Kalitta has purchased the former VH-OEJ ex QF "Wunala Dreaming" now registered N329ZA. Stored at MZJ, withdrawn from use 3/20 and it's an ER bird just under 19 years old. Any chance this will be converted or just a parts donor? Nope, I'm not making any prognostications on this one. Does i...
Jump to postDon’t forget that there are no claims about IR MANPADS performing poorly beyond the above claim too. I don’t think we will know the entire story for quite a while It's not a claim as such - it's based on the Oryx data (which has been shown to be around 80% accurate and I'd expect it to be higher fo...
Jump to postStar streak is semi automatic command to line of sight ( like a TOW missile) so you have to keep the target in your crosshairs after launch It was originally. Later platforms have ATT (automatic tracking something). So you only have to keep the target in the field of view, but can switch to SACLOS ...
Jump to postNote that some SDRs about N391CM (ex JA606A), which is being converted at TLV, were published recently: it had 51520 FH and 21336 FC on 16 May 2022 and is almost 20 years old. With these figures it has plenty of life left. Is this similar to the -281s when they were converted? Pretty high cycles! F...
Jump to postN390CM CAM B763 BDSF enroute SNN-CVG, arr around 1200L. Sched CVG-MCN 2day, prob for paint. cheers! I can't wait for the first SDR to see how the -381s use compares to the old -281s. Note that some SDRs about N391CM (ex JA606A), which is being converted at TLV, were published recently: it had 51520...
Jump to postSaw this pop up beyond a paywall: https://twitter.com/CargoFacts/status/1 ... 3263987712
"AerCap bags LOIs for sixteen 777-300ERSFs "
That's a pretty substantial number and makes the huge expansion of conversion lines for Bedek seem less of a risk.
stretch8 wrote:N390CM CAM B763 BDSF enroute SNN-CVG, arr around 1200L. Sched CVG-MCN 2day, prob for paint. cheers!
N390CM, following that test flight mentioned by Stretch8 above, appears headed northeast over Greece at 40,000 feet, presumably going to SNN. Been at TLV since 8/12/21, or just over 9 months. IAI was getting them done in 6 months pre-Covid. CAM currently has 5 others at TLV, and 3 at ILN and one at...
Jump to postWe need to predict how the C919 performs: Since the ARJ-21 is the prior project of COMAC, the questions we should ask are: 1. What is the ARJ-21 dispatch reliability? 2. What utilization (hours/cycles per day) is the plane seeing? Both on average and the fleet leader The last time we discussed this...
Jump to postPlus noise, the 10-30 is barely Stage 3, with most of Europe for example requiring a lot of margin between certificated noise levels and the aircraft, something the -30 simply doesn't have. Plus the -30 is just very expensive to operate. When was the last time FX sent a MD-10 to Europe though? I'd ...
Jump to postThe pictures above are of FedEx DC/MD10 aircraft, that are stored for many years already, these would certainly not be the preferred donor aircraft. 8 MD10-30 aircraft are still operational and would be the first choice. A clear preference would be the last active and the last stored FedEx MD10-30'...
Jump to postAmeriflight adding 15 more freighters by the end of the year. They are adding the Saab 340b to their fleet. https://w3.ameriflight.com/ameriflight-expands-fleet-with-fifteen-saab-340b-aircraft-from-jetstream/ That’s one way to address their rapidly aging fleet. So this will be their largest aircraf...
Jump to postQuick update. Shelter in place order lifted. Fire was caused by a dingbat sheriff deputy driving across a field igniting the super dry grass. https://www.kktv.com/2022/05/12/pre-eva ... ings-fire/
Jump to postYeah it’s time to get the go bag together. Hoping the one on the other side of Pikes Peak doesn’t make a run for us. The airport should be ok, it’s all just grass around there so won’t carry much energy. Will feel sad if the airport speed goat herd is displaced.
Jump to postHad a pair fly over as I was digging fossils in western Kansas dragging C-17s. Later they were tanking off each other. Great to see KC-46s in action
Jump to posthttps://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/which-nato-countries-are-deploying-aircraft-to-eastern-europe/ Pretty interesting NATO graphics showing where the fighters are deployed. Thanks for that share. That is very interesting indeed, especially the Italian carriers. The Global Hawks that do their circuits o...
Jump to postWhen you said: Marines tank F/A-18s and F-35s off of KC-130s. Both are in the area, with a KC-130 flying under the callsign "JUICYXX" on the regular. I don't know why you made that post, I assumed that you were pushing back against the Idea that the C-130s were refueling helicopters and/o...
Jump to postNo, C-130s fly too slow to refuel fast jets, and there have always been plenty of real tankers above Poland and Romania for the last few months. Marines tank F/A-18s and F-35s off of KC-130s. Both are in the area, with a KC-130 flying under the callsign "JUICYXX" on the regular. That's in...
Jump to postDo C130's fuel fast jets too though? As the tanker track in southern Poland where the C130's have been has also been used by KC135's, MRTT's etc. No, C-130s fly too slow to refuel fast jets, and there have always been plenty of real tankers above Poland and Romania for the last few months. Marines ...
Jump to postPlease don't unduly read anything into this, but regarding the euphemistic term repatriate. I realize those flights aren't exactly Emirates A380 First Class, but do the passengers still get sack lunches back to Central America? The flights are like 2 hours. On US domestics you'd be lucky to get a b...
Jump to postLeased aircraft have been picked up by other operators (mostly Chinese cargo airlines so far) and are getting converted on their own. Not all of them. 7 of them are still stored, with no new owners as of yet. https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Air-Canada-Rouge Understandable as 767 conversion li...
Jump to postI thought the Rouge 767 fleet was going to be converted to freighters? Some of the conversions are from the Rouge fleet, some mainline. So far all look to be headed to freighter conversion. The breakdown seems to be: Owned aircraft will be converted for AC to use as freighters. Leased aircraft have...
Jump to postSuch as the being proven in combat Starstreak/Marlet system, available in MANPAD, triple launcher and vehicle integrated configurations. MDBA should team up with a US partner. Ironically it’s nearly 40 years since the first Stinger kill, just prior to Afghanistan, the SAS shot down a Pucara in the ...
Jump to postSeems instead of potentially spending lots of $$ and lots of time (with all the usual delays in any new program) that the Stinger replacement should be more a Stinger update to 21st century tech. Or, they can go Mil-COTS, and buy an existing weapons system already in production. Remember, they inte...
Jump to postAs DLNZ and others have pointed out, National's doing a fair bit of hauling sparklers to Poland for our Ukrainian friends. Just noticed what is likely another load turning around over Newfoundland, Northwest of Gander, and heading back. About 2:20 into the flight from DOV. Clearly not a landing at ...
Jump to postHate to see rare aircraft like these getting scrapped. I'm sure there's a museum out there that would have been happy to take them, but I guess it's easier said than done transporting them. I wonder what the market is like for the RB211's off those tri-stars? No clue, but it sure appears the engine...
Jump to postStill cannot agree with you, there was heaps of 744s available for conversions, lots of locations, did not make the program successful because there was too much belly space available on passenger aircraft. The brilliant idea of replacing traffic transatlantic en masse with narrowbodies will help s...
Jump to postInteresting!, one is compelled to ask, based on their path choice, wouldn't the 200er have been a better choice for them? differentiated product, same footprint as the factory freighter, frames are selling for scrap... Sure, the frames are cheap, but they are much older. You can get a 12-year old c...
Jump to postzanl188 wrote:Arriving 26 Apr 22.
Thenoflyzone wrote:United_fan wrote:I thought the Rouge 767 fleet was going to be converted to freighters?
Some of them had to be scrapped.
The crew that took out a KA-52 with an ATGM had a second video from that engagement posted, showing a second KA-52 getting hit as well, this time with a hit to the cockpit section by a STUGNA-P ATGM again. https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/15 ... 9230086155
Jump to postBedek's partnership in Ethiopia has cut their first cargo door. https://cargofacts.com/allposts/convers ... -767-door/
Jump to postWould not have been cheaper to buy some more modern and fuel-efficient freighters, maybe with the future possibility to be converted to passenger aircraft? In this size there is not really anything more efficient or modern right now. Closest thing is an A330 freighter, either P2F or new build but i...
Jump to postAs DLNZ and others have pointed out, National's doing a fair bit of hauling sparklers to Poland for our Ukrainian friends. Just noticed what is likely another load turning around over Newfoundland, Northwest of Gander, and heading back. About 2:20 into the flight from DOV. Clearly not a landing at ...
Jump to postThis one slipped through; MD-10-30 N303FE has ferried to VCV for scrap (or storage till peak, depending on who you listen to). As of March, about 99,000 hours and 33,000 cycles.
Jump to postI think the impending recession, brought on by high fuel prices and rising interest rates as the result of certain policies, is going to take the gloss off a lot of this, as well as other things in aviation. We shall see. Between Shanghai and now Bejing instituting lockdowns, it's china's turn in t...
Jump to postAmazon does not have any of their own codes that they operate under. All US jet flights are flown under Atlas, Sun Country, ABX, and ATI callsigns Ok, so now I know that, which is the same for Cargojet then, and also that the latter can conbine different freights coming from its various customers i...
Jump to postWow three weeks since the last post in here, too. Amazon needs to step up the activity! :) It seems like the fleet growth has all but stalled for AMZ. Based on AMZ’s CVG hub being built to accommodate 200 aircraft, was the 200 aircraft number to aggressive, or what’s causing such a slow down in air...
Jump to postIn this thread is discussed the strategic agreement that Cargojet has signed with DHL and some Cargojet's 767s are already wearing DHL's livery. At the same time some of Cargojet's aircraft are operated for Prime Air, not forgetting their Canada Post conrract. Since they operate under their W8 IATA...
Jump to postRussian operators say they will begin grounding Superjets due to lack of engine spares beginning this fall. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/3077 ... ne-problem
Jump to postAny word on how air Wisconsin and any other US CRJ freight operators are doing? A quick check makes it look like the Mesa freighter never entered service and is parked up at Tucson. What an odd decision. Air Wisconsin. I show it was never handed over. Elite was flying car parts, but the plane seems...
Jump to postMCOflyer wrote:Any word on how air Wisconsin and any other US CRJ freight operators are doing?
With the appearance of Russian heavy bombers in the fight over eastern Ukraine, are they out of range for the E-3s that are flying right along the border on the western side? Nice pic in the link provided, of the tracks NATO surveillance aircraft have been flying. Eastern Ukraine is out of range. U...
Jump to postSadly, a cargo C208 from Gem Air crashed on approach to Burley, ID killing the sole pilot, in snowy weather. https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20220413-0
Jump to postThe T55 is always mounted horizontally. It's not like the engine would need a new orientation. I do wonder if the gearbox would need a new ratio. And the original engine when used on the osprey develops 6000 hp. Allison/RR could easily bump the power on those 2100s if requested, but the roughly sim...
Jump to postIsn't this a bit of a apples and oranges comparison? The RR AE-2100 is for fixed wing aircraft and the T55-714C is for rotorcraft. The T55 is always mounted horizontally. It's not like the engine would need a new orientation. I do wonder if the gearbox would need a new ratio. And the original engin...
Jump to postI guess this one is part of the deal Boeing 767 -316 26327 621 C- CargoJet Airways delivery 09apr22 MZJ-YHM, N-reg ex N327AR (Skyliner) https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-767-300-n327ar-cargojet-airways/e2g4g3 Interesting. Cargojet had previously had CAM handle many of their conversions ...
Jump to post752F VQ-BGG of Aviastar TU was repositioned back through BGR yesterday according to Skyliner. https://www.skyliner-aviation.de/regdb. ... av4&page=4
Jump to postAnd a 757F leaves service for good today (yes, it's DHL but still counts as a freighter) https://avherald.com/h?article=4f719c2d&opt=0
Jump to postHow is the service nowadays on EY ? I stopped flying them and changed to QR because of having rather bad experiences flying them in business and aweful ones flying them in Economy ? Have they improved ? Was on the ORD flight yesterday. Hell is other people, and that was nearly 15 hours of hell in t...
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