Cactus Wings News
16May-2006
News items
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* US Airways fleet update:
A320 N619AW [527] Painted into new US Airways livery at Roswell, returned to Phoenix 23Apr-2006.
A320 N651AW [866] Painted into new US Airways livery at Roswell, returned to Phoenix 30Apr-2006.
A319 N803AW [931] Painted into new US Airways livery at Roswell, returned to Phoenix 06May-2006.
A319 N812AW [1178] Painted into new US Airways livery at Roswell, returned to Phoenix 06May-2006.
A319 N817AW [1373] Painted into new US Airways livery at Roswell, returned to Phoenix 23Apr-2006.
A319 N820AW [1397] Painted into new US Airways livery at Roswell, returned to Phoenix 07May-2006.
A319 N821AW [1406] Painted into new US Airways livery at Roswell, returned to Phoenix 06May-2006.
* Ex-Independence Air CRJ-200s N654BR [7454] and N693BR [7761], previously at Goodyear, were painted in the blue/white colors of go!, a new startup airline based in Honolulu operated by Mesa Airlines. The two aircraft ferried GYR-PHX on 06May-2006 and have been seen at Phoenix since then. A third and fourth aircraft, N655BR [7457] and N651BR [7426], have arrived at Goodyear for painting.
* Ex-Northwest DC-10-30 N229NW [46551], previously stored at Marana, has been sold to Arrow Air and ferried MZJ-OPF for parting out.
* Sun Country B737-800 N806SY [28215] is the second aircraft in their fleet to receive blended winglets installed at Evergreen Air Center in Marana. N806SY returned to service on 06May-2006.
* Ex-Thai MD-11 HS-TMG [48451] has been re-registered N257UP and was ferried to Roswell on 07May-2006 for pre-delivery preparation. Three other ex-Thai MD-11s will follow: HS-TMD [48416], HS-TME [48417], and HS-TMF [48418].
* Ex-American F-100s N1402K [11353], N1403M [11354], N1404D [11355], and N1405J [11356], all currently stored at Mojave, have been leased to Click Mexicana.
* Ex-TNT B727-200 OY-SER [20639], previously stored at Tucson, has been broken up. Last noted 19Apr-2006. Photo link: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1041734/L/
Airport logs
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Phoenix:
05May N72VN SF34 'Sun Vest' titles
07May N733MA B738 Miami Air
08May N366G B73G
09May N371FL CV340
11May N739MA B738 Miami Air
13May 78-0806 C130
Williams-Gateway:
04May RA-82044 AN124 - departed
04May N. B734 Xtra Airways
05May N925AU P-3 Aero Union
05May 05-5145 C-17
Deliveries
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05May B73G N237WN [34632] to Southwest at Phoenix
Aircraft movements
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02May
N584US B733 MZJ-MIA
03May
EI-CLH BA46 MHV-?
N1446A F100 MHV-TUL
N304NB A319 MZJ-TUS-YWG
DAL9904 B733 SLC-VCV
FAO9972 B722 RIV-TUS
04May
N312NB A319 MZJ-TUS-YWG
ABX30 B767 VCV-ILN
AWE7603 B757 airtest GYR
05May
CJC9447 SF34 ROW-HEF
FAO9953 B722 GPT-TUS
JZA7094 CRJ2 YVR-TUS
NASA806 ER-2 EDW-MZJ (N806NA)
06May
N379DL B732 VCV-SMX-HNL-west
ASH9800 CRJ2 GYR-PHX )
ASH9801 CRJ2 GYR-PHX )- Two go! aircraft mentioned above
SCX8806 B738 MZJ-MSP (N806SY)
07May
NWA9868 B757 MSP-MZJ (N556NW)
UPS9569 MD11 ANC-ROW (N257UP)
08May
N328AW B733 GYR-TIJ
AAL9611 MD82 TUL-ROW
AAL9612 MD82 TUL-ROW
10May
AWE7828 B733 PHX-GYR (N336AW)
11May
N223DZ B733 VCV-INT
JZA7075 CRJ2 TUS-YVR
RTN170 B190 PWA-MZJ-PWA
12May
N118DL B763 VCV-PAE
N1459A F100 MHV-TUL
N242DL B732 VCV-INT
N40717 E120 VCV-SGF
N88ZL B707 PHX-BQK
NASA806 BE20 MZJ-EDW (N806NA)
13May
N190UA B744 VCV-PHX-AMS
AAL9655 MD82 TUL-ROW
APW229 DC10 MZJ-OPF (N229NW)
ASH9803 CRJ2 HOT-GYR (N651BR)
FDX9030 B743 LAX-MHV (TF-ARS)
14May
N30MP B727 LGB-MHV
15May
N654BR CRJ2 airtest PHX (Go! aircraft)
DAL9900 MD88 VCV-OKC
FDX9038 B743 airtest MHV (TF-ARS)
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 the region:
http://www.pbase.com/cactuswings/current
