Crjflyer35 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 667 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 7255 times:
Just spotted it at PHX at gate B1A on the Mesa ramp. I actually pushed this plane out when it went to Goodyear (GYR) for repaint into the new US livery....looks pretty snazzy. A whole lot better than the America West Express livery they've all been sporting. Looks like Mesa is finally starting to rotate all the Dash's for repaint. I'm heading to work now, I'll take my camera and see if I can snap a picture. I believe it's tail number N987HA, not 100% though.
crj.
Ok, wait for the RJ to pass, cleared to push tail south Mike, and you're cleared to spin #2 in the push.
TOLtommy From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 3220 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 7231 times:
What a shame that Piedmont didn't get to have the first painted Dash. You'd think the wholly owned would've gotten that honor....
Crjflyer35 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 667 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 6799 times:
Yup, it's N987HA, been here in PHX all day. From what I've heard, the paint is 200lbs heavier than the old paint job, which should help even more in the hot PHX days.
Ok, wait for the RJ to pass, cleared to push tail south Mike, and you're cleared to spin #2 in the push.
Crjflyer35 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 667 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 6554 times:
Quoting JBo (Reply 4): why don't we have a picture yet?
Batteries in the camera were dead.....sorry.
Ok, wait for the RJ to pass, cleared to push tail south Mike, and you're cleared to spin #2 in the push.
Av8rphx From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 713 posts, RR: 9 Reply 6, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 6497 times:
Ahh I remember good ol' ship 987. IIRC the summer weights were something like 37pax 17bags or something. 988HA was even more of a treat when mx would inop the autofeather. Was fun taking 12 pax to FLG when it was booked to cap.
AC773 From Canada, joined Nov 2005, 1730 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days ago) and read 6088 times:
Quoting NASBWI (Reply 2): Well, if it helps, the tail number ending in -HA sounds like an ex-Henson aircraft i.e. Piedmont.
Yup, but then it was sold to Mesa in November of '04. It got an America West Express repaint then, and now they'll have to do it all over again. Silly airlines.
Better to be nouveau than never to have been riche at all.
Thegooddoctor From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 523 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 3 days ago) and read 5886 times:
Quoting Crjflyer35 (Reply 3): Yup, it's N987HA, been here in PHX all day. From what I've heard, the paint is 200lbs heavier than the old paint job, which should help even more in the hot PHX days.
The Dash spanks hot days in PHX! Although back when I did work for Mesa - one capt doubted the bag count on one of the guymas flights and made them take it all out and do a manual weight. The Dash was something like a half-ton overweight... (no, I did NOT work that flight) It's not that hard to mis-estimate on a bag count - especially on those flights where the pax take everything INCLUDING the kitchen sink in their luggage.
Crjflyer35 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 667 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 5023 times:
Asked for and answered...not the greatest, but I was at work and took these in passing. N987HA in the new US livery parked at gate B28A.
CRJ.
Ok, wait for the RJ to pass, cleared to push tail south Mike, and you're cleared to spin #2 in the push.
Flypdx From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 636 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 4996 times:
WOW. That does look a heck of a lot better than the old livery. Quite snazzy!! I've never been on a Dash 8, and will be flying on one the first time this summer (though it is piedmont.)
Eyes2thesky From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 4974 times:
Nice. Will have to keep a look out for those colours at MRY. Mesa flies the Dash8 PHX-MRY-PHX now. 7pm arrival, 6am return. 2h 5m flight, pretty long for a turboprop. I've been wondering if it's the longest flight in the United States on a Dash8 -100,-200,-300. Horizon has longer flights on the Q400, but that's a whole different bird from the -100,-200,-300.
Phxplanes From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 436 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 4951 times:
I like how next to the door is all cluttered with markings, usa flag, star alliance, heritage logo, etc. Looks great though.
San747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4934 posts, RR: 13 Reply 14, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 4946 times:
Looks pretty good... Probably see them in PSP and CLD as well! Might try to stop by one of them and try to get a shot...
BTW, anyone know when any of the Mesa CRJ-200s that operate from PHX/LAS are going to be repainted? Air Wisconsin already has lots of CR2s in the NC...
Whappeh From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 1560 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 4919 times:
Doug_Or From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3163 posts, RR: 4 Reply 17, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 4746 times:
Quoting Eyes2thesky (Reply 12): I've been wondering if it's the longest flight in the United States
Piedmont's LGA-ROA was blocked longer but that might be because of LGA. They also do/did DCA-HHH as a seasonal saterday only service. That was loooonnnnnnng, even in the -200.
Flyboy80 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1856 posts, RR: 3 Reply 18, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 4593 times:
That Dash looks really good...I really miss working those, it was a ONE MAN show on that little FLUF.
my views expressed here are my own, and do not represent any company or organization
Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5093 posts, RR: 13 Reply 19, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 4584 times:
Quoting Eyes2thesky (Reply 12): Mesa flies the Dash8 PHX-MRY-PHX now. 7pm arrival, 6am return. 2h 5m flight, pretty long for a turboprop.
It is a long flight, but that is the length of many American Eagle flights in the caribbean SJU/POS being one of the longest clocking 2hours 50 minutes.
Crjflyer35 From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 667 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 4557 times:
I've mostly seen the new paint job going Int'l to GYM & HMO. Unfortuanately the painters messed up something because now the aft cargo door likes to stick.
Quoting San747 (Reply 14): anyone know when any of the Mesa CRJ-200s that operate from PHX/LAS are going to be repainted?
I've been asking the same thing. The 200's get used so much, I'm not sure YV can find the time for one to be down for 3 or 4 days to go to GYR to get painted.
Ok, wait for the RJ to pass, cleared to push tail south Mike, and you're cleared to spin #2 in the push.
Maverick623 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 4744 posts, RR: 6 Reply 21, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4485 times:
Very nice, I finally go back to work today (after a nice 4-day weekend!) and will probably see this more up close.
Hawaiian717 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3091 posts, RR: 8 Reply 22, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4440 times:
Quoting Eyes2thesky (Reply 12): Nice. Will have to keep a look out for those colours at MRY. Mesa flies the Dash8 PHX-MRY-PHX now. 7pm arrival, 6am return. 2h 5m flight, pretty long for a turboprop. I've been wondering if it's the longest flight in the United States on a Dash8 -100,-200,-300. Horizon has longer flights on the Q400, but that's a whole different bird from the -100,-200,-300.
Not for long. The Dash 8's last departure from MRY will be Tuesday morning, the 17th. Starting with that afternoon's flight from PHX, it becomes a CRJ-200. The mid-day flight has remained a CRJ (currently a -900), it was the late arrival that stayed overnight and returned to PHX the next morning that was the Dash 8. On some days, it made a late run to LAS and back.
PHX-MRY was the longest Dash 8 flight in the entire US Airways Express system (both east and west).
FCYTravis From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1191 posts, RR: 6 Reply 23, posted (6 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4419 times:
Quoting San747 (Reply 14): BTW, anyone know when any of the Mesa CRJ-200s that operate from PHX/LAS are going to be repainted?
It looks like there's one to the right of the Dash-8 in that top photo... you can see the tail and the winglet peeking in the shot.
Granted, it could be a CR9, but I've never seen the CR9s do ground-level boarding, they've always been at jetways.
USAir A321 service now departing for SFO with fuel stops in CAK, COS and RNO. Enjoy your flight.
But if you're a passenger belted into the plane 2-plus hours in either case, the distance-flown comparison won't matter much.
DCA-HHH, meanwhile, is 436 nm.
Quoting Captaink (Reply 19): It is a long flight, but that is the length of many American Eagle flights in the caribbean SJU/POS being one of the longest clocking 2hours 50 minutes.
Thanks, I would not have thought of checking Eagle's SJU hub. 2h 50m definitely takes the cake. I always liked the ATR42s when I flew on them with JetLink out of EWR, but 2h 50m on one is stretching it.
Quoting Hawaiian717 (Reply 22): The Dash 8's last departure from MRY will be Tuesday morning
Ah, too bad. Seems they just barely started.
Quoting Hawaiian717 (Reply 22): PHX-MRY was the longest Dash 8 flight in the entire US Airways Express system (both east and west).
Bet the pilots liked it for building time.
25 Hawaiian717: No Mesa CRJ-200s have been repainted yet, so it's a CRJ-900.
27 Crjflyer35: Yup, indeed it was a CR9, at gate B28B, all of Mesa's inbound Int'l arrivals come into either B28A, B28B or B24A, and we don't have any CRJ-200's tha
28 Eagle11: Looks pretty good. Thanks for the pictures!
29 BatonOps: Thanks a lot for the pictures. I can't wait for Piedmont to start repainting their fleet.
30 RedTailDTW: Why would they downgrade all the way to a Dash-8. You would think that they would go to a CRJ-200 first. Does anyone know the reason for the downgrad
31 Silentbob: You might not being flying Piedmont unless they can find some new FOs. Piedmont was supposed to have their first one painted months ago, it's turning
32 Riddle274: I am definately missing something but I've been gone for awhile. Can you explain please?
33 Treebeard787: Thats pretty sweet looking! Can't wait to see it.
34 Maverick623: YYC-PHX (2710) uses a -200 I believe, although it goes thru pre-clearance.
35 Zvocio79: aint the N987HA a Piedmont aircraft????? it was when I worked there, unless is a 200 wich they don't fly anymore.
36 ExFATboy: Looks pretty good! Just out of curiosity, any idea why the new paint would weigh more than the old paint?
37 DurangoMac: I saw this bird in DRO today and I agree it's very sharp.
38 Silentbob: It is a 200 They will be parking some aircraft in the near future due to pilot shortages.
39 N624AW: I will be watching for it when it comes to Yuma.
40 Flyboyaz: I have no idea to be honest. We have a YV mx base here so maybe that was part of the reason. The first inbound from PHX and the last are the ones bei
41 Spoke2Spoke: Is it 200 lbs heavier because the new paint is applied on top of the old? Is the the old paint not stripped off before the new paint is applied? This
42 Crjflyer35: You know, I'm not 100% sure, I do think they strip the paint, but I overheard some talk that this particluar job was double coated. It would make sen
43 USXguy: I'm not sure you'll see any HPX CRJ-200s painted in the new colors as HP would rather fly a CR9 than a CR2 (due to costs) on some of those routes flow
44 Crjflyer35: Aha, not so sure now. It looks like ship 353 (A CR2) is heading to GYR tonight...me thinks a repaint is in order, I'll keep an eye out.
45 JBo: I wonder if they'll actually get the grey stripes the right shade as opposed to the Air Wisconsin CR2's that are too dark.
46 Iadcrj: Just flew into TUS on this very same bird. The aircraft looked very imaculate from the outside. It made any Dash 8 crew member feel proud to be at Mes
47 IADCRJ: I was told that when the aircraft was brought to GYR for the paint job, all of the original paint was striped off. I believe four layers or so of it.
48 Jmc1975: It's not proper to double-coat an aircraft, in fact it's the absolute wrong way to paint an aircraft. But mind you, we're talking Mesa here.
50 Av8rphx: Give it a couple weeks and it will have a HPX cowl and a UAX Rudder on it.
51 Zvocio79: May be they had to add extra paint around the ice shield that always crack due to the small ice particles and fod that thrown away by the props. that
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