Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15903 posts, RR: 66 Posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2017 times:
As I was peacefully flying IAD->RDU on UA265 today, I did what most aerogeeks do: monitor Channel 9.
"This is Freedom 65, we have lost our hydraulics."
"Copy. You've lost your hydraulics?"
"Well, half of 'em..."
For a moment I thought that was our pilot but after a while I could hear he was saying "65" and not "265". My heartbeat slowed.
After we landed, I saw "Freedom 65", a 737 Classic, being followed by the fire trucks. Completely white with no markings apart from a reg (too far to make out).
So what airline is "Freedom" and why do they have all white aircraft? There is a "Freedom Air" but I didn't think they flew 737s.
"There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots." - from Citadel by John Ringo
Brick From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 1571 posts, RR: 8 Reply 1, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1852 times:
According to the latest JP book, the callsign of "Freedom" belongs to Freedom Air based out of Guam. The callsign of "Freedom Air" belongs to Freedom Airlines that operates ERJ's for Delta Connection. There's probably no chance of these two airlines being in the same airspace at the same time.
A Mesa Airlines flight operating for United Express had a problem at IAD earlier today that made the news. Their callsign is "Air Shuttle" though.
XJET From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 444 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1838 times:
Could be a military flight of some sort. Freedom Air definitely doesn't have 737s. I don't see anything on Flight Aware showing a B732 landing near the arrival time of UA265.
OB1504 From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2974 posts, RR: 8 Reply 3, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1815 times:
Well, there's Freedom Air of New Zealand, which flies 737s (assuming that the other "Freedom Air" you're referring to is the Mesa Airlines subsidiary):
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15903 posts, RR: 66 Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1779 times:
Quoting Brick (Reply 1): According to the latest JP book, the callsign of "Freedom" belongs to Freedom Air based out of Guam. The callsign of "Freedom Air" belongs to Freedom Airlines that operates ERJ's for Delta Connection. There's probably no chance of these two airlines being in the same airspace at the same time.
Quoting XJET (Reply 2): Could be a military flight of some sort. Freedom Air definitely doesn't have 737s. I don't see anything on Flight Aware showing a B732 landing near the arrival time of UA265.
Thanks for info. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a 732. Looked like a 737 Classic (300/400/500). It probably landed shortly before us (we landed ahead of schedule around 145p).
The callsign was definitely "Freedom", not "Freedom Air". As for a military flights, this might make sense. I seem to recall they said they had 90 souls on board.
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