Friday, June 03, 2005

Cactus Wings News
03Jun-2005


News items
==========
* Dakota Heritage DC-3 N5831B [42-100882], previously stored at Avra Valley, departed to the UK on 30May-2005.

* Ex-Air Canada B747-400 [24883], currently stored at Marana, has been leased to Aerolineas Argentinas.

* Ex-United B737-500 N946UA [26687], currently at Goodyear, was noted by Mike & Steve on 29May-2005 now painted all white with no registration, only a 'Q' on the nose gear door. Noted test flying as N946UA on 01Jun-2005 GYR-GYR.

Deliveries
==========
31May B73G N213WN [34217] to Southwest Airlines, Phoenix

Aircraft movements
==================
27May
N394UA B733 GYR-MIA
AWE7304 B757 GYR-PHX
UAL9910 B733 VCV-LAX N328UA
UAL9911 B733 VCV-LAX N386UA

29May
AWE7819 B757 GYR-PHX

30May
N5831B DC3 AVQ-KEF-WIC-LPL

31May
N902RA MD90 airtest MZJ
AMX837 MD83 PHX-GYR N946AS
FFT9304 B733 DEN-ROW N304FL
NWA9750 B747 LAX-MZJ N631US
UAL9942 B763 SFO-MZJ N648UA
UAL9945 B763 IAD-MZJ N656UA
UAL9946 B763 LAX-MZJ N655UA

01Jun
C-FEZT CRJ2 YQG-TUS
N434JS D328 OKC-IGM
N672BR CRJ2 airtest TUS
N822US MD82 YHM-TUS
N946UA B735 airtest GYR
UAL9949 B763 SFO-MZJ N654UA

02Jun
BOE524 MD11 airtest MZJ N256UP
CAA9977 CRJ2 TUS-ARA
NWA9751 DC10 MSP-MZJ

03Jun
N902RA MD90 MZJ-ANC
FDX9028 MD11 airtest GYR*


* - 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/

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Aeromexico
McDonnell Douglas MD80
49658 83 N946AS returned to lessor May31-2005 AMX837 Mexico City-Phoenix-Goodyear.
48079 82 XA-TRD returned to lessor May04-2005 to Roswell, NM

Boeing 757-23A25490 N490AM will be returned soon to lessor and at Goodyear, AZ

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Cactus Wings Sales Table

Cactus Wings is hosting a sales table at the LAX Airliner Expo. Details:
Who: Cactus Wings Sales Table (Terry Nash and Troy Prybyski)
What: LAX Airliner Expo - Summer 2005
Where: Hacienda Hotel at LAX
When: June 11, 2005 9:00am to 3:00pm
Website: http://www.jetpsa.com/LAX/index.html

We will have plenty of fresh new slides and prints from the winter shooting season. We hope you stop by our table, located near the front door, and say hello!

Friday, May 27, 2005

Cactus Wings News
27May-2005


News items
==========

* Ex-Air Canada B737-200 N289TR [22159, formerly C-GNPW] and N291TR [22807, formerly C-GTPW], currently stored at Mojave, have been sold to be parted out.

* Ex-Aloha B737-200 N806AL [21927], currently stored at Goodyear, has been sold to be parted out.

* Ex-Asiana B767-300 N723BC [24797, formerly HL7263], arrived at Victorville 06May-2005. Air-tested 24May-2005 VCV-VCV, and was re-registered 5Y-KQP on 25May-2005. Departed on delivery to Kenya Airways as KQA763 VCV-LHR on 26May-2005.

* Nine ex-Jetsgo MD-80s passed through Tucson this week as the airline officially declared bankruptcy and was liquidated. The routings of each aircraft are as follows:

20May C-FKLO MD83 [53464] YYZ-TUS
20May C-FKLY MD83 [53465] YYZ-TUS
20May C-FKLZ MD83 [53466] YYZ-TUS
25May C-FKLT MD83 [53463] YMX-TUS
25May C-GKLC MD83 [53468] YMX-TUS-MZJ
25May C-GKLN MD83 [53486] YMX-TUS-MZJ
25May C-GKLJ MD83 [53467] YMX-TUS-MZJ
26May C-FRYA MD83 [53488] YMX-TUS
26May C-GKLE MD83 [49943] YMX-TUS-VCV

* Evergreen P-2V N202EV [131502], currently at Marana, has been repainted into Evergreen livery and will be ferried to their museum in McMinnville, OR for permanent display.

* Jetstream 32 N486UE [905], previously at Kingman, has been sold to SARPA (Colombia). It was ferried IGM-MAF on 25May-2005.

Logs
=================
IWA-
23May N923AU P-3 Aero Union
23May N? Outback Steakhouse airship

Aircraft movements
==================
20May
C-GKLK MD83 YYZ-VCV
AWE7823 B757 PHX-GYR

21May
WOA905 DC10 DAY-GYR

22May
N427JS D328 ADM-IGM
UAL9926 B733 VCV-LCQ N387UA

23May
AAH100 B73G SAT-ROW

24May
N723BC B763 airtest VCV
BOE777 B772 EDW-VCV-BFI
CAA9320 CRJ2 airtest TUS
CEA9865 JS32 AMA-IGM

25May
C-FKLT MD83 YMX-TUS
C-GKLC MD83 YMX-TUS
C-GKLN MD83 YMX-TUS
C-GKLJ MD83 YMX-TUS

26May
(blkd) FK70 HMO-TUS-PHX
C-FRYA MD83 YMX-TUS*
C-GKLE MD83 YMX-TUS-VCV
C-GKLJ MD83 TUS-MZJ
C-GKLN MD83 TUS-MZJ
N396UA B733 GYR-SJO
N486UE JS31 IGM-MAF
KQA763 B763 VCV-LHR 5Y-KQP
NWA9751 DC93 MSP-MZJ N3322L

* - 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/

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Beech C-99
U-235 N235AV seen today in Phoenix in basic Air Vegas colors and Ameriflight titles.

Friday, May 20, 2005

America West Airlines
A319-132
2458 reg. N835AW May12-2005 to ILFC on lease to America West Airlines I/S: May14-2005 HP847 Phoenix-Raleigh Durham

A320-2322430 reg. N677AW May06-2005 to ILFC on lease to America West Airlines. Delivered Toulouse-Prestwick-Bangor-Phoenix May07-2005. I/S: HP683 Phoenix-Newark May08-2005.

Today it was official that America West Airlines and US Airways are merging.
Cactus Wings News
20May-2005


News items
==========
* Bellview Airlines B767-200 N806HE [23806], previously at Marana, ferried MZJ-SJU-LOS on 11May-2005 on delivery to the airline. Sister ship N805HE remains at Marana.

* Ex-Varig MD-11 PP-VPJ [48404] arrived at Marana 21Apr-2005 for pre-delivery checks prior to service with UPS. Re-registered N255UP and ferried MZJ-HNL-SIN on 11May-2005, wearing a basic Varig livery with no titles. Ex-Varig MD-11 PP-VPK [48405] arrived at Marana 16May-2005 for pre-delivery checks and has been re-registered N256UP.

* Ameriquest Mortgage Corporation's "Soaring Dreams" airship [registration unknown] was at Phoenix/Williams-Gateway during the week of 02May-2005 in transit eastbound as part of its USA tour. The airship and information can be viewed at:
http://www.soaringdreams.org/

* 29 ex-American F-100s, currently stored at Mojave, have been sold to Synergy Aerospace to be operated by its subsidiary airlines in South America (Avianca, Ocean Air, and Wayra).

* Phoenix-based America West agreed to merge with US Airways, headquarters will be in Tempe, AZ, brand name will remain US Airways.

* Ex-Fly Air B757-200s N241CV [24122] and N136CV [24136], currently stored at Goodyear, have been sold to Channel Express, UK for operation by Jet2.

Deliveries
==========
12May A319 N835AW [2458] to America West Airlines at Phoenix
16May B73G N212WN [32485] to Southwest Airlines at Phoenix

Logs
=================
PHX-
08May N801DM B757 - Dallas Mavericks
13May N375PA B733
13May N724YS B72S
16May N156QS BBJ

IWA-
18May N505LL DHC8 - no titles

TUS-
Noted outside the Bombardier hangar:
C-GNRH CRJ9 AWE
N672BR CRJ2 IDE
N673BR CRJ2 IDE
N674BR CRJ2 IDE
N688BR CRJ2 IDE
N689BR CRJ2 IDE
N692BR CRJ2 IDE
N694BR CRJ2 IDE
+ 1 other not read
Credit: Shaun Pye


Aircraft movements
==================
10May
UAL9908 B733 VCV-LAX N318UA
USA9238 B734 CLT-MZJ
USA9239 B733 PIT-MZJ

11May
N806HE B767 MZJ-SJU-LOS
AAY9865 MD83 LAS-GYR N865GA
SXA229 MD82 GYR-YVR N72821
UPS9321 MD11 MZJ-HNL N255UP (ex PP-VPJ)

12May
N795FT DC87 IGM-MIA
N905TA MD82 TUS-MIA
BTA723 AT43 ROW-SAT
DAL9901 MD11 YMX-GYR N807DE
UAL9959 B733 LAX-VCV N386UA
USA9238 B733 CLT-MZJ
USA9239 B733 PIT-MZJ

13May
AAY9865 MD83 GYR-LAS

16May
N397UA B733 GYR-MIA
COA9970 MD82 HOU-TUS
SIA8310 A310 VCV-YVR
VRG9942 MD11 GRU-TUS-MZJ PP-VPK to N256UP

17May
BTA723 AT43 ROW-SAT
GMI900F B733 GYR-YYR D-AGEB

18May
AWE7301 B757 airtest GYR
RYN6001 MD80 RFD-IWA

19May
N505LL DHC8 IWA-FL60
TC-AKP A300 arr MHV (+1 other)
AAL9645 MD82 MCI-ROW N917TW
AWE7822 B757 GYR-PHX N902AW
UPS9399 MD11 MHV-ROW N48WF

20May
C-FKLO MD83 YYZ-TUS*
C-FKLY MD83 YYZ-TUS*
C-FKLZ MD83 YYZ-TUS*
N450AX DC10 airtest VCV

* - 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/

Thursday, May 19, 2005

America West Airlines
A319-1322458 reg. N835AW May12-2005 to ILFC on lease to America West Airlines
I/S: May14-2005 HP847 Phoenix-Raleigh Durham

A320-2322430 reg. N677AW May06-2005 to ILFC on lease to America West Airlines. Delivered Toulouse-Prestwick-Bangor-Phoenix May07-2005. I/S: HP683 Phoenix-Newark May08-2005.

Today it was official that America West Airlines and US Airways are merging.

Monday, May 09, 2005

Cactus Wings News
09May-2005


News items
==========
* Ex-Frontier B737-300 N307FL [28760], previously stored at Goodyear, was noted in full Shandong Airlines livery on 24Apr-2005. Re-registered B-2878 and was not seen on 28Apr-2005, presumed delivered.

* Ex-United B737-300 N319UA [23951], previously stored at Goodyear, was re-registered D-AGEA and ferried eastward to Shannon on 19Apr-2005 for pre-delivery maintenance.

* Ex-United B737-300s N321UA [23953], currently stored at Goodyear, will be scrapped alongside sister ship N322UA.

* Ex-United B727-200 N7463U [21917], previously at Victorville, has been sold to Al-Rais Cargo (UAE).

* Ex-ATA B727-200s N772AT [22003], N773AT [22004], N776AT [21608], N778AT [22005], N779AT [22091], N780AT [22295], N782AT [21972], all stored at Roswell, have been sold to be parted out & scrapped.

* Ex-China Airlines A300 B-18581 [193], previously stored at Marana, was re-registered N102EV and ferried MZJ-APG on 28Apr-2005 where it will be parted out and used as a ground instructional airframe.

* Ex-Westar B727-200 N86426 [21364], previously stored at Goodyear, ferried GYR-MHV on 08May-2005.

Deliveries
==========
20Apr CRJ9 N933LR [15033] to Mesa Airlines (America West Exp), Phoenix
26Apr CRJ9 N934LR [15034] to Mesa Airlines (America West Exp), Phoenix
27Apr B73G N209WN [32484] to Southwest, Phoenix
29Apr A320 N676AW [2422] to America West, Phoenix
29Apr B73G N211WN [34163] to Southwest, Phoenix
30Apr CRJ9 N935LR [15035] to Mesa Airlines (America West Exp), Phoenix
07May A320 N677AW [2430] to America West, Phoenix

Logs
=================
TUS-
* 7 ex-Independence Air CRJ-200s are stored at Bombardier. Identification?

IWA-
01May RA-82046 AN-124 Volga Dnepr - dep 03May

PHX-
21Apr N511RH S2000 )
23Apr N508RH S2000 )- all for NASCAR Weekend
23Apr N509RH S2000 )
23Apr N502MG B727 Roush Air )
30Apr N626AU B757 USAirways
05May 00-0177 C-17 USAF
05May N733MA B738 Miami Air

Aircraft movements
==================
17Apr
USA9328 B734 PIT-MZJ N437US

18Apr
N450AX DC10 airtest VCV
VP-BSU B735 GYR-TUS-YQB [26675 ex N940UA]

19Apr
N432JS D328 ADM-IGM
GMI900F B733 GYR-YQX D-AGEA
IDE5711 CRJ2 HOT-TUS

20Apr
N322FV MD82 YQB-ROW
N754US A320 airtest GYR

21Apr
VRG9940 MD11 GRU-TUS-MZJ

22Apr
MAF3520 B732 MEX-TUS - in for mx
NASA905 B747 MZJ-EFD
NASA932 DC-9 MZJ-EFD

23Apr
ABX82 DC86 airtest GYR
FFT9272 B732 MZJ-DEN N1PC

25Apr
AAY9945 MD87 RNO-GYR N945MA
EGF806 CRJ7 airtest TUS

26Apr
N3006 DC-3 VCV-LGB
N340LS D328 OKC-IGM

28Apr
N102EV A300 MZJ-APG
N805US MD81 TUS-YHM
COA9970 MD82 GYR-HOU

01May
N271SW B767 VCV-SBD

02May
C-FEXV CRJ2 YQG-TUS
N901RA MD90 airtest MZJ
NWA9751 A319 MSP-MZJ
VDA4111 A124 HNL-IWA

03May
(blkd) B727 DAL-ROW
N806HE B767 airtest MZJ
AAY9863 MD80 LAS-GYR N863GA
VDA4038 A124 IWA-YQX

04May
N328LS D328 OKC-IGM
N901RA MD90 airtest MZJ
AMX425 MD82 ELP-ROW
BOE523 MD11 airtest MZJ

06May
N667YT B732 TUS-OAK
N723BC B763 ANC-VCV
N806HE B767 MZJ-TUS (airtest)
N932ML DC93 TUS-MHV
BOE201 B73G VCV-BFI

07May
VP-BSX B735 GYR-TUS-BGR
AAY9863 MD80 GYR-LAS N863GA

08May
N86426 B72F GYR-MHV Westar Air Express
AAY9945 MD87 GYR-LAS N945MA

09May
N714P B757 TUS-MIA*
N806HE B767 TUS-MZJ (airtest)
N901RA MD90 MZJ-ANC

* - 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/

Monday, May 02, 2005

Airbus A320-232

2430 N677AW is now expected to be arriving Phoenix May07-2005 on delivery to America West Airlines.