bravogolf From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 535 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 9606 times:
A Sage-Popovich repo job, as are the 2 320's parked next to it. Be aware the picture is about 2 years ago and the aircraft is in the process of being scrapped, as well as 1 of the 320's. Allegiant operates out of GYY. If you search you will find past posts on these aircraft.
jwhite9185 From United Kingdom, joined May 2007, 719 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 9588 times:
Quoting bravogolf (Reply 1): A Sage-Popovich repo job, as are the 2 320's parked next to it. Be aware the picture is about 2 years ago and the aircraft is in the process of being scrapped, as well as 1 of the 320's. Allegiant operates out of GYY. If you search you will find past posts on these aircraft.
I thought that as soon as i saw the title. There was a series on the Discovery channel about them. Interesting that the A320's are still there. Would of thought they would of been brought by now.
bravogolf From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 535 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 9482 times:
Quoting jwhite9185 (Reply 2): I thought that as soon as i saw the title. There was a series on the Discovery channel about them. Interesting that the A320's are still there. Would of thought they would of been brought by now.
n471wn From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1182 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 9394 times:
Many other a/c are at GYY including about 10 LH 737-500 a/c that will be scrapped
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14326 posts, RR: 26 Reply 5, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 8997 times:
bravogolf From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 535 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 8829 times:
Quoting BMI727 (Reply 5): Unintentionally. How else does anything end up in Gary?
Then you're inferring that Allegiant doesn't know what they are doing?
n6238p From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 456 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 8634 times:
The VASP aircraft are long gone. As a matter of fact only one 320 remains and only one Lufthansa 737 sits on the ramp currently. That bird is the 7th of 8 total that will meet their maker in GYY.
To actively root against anybody is just low, and I hope karma comes back at you with a vengeance
JHCRJ700 From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 377 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 8587 times:
Dalmd88 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2365 posts, RR: 15 Reply 10, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 8412 times:
Quoting BMI727 (Reply 5): Unintentionally. How else does anything end up in Gary?
I actually have an answer. When the little airline you work for goes under and you really need a job and there is a startup airline at GYY that is going to start flying Metros which you happen to know something about offers you a job, you end up in Gary, IN. Trust me. Don't ever end up in Gary, IN.
beau222 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 107 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 8345 times:
The A320s are SX-BVL and SX-BVK they were actually aired last week on Airplane Repo show. It was quite interesting what they had to go through to get one plane back from Turkey. They are referenced in a previous post here. Airplane Repo Show - Discovery Channel (by ripcordd Jun 9 2011 in Civil Aviation)
PilotRecruit From Canada, joined Jan 2007, 93 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 7843 times:
Quoting beau222 (Reply 11): The A320s are SX-BVL and SX-BVK they were actually aired last week on Airplane Repo show. It was quite interesting what they had to go through to get one plane back from Turkey. They are referenced in a previous post here.
Airplane Repo Show - Discovery Channel (by ripcordd Jun 9 2011 in Civil Aviation)
I was lucky enough to fly SX-BVK...very cool experience.
On a side note, anyone have a good link where I can download the episodes? Never seen the episode I made and it would be cool to see it!
"Whether you think you can or you can't, either way you're right." Henry Ford
beau222 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 107 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 4386 times:
Quoting PilotRecruit (Reply 13): I was lucky enough to fly SX-BVK...very cool experience.
On a side note, anyone have a good link where I can download the episodes? Never seen the episode I made and it would be cool to see it!
The show made it seem very espionage like trying to sneak out of the European Air Control area so that they could not ground the plane for the almost 400k in fees the company owed them. Was that really the case and was it really as intense as they showed it on the show?
LV From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 1810 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 4228 times:
I didn't realize there is a scrapping operation at GYY. At least that's something to help the economy there.
As an aside, I grew up in northern Indiana and our high school basketball team played a high school in Gary. We had to have a state police escort in and out of the city.
PilotRecruit From Canada, joined Jan 2007, 93 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3848 times:
Quoting beau222 (Reply 15): The show made it seem very espionage like trying to sneak out of the European Air Control area so that they could not ground the plane for the almost 400k in fees the company owed them. Was that really the case and was it really as intense as they showed it on the show?
Really? We were rolled out the red carpet in Santa Maria and had absolutely no issues. They were definitely trying to make it seem like it was a hairy situation but not the case. It was actually quite relaxed and enjoyable. Nick is larger than life though. Some of his stories are unbelievable, but this one definitely fell into the tame category.
"Whether you think you can or you can't, either way you're right." Henry Ford
FWAERJ From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 3172 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 3750 times:
Quoting 26point2 (Reply 17): Boeing corporate flight department is at Gary I believe.
Boeing's corporate flight division has been based at GYY since Boeing moved their HQ to Chicago.
starrion From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1081 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3428 times:
From what I have heard from some friends who work out of Chicago, what is happening to these aircraft in Gary is a natural phenomenon.
Aircraft and other vehicles don't have to be repo'ed- just park them in Gary and parts and tools will disappear from the vehicle. Sometimes overnight!
I did not read this in detail, but three points caught my eye;
1. Are the revenue and expenditure each really under $1M, or did I mis read that.
2. That the most up to date figures seem to relate to 2009, (i.e. over 2 years ago).
3. That most of the expenses are "Contractual Services and Commodities", but no real break down or explanation of these is given. They seem to record about 75% of expenses, simply as "Other Expenses".
bravogolf From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 535 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 3152 times:
Quoting bennett123 (Reply 21): I did not read this in detail, but three points caught my eye;
What you are reading is the annual report for the Chicago Gary Regional Airport Authority. This is the "Compact" between the City of Chicago and the City of Gary overseeing ORD, MDW and GYY.
n6238p From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 456 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 3035 times:
So much hate for my airport in this thread. As for airport revenue, those numbers posted are nowhere close to the amount of revenue brought in by the tenants of GYY.
To actively root against anybody is just low, and I hope karma comes back at you with a vengeance
IrishAyes From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1731 posts, RR: 5 Reply 24, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 2857 times:
Thanks for posting this.....I've always wondered why there are VASP aircraft out at GYY every time I drive by it. The other time I saw such planes was at CGH haha.
Any remaining Skybus birds floating around GYY these days?
25 KarlB737: Then its time for some positive news even if off thread topic: Courtesy: Northwest Indiana Times EDITORIAL: Being Third Is Victory For Gary's Airport
26 bravogolf: They all went back to the lease company.
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