EridanMan From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 120 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 2776 times:
Quick Question for those who know more than I-
I had the oddest traffic call today- taxing to 27L for takeoff, I was advised to hold well short of Taxiway Bravo for traffic, and proceeded to watch a as a Northwest Trijet (either a DC-10 or MD-11) taxied immediately in front of me on Taxiway Bravo.
Tri-Jet's are no stranger to OAK (Fedex), but anything larger than a 727 is a definite rarity on the north field... furthermore, NWA? I didn't even know they flew tri-jets, and they definitely don't service OAK.
The DC-10 parked over between Kaiser and the new T hangars, it was sitting there when I taxied back to the old T's after my round of touch and go's.
Any idea what she was doing there? It was kinda cool to see such a bird up on our modest north field.
BigGSFO From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 2755 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 2757 times:
Could it be a diversion from MSP-HNL due to the Hawaiian quake today?
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7335 posts, RR: 52 Reply 2, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 2734 times:
Quoting BigGSFO (Reply 1): Could it be a diversion from MSP-HNL due to the Hawaiian quake today?
Either that, or a positioning for a military charter, as we're always doing them. But you might be closer, probably is a diversion. I'd look it up on flightaware, but i'm to lazy bothered.
B6FA4ever From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 813 posts, RR: 12 Reply 3, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 2677 times:
well...on saturday 10/14 i saw a Delta B767-300 at gate 1 in OAK. i'm still wondering what it was doing there. as my flight to LGB was #1 to take-off, the DL 767 was next in line after us. anyone know where it was going and what it was doing?
EridanMan From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 120 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 2669 times:
A Diversion might explain why it was at oak... But not why she came all the way up to north field.
Military charter would make sense if (for some reason) they wanted to ground-load the plane rather than gate-load it...
Stealth777 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 359 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 2659 times:
looks like the NW bird was just in from DTW. and since the Oakland A's was playing in the division series with the Detroit Tigers. I would put my money that it flew the A's back home after losing the series on Saturday.
B6FA4ever From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 813 posts, RR: 12 Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 2648 times:
Quoting EridanMan (Reply 4): A Diversion might explain why it was at oak... But not why she came all the way up to north field
if it was an actual diversion...why wouldn't it go to SFO where they have actual NW personel to help assist the flight? NW doesn't even operate schedule service to OAK. its gotta be some kind of military charter or cargo thing.
N808NW From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 374 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 2554 times:
ahhh, thats what it was. I was comfused today when i saw a DC-10 comming in from OAK on the computer at work...i think it landed at MSP around 7pm
-Jason
All flights have great IFE...get yourself a window seat, thats something no PTV can beat! flew 808 Pacific an Atlanic
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 10, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2479 times:
Quoting BigGSFO (Reply 1): Could it be a diversion from MSP-HNL due to the Hawaiian quake today?
No all HNL flights still operated on-time.
This may have been a fan charter to Detroit, I don't think the A's use NW for their charter services (can anyone confirm who they use). Also, a DC-10 for a baseball team is quite large.
This flight also operated on the 11th of October OAK-DTW.
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
Bobnwa From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 5975 posts, RR: 9 Reply 11, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2308 times:
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7335 posts, RR: 52 Reply 12, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2149 times:
Quoting AsstChiefMark (Reply 8): I saw it on Flight Explorer earlier and it had a NW9813 flight number.
Flight numbers 9800-9899 are sports charters. Most likely, it was the the A's.
Hammer From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 677 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (6 years 7 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 1859 times:
It was the A's. The flight number on the way to DTW was 9814. It was stated in the paper here in Detroit that the Tigers and the A's both were flying on Northwest during the playoffs. The Tigers had a 757 for the New York series and for the A's series. The A's were using the DC-10.
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