Monday, November 13, 2006

Cactus Wings News
13Nov-2006


Edits in bold

News items
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* America West fleet update:

CRJ9 N911FJ [15011] returend from Goodyear 11Nov-2006 in new US Airways Express livery
B733 N164AW [23625] returned from Miami 06Nov-2006 in new US Airways livery
B757 N906AW [23568] returned from Roswell 06Nov-2006 in new US Airways livery

* Stored CRJs at Tucson (Log by Gerry Hollands) 30Oct-2006

Whilst at Tucson during the morning on 30th October I was able
to check out the Stored CRJ aircraft. A total of 34 aircraft were
noted as follows:

N628BR N630BR N631BR N632BR N633BR
N634BR N639BR N642BR N650BR N652BR
N659BR N667BR N696BR
N977CA N978CA N979CA N981CA N982CA
N8943A N8944B N8946A N8948B N8965E
N8971A N8974C N8976E
N831AY N832AY N834AY N835AY N836AY
N840AY

ZS-NMD still in Independence colours was outside the Regional
Jet Service Centre. I was told the c/n was 7225.
N697BR was inside being worked on.

* Ex-Malaysian B747-400 N73713 [24315], currently stored at Marana, has been leased to Boeing for use as a B747-8 testbed.

Airport logs
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Phoenix-
04Nov N740PA B757 Primaris
05Nov 81302 C130 USAF
05Nov 81303 C130 USAF
06Nov N734MA B738 BSK
08Nov C-FPWE A320 ACA 'Jetz' c/s
08Nov N698SS B722
08Nov N459AX B757 OAE
09Nov N801DM B757
09Nov N503MG B721 Roush
09Nov N410BN B722
09Nov N508RH Saab 2000
09Nov N511RH Saab 2000
10Nov N519JG Saab 2000
10Nov N249TR B732
10Nov N147AW B732 SkyKing
10Nov 61398 C130 USAF
10Nov 80808 C130 USAF
11Nov N502MG B721 Roush
11Nov N512RH Saab 2000
12Nov 6Y-JMK A320 AJM diversion

Tucson-
10Nov XU-RKH B732 Royal Khmer
10Nov N302WA B733 Avolar
10Nov N311FV MD80 a/w, being worked on
10Nov TP03 B733 Mexican AF, inside hgr
10Nov A6-HMK B733 Hamra Air, stored

Aircraft movements
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05Nov
ASH6936 CRJ9 PHX-GYR

07Nov
N639BR CRJ2 TUS-FNT
ASH6931 CRJ9 PHX-GYR
MPH69 MD11 AMS-VCV

08Nov
LAN9800 B732 ACA-VCV
MPH70 MD11 VCV-ATL

09Nov
N519AU B733 MZJ-INT
N811AN B733 MZJ-VQQ
NWA9750 B757 MZJ-IND (N539NW)

11Nov
N69826 MD80 ROW-SJO
ASH6931 CRJ9 GYR-PHX
ASH6935 CRJ9 PHX-GYR
ASH6936 CRJ9 PHX-GYR

12Nov
N697BR CRJ2 TUS-YYC
N703BR CRJ2 CKB-TUS

13Nov
N705BR CRJ2 CKB-TUS
ABX40 B767 VCV-ILN
NWA9750 DC10 MSP-MZJ

* - 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 the region:
http://www.pbase.com/cactuswings/current