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744 Over PHX At 2pm MST On 6/15  
User currently offlineWA727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 172 posts, RR: 0
Posted (7 years 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2265 times:

Am trying to find out what I just saw. Flying at a high altitude over PHX at 2pm local time. It was a four engine wide body (presumably a 744), white fuselage and some red on the tail. It came from the northwest and was headed toward the southeast, possibly Marana, but not sure. MEX? And where did it come from?


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User currently offlineLfutia From Netherlands, joined Dec 2002, 3196 posts, RR: 30
Reply 1, posted (7 years 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2239 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

you sure its not British Airways?

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User currently offlineAvConsultant From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 1360 posts, RR: 3
Reply 2, posted (7 years 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 2229 times:

Sure it wasn't an A-340?

User currently offlineWA727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 172 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (7 years 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2149 times:

Too high and too early for BA. And too fat for a A340. Am thinking it might be enroute the airliner storage park at Marana, but not sure.


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User currently offlinePhxplanes From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 436 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (7 years 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2127 times:

Wow thats really weird, I had just got off work and was in the employee parking lot and looked up and saw that. I was wondering the same thing. It was definitely a 747. It was headed north to south. I dont no where it could have been coming from or going to.

It was making some really sweet contrails though.

Cant believe anyone else saw that, small world.

User currently offlineUtapao From Thailand, joined Jul 2005, 645 posts, RR: 9
Reply 5, posted (7 years 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2121 times:

JAL 12 - NRT-YVR-MEX. Usually departs YVR around 11:45pm or so. 747-400, white body, red sun on tail. Have taken it many times... good flight. Operates Mon/Thur eastbound, Tues/Fri westbound.

Here is link to the flight track on FlightAware:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JAL12

Hope this helps.


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User currently offlineEMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9292 posts, RR: 12
Reply 6, posted (7 years 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 2103 times:

Flightaware shows this was out and around yesterday.. maybe some relation..? Of course the photo is old, so the colors may be different.

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User currently offlineCorsairf/a From France, joined Oct 2000, 373 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (7 years 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1930 times:

It might be Corsair B747-400 flying to MEX.

User currently offlineWA727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 172 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (7 years 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1831 times:

Quoting Phxplanes (Reply 4):
It was making some really sweet contrails though.

Cant believe anyone else saw that, small world.

I was hoping another A-net person in PHX saw that and you did ! The contrails are what caught my eye as well.

Quoting Utapao (Reply 5):
JAL 12 - NRT-YVR-MEX. Usually departs YVR around 11:45pm or so. 747-400, white body, red sun on tail. Have taken it many times... good flight. Operates Mon/Thur eastbound, Tues/Fri westbound.

Here is link to the flight track on FlightAware:

Thank you Utapao for confirming it was JAL.


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User currently offlinePhxplanes From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 436 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (7 years 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1731 times:

Yup looks like it was JAL. Interesting never knew that flight existed, I will look for it more often.
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