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Kingfisher 727 At OAK (6/23/07)

DeltaJet757 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (5 years 12 months 15 hours ago) and read 2931 times:

I'll make this short & sweet and right down to the point.

This afternoon I was on the Metropolitan Golf Links course which is adjacent to the main road that leads to the maiin terminal at OAK. I guess it was the 5th or 6th hole, I can't remember, but I saw a 727 parked on the general aviation ramp where all the small lightweight A/C are parked as well as the business jets and what-not. The 727 was painted in Kingfisher's livery. I have no idea what a Kingfisher A/C would be doing at OAK unless the airline acquired it from someone here and had it painted and worked on or if it's some type of special charter perhaps. If I had my camera I would have taken some picstures of it but I had a very busy day and we had to leave rather early from Mill Valley to get to the gol course b/c of the bad traffic going through Berkley and Alameda along 580.

So why would a Kingfisher 727 be here? Why does Kingfisher even have a 727?

The 727 looked just like this...

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Photo © Steve Brimley

-DeltaJet757

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Copaair737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (5 years 12 months 15 hours ago) and read 2926 times:

Maybe the head honcho was flying into the Bay Area, and landed the plane at OAK .
Doesn't he live in Sausilito or something?

Sammyk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (5 years 12 months 14 hours ago) and read 2917 times:

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Yah, It's Vijay Mallya's personal aircraft. So, he's had it repainted in Kingfisher colors like his ACJ (which I think is in for mods so probably why he's using the 727), I had thought he got rid of it.

HAWK21M From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (5 years 12 months 8 hours ago) and read 2679 times:

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The B727 is N727VJ.
VJMs personal Jet now repainted in IT colours.
regds
MEL

[Edited 2007-06-24 15:05:16]

SanAntoneTahr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (5 years 12 months 6 hours ago) and read 2568 times:

Here's N727VJ at San Antonio Aerospace, 6/22/07. Departed SAT the next day for OAK.
Sorry about the fence, but there is all kinds of construction going on all over and around
this airport. I had stick my lense through one fense to get this shot from a temporary cell-
phone lot.

[Edited 2007-06-24 16:40:26]

Mnik101 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (5 years 12 months 4 hours ago) and read 2427 times:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N727VJ

Apparently he's off to Vale and Tuscon next.

MCOflyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (5 years 12 months 4 hours ago) and read 2359 times:

Amazing colors on a 727.

Hunter

ArcrftLvr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (5 years 12 months 3 hours ago) and read 2296 times:

Quoting DeltaJet757 (Thread starter):
I'll make this short & sweet and right down to the point.

Quoting DeltaJet757 (Thread starter):
If I had my camera I would have taken some picstures of it but I had a very busy day and we had to leave rather early from Mill Valley to get to the gol course b/c of the bad traffic going through Berkley and Alameda along 580.

Quoting DeltaJet757 (Thread starter):
I guess it was the 5th or 6th hole, I can't remember,

Not criticizing the post, just think your initial statment followed by the details of your day is a bit ironic... laughing

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