Friday, May 26, 2006

Cactus Wings News
26May-2006


News items
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* Ex-Kitty Hawk B727-200 N902RF [22549], currently stored at Kingman, has been sold to Transmile (Malaysia).

* Air Atlanta B747-300 TF-ARS [22996], currently based at Mojave testing a counter-MANPADS program, was noted flying missed approaches at PHX and LAS on 25May-2006.

* Ex-USDOJ MD80 N822US [49139], previously stored at Tucson, now wears large "Jet Tran Air" titles and re-engined with Stage-4 noise compliant engines. It departed Tucson for Mojave on 25May-2006. Photo by Dan Brownlee, link:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1051748/L/


Airport logs
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Tucson-
25May N822US MD80 Jet Tran Air, departed
25May N371FA B733 a/w
25May N242DL B732 fleur-de-lis tail logo

Phoenix-
17May 04-4128 C-17

Deliveries
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22May B73G N238WN [34713] to Southwest at Phoenix

Aircraft movements
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16May
NWA9750 B757 MZJ-MSP (N531US)
RYN6020 B734 TUS-STL
UPS9581 MD11 YMX-ROW (N802DE)

17May
AWE7303 B757 PHX-IWA

18May
N654BR (go!) CRJ2 PHX-SFO

19May
NWA9750 B757 MSP-MZJ (N516US)

22May
N427JS D328 IGM-OKC
AWE7802 B733 PHX-GYR

23May
N822US MD80 airtest TUS

24May
N231DN B733 VCV-INT
N684BR CRJ2 TUS-YUL
N93ZV B190 MZJ-ABQ
NWA9869 B744 MZJ-SEA

25May
N313WA B733 VCV-GYR
N822US MD80 TUS-MHV
ASH777 (go!) CRJ2 PHX-SFO (N693BR)
ASH9800 (go!) CRJ2 GYR-PHX (N651BR)
ATN101 DC87 GYR-TOL
DAL9900 B732 ATL-VCV
EIA947 B747 TLH-MZJ (N470EV)
ICE8151 B757 GYR-MEX
NWA9869 B744 MZJ-LAX
VRG9830 MD11 ?-VCV

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