Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
25Jun-2004

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* Ford Motor Co F-70 N324K [11545] was in Phoenix this week shuttling back and forth to Kingman, which is near their desert test track. It was parked at Cutter Aviation during its stay.

* Boeing 757 N226G [25491] was at Williams-Gateway on 21/22Jun-2004. It is all white with large 'COMCO' titles on the tail.

* Frontier A319 N931FR [2253] arrived at Phoenix on 23Jun-2004 on delivery. Photo posted in the Cactus Wings News section.

* Ex-America West B737-200 N183AW [22650], currently stored at Tucson, will be overhauled by Hamilton Aerospace prior to delivery to an unknown customer.

Aircraft movements
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22Jun
N226G B757 IWA-PDX
AAL9769 MD83 ROW-MCI N9304C

23Jun
N230BA A310 airtest GYR
AAY9861 MD83 GYR-LAS N863GA
FDX9024 A310 airtest MHV

24Jun
FDX9019 A310 MHV-BGR
WOA907 MD11 SEA-GYR

25Jun
N167GL B190 ICT-MZJ-ABQ
N232BA A310 GYR-ANC*
N606TW B767 MZJ-IAH*

* - planned movement

Any tie-ups on the above would be appreciated.

Las Vegas, McCarran International Jun23-2004.

Boeing 757-2G5
24497 has now been re-reg. N740PA and has Primaris titles in blue on lower forward fuselage.

Embrear EMB-120 Brasilia
120-237 N199SW still stored at LAS in basic Skywest colors, no titles/logo

Fokker F-28 MK0100
11392 N897US and 11398 N898US both are back in storage area still in full US Airways colors.

Phoenix.

Airbus A319-111
2253 N931FR Frontier Airlines
Delivered Bangor-Phoenix as FFT931 today Jun23-2004 1400l

Frontier A319 N931FR at Phoenix, 24Jun-2004, after arriving yesterday on delivery. Photo by Terry Nash, Canon S50.  

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
21Jun-2004

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* Ex-Continental DC-10-30 N13088 [46850], currently stored at Mojave, will be scrapped.

* Ex-Lufthansa Cargo B747-230F D-ABZF [23621], previously stored at Marana, departed 15Jun-2004 on delivery to Air Atlanta Cargo.

* History was made at Mojave, CA on 21Jun-2004. Scaled Composites successfully flew SpaceShipOne (N328KF) past the international boundary of space. Over 100,000 people attended the event at Mojave this morning. A photo of SpaceShipOne gliding to a landing is pictured below.

Aircraft movements
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12Jun
UAL9947 B777 GYR-SFO N770UA

14Jun
EGF804 SF34 IGM-ABI

15Jun
N183AW B732 MHV-TUS
N615AU B757 MHV-YQX-LUX-AUH
GTI9034 B747 ROW-AMS
SOO9726 B747 MHV-SWF

16Jun
UAL9926 B72S VCV-GYR

17Jun
N232BA A310 airtest GYR
EIN? 146 IND-MHV EI-CLI
GLA35 B190 DEN-MZJ
GLA36 B190 MZJ-PHX

18Jun
RTN170 B190 PWA-MZJ
WOA977 MD11 ATL-GYR

19Jun
N816US MD80 TUS-YYR

21Jun
N226G B757 BFM-IWA
DHC21 DHC8 YYB-DLH-BJC-TUS
KHA279 B72F ROW-DFW
NWA9750 B747 MZJ-SEA N638US
RTN170 B190 ICT-MZJ
SKW1252 EM2 PSP-ROW

Any tie-ups on the above would be appreciated.

SpaceShipOne N328KF landing at Mojave after a successful space flight, 21Jun-2004. Photo by Roy Lock.  

Boeing 767-2B1
26471 C9-BAF LAM Mozambique, delivered May20-2004 Maputo - Lisbon amd May22-2004 Lisbon-Mexico City as LAMP009 by LAM crew to Aeromexico.

Their is a slight change to the colorscheme for America West Airlines aircraft, the flag "stars and Stripes" that was on the nose of most of the aircraft. It is now moved on several aircraft next to the registration/tail number.

Aeromexico

The next Boeing 737-700W # 8 XA-HAM will be delivered to LAS Jun29 and stay until Jul01-2004 when it will be flown to mexico City by Aeromexico crew.

Boeing 767 XA-OAM will be flown mexico City-La Aurora Jun29, will stay there a day or two for paper work h/o to save taxes and then return to Mexico City.

Cactus Wings Aircraft Report
11Jun-2004

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* Frontier Airlines deliveries this week:
A319 N928FR [2236] was delivered to Phoenix on 04Jun-2004
A319 N929FR [2240] was delivered to Phoenix on 05Jun-2004
A319 N930FR [2241] was delivered to Phoenix on 09Jun-2004

* Mesa Airlines CRJ-900 N922FJ [15022] was delivered to Phoenix on 10Jun-2004.

* Ex-Qantas B767-200ER VH-EAM [23309], previously stored at Mojave, has been sold to Eritrean Airlines. It was re-registered E6-AAQ and ferried out of Mojave on 09Jun-2004 on delivery.

* B727-200 C-FACK [21056], currently stored at Marana, has been leased to Allcanada Express. Unknown whether the aircraft has left Marana or not, confirmation would be appreciated.

Aircraft movements
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07Jun
N315FV MD80 YYR-TUS
N824RA MD80 VCV-MIA
AAL9611 F100 TUL-MHV N1413A
WOA910 DC10 GYR-ATL

08Jun
GLA02 B190 MZJ-CYS
RTN170 B190 ICT-MZJ
SWA5001 B732 DAL-MHV

09Jun
E6-AAQ B767 dep MHV
N436EX B727 airtest GYR
N823RA MD80 VCV-MIA
FAO9950 B72S MIA-TUS
RTN170 B190 ICT-MZJ
SKW1000 EM2 PSP-ROW

10Jun
N436EX B727 GYR-AEX
N719TW B757 VCV-GYR
N720TW B757 VCV-MIA
SXA128 F100 MHV-SLN
UPS9405 MD11 GYR-HNL
WOA974 MD11 DYS-GYR

11Jun
ALO9348 DHC8 PHX-MHV*
UPS9434 B727 CAE-ROW

Any help with tie-ups is appreciated...

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