Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Cactus Wings News
22Nov-2006


News items
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America West fleet update:

CRJ9 N913FJ [15013] returned from Goodyear 14Nov-2006 in the new US Airways Express livery.
CRJ9 N916FJ [15016] returned from Goodyear 19Nov-2006 in the new US Airways livery.
B733 N316AW [23713] returned from Miami 18Nov-2006 in the new US Airways livery.
A320 N649AW [803] returned from Roswell 10Nov-2006 in the new US Airways livery.
A320 N655AW [1075] returned from Roswell 17Nov-2006 in the new US Airways livery
B757 N904AW [23566] 'Arizona Diamondbacks' theme livery, ferried to Roswell 14Nov-2006 for repaint into new US Airways livery.

* Royal Khmer Airlines B737-200 XU-RKH [23105, ex-N334DL], previously at Tucson, departed on delivery 20Nov-2006.

* An Omega Air B707 refueling tanker was spotted at Phoenix/Williams-Gateway on 19Nov-2006.

* Ex-Varig B777-200 N703BA [27109, ex-PP-VRD], currently at Marana, has been sold to be scrapped at Walnut Ridge, AR. It will be the first B777 to be parted out.

* Ex-Independence Air CRJ-200s N626BR [7225] and N627BR [7233], previously at Tucson, have been leased to SAX (South Africa) and have been delivered.

* Ex-Independence Air CRJ-200s N660BR [7519] and N662BR [7526], previously at Tucson, have been sold to Nav Canada and have been delivered.

Airport logs
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Phoenix-
14Nov N42XA B734 Xtra Airways
16Nov N603AL DC87 ATI
17Nov N301TZ B738 AMT
17Nov N137DL B763 DAL
18Nov N722CK B722 Kalitta Charters II
18Nov N237NW DC10 NWA
19Nov N126DL B763 DAL
19Nov N615PA B722
20Nov N740EH B738 BSK
21Nov N829BX DC87 ATI

Aircraft movements
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13Nov
ABX40 B767 VCV-ILN
ASH6931 CRJ1 PHX-GYR
NWA9750 DC10 MSP-MZJ

14Nov
N371PA B733 airtest TUS
VP-BBM B733 TUS-FAR-YFB-KEF
ASH6930 CRJ9 GYR-PHX

15Nov
N372PA B733 airtest MZJ
N932ML DC93 VCV-BFL
NAC322 B732 VCV-ACT (N322DL)

16Nov
N334DL B732 airtest TUS
N888CY JS31 IGM-HOU
AAY9881 MD83 TUL-MZJ (N881GA)
CTT7721 B722 TUS-ROW
NWA9750 B757 MZJ-IND

17Nov
N145RD DC3 MHV-SNA

18Nov
VP-BBL B733 TUS-FAR-KEF
SER6702 DC91 SAN-MHV
SER6703 DC91 SAN-MHV

19Nov
N963PG MD80 ROW-YYR
ASH6934 CRJ9 GYR-PHX
NWA9750 B757 MSP-MZJ

20Nov
N334DL B732 TUS-BFI-ANC-UHPP
N3867X C130 MHV-DVT
NWA9751 B757 MZJ-IND

21Nov
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