Historical registries:
Type : B737-74V(BBJ)
c/n : 29272
l/n : 323
Engines : CFM56-7B27
First flight : 30.06.1999
Roll out date : 12.08.1999
Test Registration : N1786B
Previous Registration : N737SP/ N7378P
Current Registration : FAC-0001
Future Registration : FAC-0001
Now owned : Raytheon Co R / FAC COLOMBIA (next month????)
Juanr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (8 years 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 6524 times:
Now I only hope the Colombian Autorities will perform the same kind of inspections that the Chinese made when their presidential plane was deliveried in the search of hidden microphones and other bugs......ohh, I forgot, the US has no need to do this...our government provides them with all our information.
I think it needs a paint job, and I don't think we are going to see it here at BOG very often since it seems that our President has forgotten where the Capital City is and he is managing to remain in the seat for at least, for now, 5 more years,
Luisde8cd From Venezuela, joined Aug 2004, 2516 posts, RR: 34 Reply 4, posted (8 years 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 6406 times:
Quoting Juanr (Reply 4): President has forgotten where the Capital City is and he is managing to remain in the seat for at least, for now, 5 more years, Sad
Let's do something good for both of us. Lets switch presidents! I'll give you Chavez and you give me Uribe, I'll be happy and I think you will too! What do you say?
Viasa we miss you!. Good times will return after Chavez is gone!
RICARIZA From Colombia, joined Apr 2005, 2356 posts, RR: 29 Reply 5, posted (8 years 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 6290 times:
Quoting Luisde8cd (Reply 5): Let's do something good for both of us. Lets switch presidents! I'll give you Chavez and you give me Uribe, I'll be happy and I think you will too! What do you say?
Not in a million years.. LOL...
We want Uribe to stay as much as he wants... now in his new airplane..
I miss ACES, I am proud of AVIANCA & I am loyal to AMERICAN
Luisde8cd From Venezuela, joined Aug 2004, 2516 posts, RR: 34 Reply 6, posted (8 years 4 days ago) and read 6277 times:
Quoting RICARIZA (Reply 6): We want Uribe to stay as much as he wants... now in his new airplane..
Come on if we trade presidents, the presidential plane is included in the deal, you guys will get a brand new A316CJ with ultra luxury interior ! You can't say no to that
Viasa we miss you!. Good times will return after Chavez is gone!
PADSpot From Germany, joined Jan 2005, 1676 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (8 years 4 days ago) and read 6275 times:
Quoting Luisde8cd (Reply 7): a brand new A316CJ with ultra luxury interior !
A what? Something's going wrong here. You're trying to fool us, aren't you ?!
You want a 16 year old A310 with extremely luxurious VIP interior together with a bunch of practically deposed social demoscrats? You can have the airplane for free if you "take care" of the idiots aboard !!! The deal of your life ... trust me. But don't tell anybody!
Edit: SPECIAL OFFER: In case you also take the opposition you get a second identical A310 for free!
Its livery has "República Bolivariana" titles on one side and "Venezuela" on the other. If you guys accept the deal, we'll just repaint the Venezuela titles and put "Colombia" instead. You'll have to keep República Bolivariana of course.
Quoting PADSpot (Reply 8): You want a 16 year old A310 with extremely luxurious VIP interior together with a bunch of practically deposed social demoscrats? You can have the airplane for free if you "take care" of the idiots aboard !!! The deal of your life ... trust me. But don't tell anybody!
I'll offer the same deal to you. If you take the A319CJ with Chavez and his gabinet and governors, I'll gladly accept both of your A310s! Do we have a deal?
Viasa we miss you!. Good times will return after Chavez is gone!
JUANR From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (8 years 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 6244 times:
Quoting Luisde8cd (Reply 5): Let's do something good for both of us. Lets switch presidents! I'll give you Chavez and you give me Uribe, I'll be happy and I think you will too! What do you say?
Jejejeje Luis very clever for you but no thanks, I hate left-wing dictatorships as much as I hate right-wing fascist regimes like the one we are about to have here.
Quoting RICARIZA (Reply 6): We want Uribe to stay as much as he wants... now in his new airplane..
Please don't count me on that "we", fortunately there is still a lot of people in the country who have realized that our president is leading us into a right wing dictatorship, unfortunately we are still not enough and we are so divided that we are not going to be able to oust him soon.
but please let's get back to the aviation topic and to discuss about our new presidential plane.
SoAmSky From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 308 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 5935 times:
Where is the darn picture? none of the links seems to work
RICARIZA From Colombia, joined Apr 2005, 2356 posts, RR: 29 Reply 18, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 5889 times:
Today, the Colombian newspaper (ElTiempo.com) announced the arrival of the plane for the end of this month and the President will use it for the first time for a trip to Europe in July.
JUANR From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 5871 times:
Our fellow censors, ohh, sorry, moderators, sent me an email telling me that it is forbidden to link from Jetphotos. That is why you couldn't see it, sorry.
Juan
SKBO
(How many deletions before you get banned?, I'm getting tired of "friendly notices)
Bongo From Colombia, joined Oct 2003, 1858 posts, RR: 5 Reply 20, posted (7 years 11 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 5866 times:
Quoting JUANR (Reply 19): Our fellow censors, ohh, sorry, moderators, sent me an email telling me that it is forbidden to link from Jetphotos. That is why you couldn't see it, sorry.
I had to "cut" and "paste".... Try and you'll see it works. Anyway..the plane in the picture is in bare metal..I thought I was going to see it with the FAC colors.
MDE: First airport in the Americas visited by the A380!
Bongo From Colombia, joined Oct 2003, 1858 posts, RR: 5 Reply 22, posted (7 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 5797 times:
Good news: The plane will arrive to BOG on the last week of June, It will arrive from Delaware with the Secretary of Defense (Ministro de Defensa). Official ceremony on July 2nd. . Inaugural flight with President onboard will be on July 9th on the BOG-MAD Presidential trip. Well, let's wait just two Weeks.
MDE: First airport in the Americas visited by the A380!
RICARIZA From Colombia, joined Apr 2005, 2356 posts, RR: 29 Reply 23, posted (7 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 5791 times:
Quoting Bongo (Reply 22): Good news: The plane will arrive to BOG on the last week of June,
You read it on "Semana" right? I was going to post the same news..
I am curious that it says that it will have luxury accommodations for the president, I thought it was going to more "basic"...
Great news, its already the 20th of June, so one more week and we will be able to see it.
I miss ACES, I am proud of AVIANCA & I am loyal to AMERICAN
26 RICARIZA: OK, a few things from the article to our non-Spanish speakers: "737-700 BBJ The plane is ready on a hangar in Delaware and it will go to Colombia next
27 RICARIZA: This other newspaper says that the fokker will not be retired, but it will be used to transport ministers and other persons from the government. http:
28 RICARIZA: Does anyone know what are the security devices or measures on this plane? Does it has something different than a regular 737?
29 MidnightMike: Sure, the BBJ's have extra fuel tanks which increase their range, also, the BBJ's are lighter than the commercial 737, so, the BBJ is able to get to
31 Bongo: According to the news, the airplane is already in BOG, Any news about it ?
32 757MDE: According to RCN news the Airplane will arrive in Palanquero airbase today July the 1st (must be inflight or taking off from the US as I write this) a
33 Bongo: First Flight: July 7th: SJO (Attention Costa Rican Spotters!) Second Flight: July 9th: MAD (Attention Spanish Spotters!!)
34 RICARIZA: Why Palanquero instead of Catam in Bogota, any idea?
35 RICARIZA: I found a small image of the configuration, is not very clear though:
36 RICARIZA: Today I read on the newspaper that the plane didn't arrive last night due to problems on the documentation in the US. Apparently they need to evaluate
37 RICARIZA: If the news appears on the Presidential Web Page, I assume the plane is already in BOG: The caption says: Bogota D.C., July 5 - 2005 This it is the ne
38 757MDE: It's here at last! Pictures from the Colombian Air Force page. Coverage from El Colombiano newspaper (text in Spanish only but with some interesting p
40 SFOMEX: To be a revolutionary, Chavez likes to fly in style! BTW. It seems that Juanr is no longer a member. Do you know if he was deleted? Did he delete him
41 RICARIZA: I am sorry, but what has Chavez to do with this topic?
42 Bongo: Just want to share with you guys the first two pics of this BBJ in a.net as seen in SJO (first flight with President onboard) and LHR during his trip
43 Boeing Nut: MidnightNike, Sorry for nit picking, but this is an incorrect statement. Off of the Boeing website: Empty Operating Weight: 737-700 - 83,000+ lbs. BB
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together with a bunch of practically deposed 
social demoscrats? You can have the airplane for free if you "take care" of the idiots aboard !!! The deal of your life ... trust me. 
But don't tell anybody! 
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