RandyWaldron From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 324 posts, RR: 3 Posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 3124 times:
For you BOS spotters...There's a Lufthansa A300 parked next to the NWA hangar at Logan now. I'm not sure what it's doing there; somewhat unusual and interesting.
Cloud4000 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 639 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 3070 times:
It came from Frankfurt on Sunday night. Here's the Flightaware link:
Tjwgrr From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 2300 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 3058 times:
DLH8958 (all flights)
Deutsche Lufthansa, A.g. "Lufthansa" (Germany)
Aircraft Airbus A300F4-600 (twin-jet) (H/A306/W)
Origin Frankfurt Main (EDDF)
Destination Edward Lawrence Logan Int'l (KBOS)
Other flights between these airports
Route QUBIS
Date Sunday, Nov 05, 2006
Duration 8 hours 49 minutes
Status Arrived over 15 hours ago (track log)
Proposed/Assigned Actual/Estimated
Departure 10:36PM GMT 02:46PM GMT
Arrival 05:36PM EST 06:35PM EST
Speed 457 kts
Altitude 36000 feet
Direct KNOBS, maintain 2700' until established on the localizer, cleared ILS runway 26 left approach.
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3819 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 2981 times:
Maybe FedEx is buying it? They purchase a lot of Airbus' (A310s/A300s). This is moving into the peak season for FedEx and they probably need planes. Is it a freighter, or a passenger version?
RICguy From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 111 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 2953 times:
Yes,
I saw it taxing to past terminal C last night at BOS around 1830. I had to do a double take a first. I originally thought it was a A340, but I did confirm that it was actually a A300. I couldn't tell exactly where it was going since it was at night. I thought it was heading to terminal E.
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3819 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 2819 times:
It's probably some outsized freight bound for some New England customer perhaps? I was originally thinking that FedEx was the new buyer for the plane, but then I realized that when they do that they buy the plane, then do the conversions overseas. Then they fly the planes (A310s, often) to the U.S. via Bangor, Maine under a FedEx flight number...destination Memphis, where they enter the fleet. But that's not the case here, apparently.
Rob2507 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 160 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2647 times:
Sorry to go a little off-topic, but there was also an Antonov An-124 at north cargo for most of the weekend. I didn't get a reg, but it had the same paint scheme as this one:
Cloud4000 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 639 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2443 times:
Quoting AJO (Reply 7): It's currently scheduled to continue to SAT today (4 PM local) under the same flight number (the A300, that is
It's probably going to be converted to a freighter. I think their is a heavy maintenance facility in SAT that does freighter conversions. I wonder who the customer is? FedEX or UPS perhaps?
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3819 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2366 times:
Quoting A342 (Reply 8): Um, actually, LH has no A300F. So if it was an LH A306, it must have been a pax version.
I guess FlightAware was wrong in calling it a 'A300F4-600.' I take that to mean a freighter version of the A300.
RandyWaldron From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 324 posts, RR: 3 Reply 14, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 2128 times:
Well, I wonder if anyone can shed some light on the reason why the aircraft is being flown to SAT. Perhaps some LH mx contract? On a side note, I flew to PSM a few weeks ago and also saw that Antonov. I was flying my 172....we were as big as one of its wheels......
GECMD11 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 111 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2085 times:
All LH A306 are all pax versions, no cargo version.
could be a pax charter?? leaving from SAT?
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25871 posts, RR: 79 Reply 16, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 2009 times:
Quoting ChrisNH (Reply 10): I guess FlightAware was wrong in calling it a 'A300F4-600.' I take that to mean a freighter version of the A300.
Incorrect.
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United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 17, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1992 times:
I know they paint planes in SAT,but I'm not sure of cargo conversions.
'Empathy was yesterday...Today, you're wasting my Mother-F'ing time' - Heat.
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3819 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1654 times:
Quoting A342 (Reply 19): N1120A, as ChrisNH thought, the A300F4-600 is indeed a freighter version of the A300-600.
LOL...Thanks. I knew the 'F' didn't stand for Fishsticks
Cadet57 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 9081 posts, RR: 34 Reply 21, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 1633 times:
Quoting LeonB1985 (Reply 11): I think that's something to do with forward-facing flightdeck, or such
Dont most flightdecks face foward?
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