shannon as such on 23Oct-2005.

* Ex-MyTravel B757 N757HW [22194, formerly G-JALC] which arrived at Phoenix on 18Oct-2005, ferried PHX-MZJ on 24Oct-2005 for painting.

* MaxJet B767-200 N770WD [23306], previously at Goodyear, was noted there in a new revised livery on 20Oct-2005, wearing registration N250MY. It departed on 27Oct-2005 GYR-GSO using callsign 'MXJ9000'. N250MY is still showing as reserved, as of 28Oct-2005.

* Ex-America West A320 N671AW [2077], previously at Goodyear, ferried to Singapore earlier this week. Aircraft is due to go to Air Deccan, India.

Deliveries
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26Oct B73G N223WN [32492] to Southwest at Phoenix

Airport logs
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Quartzite, AZ 20Oct-2005-
123517 F9F US Navy blue c/s - Stored with wings detached west of town.
Part of Richard Oldham's collection from Desert Gardens (the compound containing the derelict Beech 18s)
66-0384 RF-4 'ED' )
65-0941 RF-4 'ED' )- Both preserved at "Freedom Park" near the police station. Located at the intersection of Chandler St and Plymouth St, which can be located on Google Maps or Mapquest.

VCV 20Oct-2005-
N317TT LJ35
N450AX DC10 "10 Tanker" orange/white c/s
N819AL B732 Premier Airlines c/s
OH-LGG MD-11 bare metal w/ blue tail, engines

MHV 20Oct-2005-
G-17-510 US-101 prototype - NTPS ramp
N104SW B732 TranSky - masked for painting
N2053C T-28
N334FS P-51D - Chuck Yeager's mount for the Edwards AFB airshow
N466TM C130 TBM
N525FE MD11 FedEx - FTA ramp
N7141S HU-16B bare metal

Phoenix-
26Oct C-GQCA A320 AC Jetz - pkd Swift
27Oct N804ME MD80 Midwest - pkd Swift
27Oct N675MG B72S Champion Air - pkd Cutter

Aircraft movements
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22Oct
N757AG B757 BGR-GYR (ex-Air Astana)
RYN6006 B757 IAH-MZJ
SSV291 B757 MZJ-YYZ

23Oct
USA9239 B733 CLT-MZJ (N376US)

24Oct
N1448A F100 MHV-TUL
NWA9752 A319 MSP-MZJ (N311NB)
USA9239 B733 PIT-MZJ (N392US)

25Oct
NWA9752 DC93 MSP-MZJ (N9341)
NWA9868 DC10 MSP-MZJ
RTN170 B190 MZJ-PWA

26Oct
NWA9752 A320 MSP-MZJ (N346NW)
USA9239 B733 CLT-TUS (N389US)

27Oct
8P-MLD DHC6 F70-TUS
DAL9902 B763 ATL-VCV
MXJ9000 B767 GYR-GSO (N250MY)
(blkd) B757 BFI-ROW
NWA9752 DC10 MSP-MZJ
RYN6001 B757 MZJ-ICT
USA9239 B733 CLT-MZJ (N527AU)

28Oct
8P-MLK DHC6 TUS-SJT (related to 8P-MLD?)
N876CP JS32 IGM-BTM
DAL9902 MD88 ATL-VCV
DAL9903 MD88 ATL-VCV
UAL9927 B763 MZJ-SFO*
USA9239 B733 CLT-TUS (N560AU)

* - 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/

Photography
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New slides for sale and auction:
http://www.airlinehobby.com/stores/CACTUS_WINGS_PHOTOGRAPHY.cfm

New photos from October 2005, including Edwards AFB 2005:
http://www.pbase.com/cactuswings/current