Big777jet From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2485 times:
I came across the flight tracker site. Does Japn Airlines cargo serve to IND or a charter flight to IND?
Can you find out why JL 744 to IND today? It will arrive soon to IND. Anybody who lives IND go to spotter and take pix if you like to. Enjoy watch JL 744 tonite or tomorrow morning I don't know what time it will leave IND. Good luck.
Here it is:
Airline Japan Airlines
Flight Number 8806
Departure City (Airport) Tokyo, Japan (RJTT)
Departure Time 08/07/2005 04:47 AM
Arrival City (Airport) Indianapolis, IN (IND)
Arrival Time 08/06/2005 11:21 PM
Remaining Flight Time 05:30
Aircraft Type Boeing 747-400
Current Altitude 37,000 feet
Current Groundspeed 540 mph
Flight Status In Flight
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2460 times:
Stu,
That must be a charter flight, the flight number (8806) looks strange, usually have all JL flights to the USA three digit flight numbers (a LAX flight has 062, a HNL flight has 072, etc.).
A codesharing flight is also unlikely, which airline would fly NRT-IND?
BAxMAN From St. Helena, joined May 2004, 671 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2440 times:
Must be for the namby-pamby Indianapolis Colts who got spanked by Atlanta in the America Bowl in Tokyo. Grossly overpaid, overweight 'sports' stars who are too unfit/lazy/greedy to give the paying public a worthwhile season.
Utapao From Thailand, joined Jul 2005, 645 posts, RR: 9 Reply 4, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2409 times:
According to the JAL Cargo website, it is indeed a cargo flight Haneda to IND. Just put IND in the Airport Code box on lower left and choose Arrival from the drop down box.
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21027 posts, RR: 60 Reply 5, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2395 times:
Quoting BAxMAN (Reply 3): Must be for the namby-pamby Indianapolis Colts who got spanked by Atlanta in the America Bowl in Tokyo. Grossly overpaid, overweight 'sports' stars who are too unfit/lazy/greedy to give the paying public a worthwhile season.
I wish I got paid that much for 4 months work.
Somebody's cranky. They lost a preseason game by under a touchdown. And they've been one of top teams for the last five years. Other cities should be so lucky.
American Football is the hardest pro sport on the body there is, with average careers under 3 years. I would not call any of those guys unfit or lazy, at least to their faces.
Try getting paid that much for devoting a lifetime to training, risking severe injury, etc. on the off chance you might become a superstar to earn that kind of money. Most players don't get paid millions, even in the NFL.
Now baseball...
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
Avianca From Venezuela, joined Jan 2005, 5857 posts, RR: 40 Reply 7, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2395 times:
Quoting Utapao (Reply 4): According to the JAL Cargo website, it is indeed a cargo flight Haneda to IND. Just put IND in the Airport Code box on lower left and choose Arrival from the drop down box.
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21027 posts, RR: 60 Reply 8, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2357 times:
Well, it takes a LOT of stuff to run a football training program in a foreign country, especially because it is preseason and rosters are big. It might have been that the COLTS filled a bunch of containers with cargo (practice and game equipment, video equipment, etc.) and it was enough for JAL cargo to offer this flight, and book other revenue cargo as well.
Was there a similar flight last week to get them there?
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
Tornado82 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 2243 times:
Quoting Ikramerica (Reply 5):
Somebody's cranky. They lost a preseason game by under a touchdown. And they've been one of top teams for the last five years. Other cities should be so lucky.
We are that lucky, in Pittsburgh, and we've been consistently good (with exceptions) for the past 30 or so years
Quoting FlyingTexan (Reply 10): 9 replies and no mention of the Brickyard 400?
No NASCAR weekends ever have 747's from Japan coming in... so why would this one? The "NASCAR Airforce" is well documented on A.net, look it up, nobody ever gets a 747 from Japan.
Indy From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 4368 posts, RR: 9 Reply 14, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2136 times:
It has to be the Colts coming back from the game. There was a JAL 744 here I think on Wednesday or Thursday.
FLAIRPORT From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2106 times:
Quoting Utapao (Reply 4): According to the JAL Cargo website, it is indeed a cargo flight Haneda to IND. Just put IND in the Airport Code box on lower left and choose Arrival from the drop down box.
That's Japanese custom: you lose the football game and get shipped back as cargo!
Utapao From Thailand, joined Jul 2005, 645 posts, RR: 9 Reply 16, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2044 times:
Quoting FLAIRPORT (Reply 15): That's Japanese custom: you lose the football game and get shipped back as cargo
Bet their inflight service would still be better than some other airlines!
Thought about the Colts, but since flight number came up on their cargo website, assumed it was equipment, etc., (although that would be a heck of a lot of equipment) and not the team transport.
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COSPN From Northern Mariana Islands, joined Oct 2001, 1473 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (7 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1760 times:
Colts/Falcons charter one from ATL one from IND..and cargo flt ..(shared )