TUGMASTER wrote:dtw9 wrote:Robert16627 wrote:N362DH is being ferried from San Bernardino to Oscoda where it'll either be painted, scrapped or Kalitta will do heavy maintenance on it.
Shows it’s scheduled to DTW now
Looks like is going to OSC now.
As mentioned up thread..
debonair wrote:Pantonov22 wrote:43 year old A300 N362DH left IGM after 14 years of storage and flew to SBD:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N362DH
Very strange!!! Looking at the pictures here in the data-base, it seems totally impossible
HPRamper wrote:wolf353 wrote:Any update? I know N306FE flew to VCV today (Feb. 22, 2023), so it doesn’t look like it’s going to NQA.
They aren't saying much, if at all, internally on the subject. It may just be temp storage.
Zero doubt in my mind they’re waiting on the Justice Department to make B6 give up JFK slots as part of the NK merger.
Jump to posthttps://www.airliners.net/photo/Asiana-Airlines/Boeing-767-38E/7126873?qsp=eJwljcEOwjAMQ//F514GDI3e4AfgwA9EbTQqlbZKM4lp2r9Tys15duwNLifljz7XwrCoTOJeMCgk9K6wWwssSWWFHYfRQHgOOcFOg0HMjrRfh8t0aqBm0VtLwpPy1Tkuyh5/fhfP8rO4ut4/t732U1geXeN4btyHWiL1DlYKEfv%2BBW%2BhNTA%3D Looks like N700GS was spotted on the s...
Jump to postKPTKRampy wrote:4:07 PM and we’re not live…
LAXintl wrote:Drawdown of A319s continue.
NK announced sale of 29 A319 to Gryphon Trading Company with planned delivery starting Q1 2023 through 2025.
SEC filing
https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/C ... 03872.html
Go farther back--a Northeast 'Yellowbird' A220 or a C&S 717! But I agree, Delta for whatever reason doesn't do 'retros' outside of their own historic scheme. Best of all: a Western Indian Head-liveried 763! I have a drawing done by an artist known for "fantasy liveries" saved on my ha...
Jump to postHow many are in Memphis still?
Not that these do much but someone did make a petition to save N306FE and surprisingly 2100 have signed.
https://www.change.org/p/tell-fedex-to- ... YZD10IMqhU
When posts are made of "DC-10s" we are talking about the old 10s that were UG'd with new electronics? I didn't think there were any pure DC-10s in FX fleet or pretty much still flying anywhere. FedEx has only had MD-10s for over a decade. Those are refitted DC-10s with new electronics and...
Jump to postN313FE is currently en route from IND to VCV. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is the last time a FedEx DC-10 will be airborne. Several of the other last 10-30s already went to VCV recently. They will be missed :cry: :brokenheart: https://www.flightradar24.com/FDX9030/2ecee31f Several are s...
Jump to postFX was supposed to retire their remaining 8 DC/MD-10s by the end of the year. N318FE ferried to VCV on December 30th. However, 5 are at MEM while two are at IND. I’ve also heard they may keep them through Q1 2023.
What is the update?
What's a CF versus an F? The DC-8 62H started out as passenger I presume. Just guessing: CF - Converted Freighter F - Freighter I don't think that any DC-8 was ever built as a freighter fresh out of the factory. All the DC-8 freighters that you see were built originally as passenger variants, unlik...
Jump to postAny update on the FX DC-10s? I know they said by 12/31 but is that being adjusted?
Jump to postI think we need to split the 777 fleet in two: the PW 222s and GE 224s. The 77As will be replaced this decade with 787s, that doesn’t seem controversial. The same applies for the 767-322s. The remainder of the 777-222s will probably be replaced with 787s from today’s order as well. The PW4000 is go...
Jump to post100 787s would cover the 767-300s, 767-400s, 777-200A and Pratt Powered 777-200ERs. The 767-400s will probably be the last of the group to be retired, around 2030 when the turn 30, with the 767-300s and 777-200A's being the first. The A350 order will probably live on as the GE 777-200ER and 777-300...
Jump to postWell United has something like 550 Maxes/A321neos on order which can easily replace the A320s. The quote also says some 777s will be replaced with this order which will certainly be the older models especially the 772As. Yeah, I'm officially confused about their fleet plans. Lederman mentioned the ...
Jump to postN306FE ferried back to MEM from YUL yesterday. Probably no damage.
Jump to postThat Battleship Grey was a Stephen Wolfe trait. He did it at Northwest then USAir then United. Which is why he's not a CEO right today for "Uglifying" airliners like that! Tilton did a lot of stuff but the "Rhapsody in Blue" Paint Scheme was a good looking paint scheme! Wolf joi...
Jump to postAfter the FedEx MD10-30F fleet is retired in 2023, the maintenance of this single TAB Cargo aircraft (plus one Orbis) will be very difficult (both airframe and engines.) Also the simulator training will be difficult, because the two FedEx MD10 Full Flight Simulators at Memphis will also be closed d...
Jump to postTAB CARGO had purchased an ex Fed Ex DC-10-30. in 2012 I was told it’s not a DC-10 but an MD-10. Would Fed Ex sell one of their youngest MD-10’s back in 2012. Whoever had the idea to buy that plane was aircraft savvy. I was under the impression it wasn’t converted that’s why it was sold. Is it an M...
Jump to postWhen are the retro jets due for a repaint? Any chance they will wake up and actually paint the LAA ones white and not that hideous grey? No reason to use Grey when the US ones are white.
Jump to postDL_Mech wrote:https://youtu.be/iF_aoCyONsc?t=154
Was the whole plane painted, then stripped again? I say this because the wing to body fairings are fully painted in the new livery. These are not usually painted off of the aircraft.
How do bare metal airplanes avoid corrosion?
Jump to postTAB CARGO had purchased an ex Fed Ex DC-10-30. in 2012 I was told it’s not a DC-10 but an MD-10. Would Fed Ex sell one of their youngest MD-10’s back in 2012. Whoever had the idea to buy that plane was aircraft savvy. I was under the impression it wasn’t converted that’s why it was sold. Is it an M...
Jump to postIt would be surprising if A) Fedex sells or leases them to another party or B) any party would want to try to spin up the fleet, with the exception of WGA, they would have to do from certification square one. The MD-10s are on the MD-11 type certificate, but do retain a large number of differences,...
Jump to postPANAMsterdam wrote:PanAm billboard livery on a 747-8 or 77W
calpsafltskeds wrote:Pandemic.
1/3 of Mainline fleet has the new livery, 40% of Express aircraft.
Battleship Grey when new looked okay. Tower Controllers found it hard to see in low light, it faded quickly, it was too busy, just a bad livery. 6166933 1788288 1941822 2025391 5993455 1774562 The fading was hideous. I personally think the grey is drab (think the same about BA Landor as well, espec...
Jump to postnotgranola wrote:Saul bass, tulip, and battleship need to make a comeback!! I would LOVE to see either (or all) of those on a dreamliner...mmmmm....
To be honest, I don't understand why anyone wants to see the battleship livery again. It reminds me of the Tilton regime at UAL and that was anything but good. Battleship grey predated Tilton by a decade. It was a Stephen Wolff decision. The Blue Tulip livery was during Tilton’s tenure. https://sim...
Jump to postBoeingERJ1000 wrote:I'd like to see an A319 or A321 in the US Airways dark blue livery.
The gray makes sense from a practical standpoint. I read somewhere that it was done that way so the bulk of the aircraft still matched the rest of the fleet, in terms of maintenance. Had they done it white, it would spend half its life flying around with mismatched winglets, panels, etc. What the T...
Jump to postI saw a photo of N646UA landing in TUP, but can seem to paste it. Tail and winglets in EvoBlu, the rest of the aircraft had a green coating, probably after being stripped. Instagram has several photos of it. Just search #N646UA and Tupelo Regional Airport. It almost looks like they repainted the en...
Jump to postThose PWs 752s got sold to FedEx (one of the dumbest moves that Smisek made……) That’s a big call, and personally I disagree. Smisek made some atrocious decisions, but I don’t think that was one of the worst. Some of the PW 757s were late 90s models, less than 20 years old, but the majority were muc...
Jump to postWonder if they’ll fly it out to the US to prevent anyone from accessing it
Jump to postIt was mentioned in another thread that UA has selected GTF on their A321neo fleet. While I hope that is the caee, I haven’t actually seen any sort of confirmation or proof of that. I’ll back him up it’s PW for the 321neos. Engines won’t matter. It’s going to be 787s as much as I’d love the 350s to...
Jump to postcic777 wrote:Avelo ending RDD-LAS. RDD-BUR will remain.
https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/loca ... 1f1d7.html
gdavis003 wrote:After being stuck in Fargo, ND since February 2, 2022, N604KW finally took off from FAR to ferry to LIM, probably for maintenance, but it diverted right back to Fargo. These guys baffle me
nited can builf CF-6's in the turbine shop at SFO the CF-6 is not now nor ever was a mystery. they've been overhauling them for years This isn’t the days of UA232 where UA and GE were mad at each other. UA has hundreds of CFM-equipped 737s (CFM56-7B and LEAP-1B; sCO and post-merger) with hundreds m...
Jump to postI went by BHM today for the first time in a while, as I have been traveling extensively for work, but for those interested, N714CB is still standing and is awaiting the wrecker. All Southwest aircraft at BHM will be parted out and scrapped, just a matter of when. Two were being scrapped - one heart...
Jump to postI went by BHM today for the first time in a while, as I have been traveling extensively for work, but for those interested, N714CB is still standing and is awaiting the wrecker. All Southwest aircraft at BHM will be parted out and scrapped, just a matter of when. Two were being scrapped - one heart...
Jump to postWith this weekend's schedule update, United revised its return to HKG and KIX * SFO-HKG is pushed back from 4JAN23 to 10FEB 23, further modifications are possible, schedule is 2x d with 772ER * SFO-KIX is pushed back from 4JAN to 5JAN23, schedule is now 3x with 772ER instead of daily with 789 https...
Jump to postHere are the Q2 2022 PDEW's of the top contiguous U.S. markets traveled to from the San Francisco Bay Area that don't currently have UA nonstop service out of SFO: SF Bay Area-DTW - 524 SF Bay Area-CLT - 355 SF Bay Area-STL - 249 SF Bay Area-CVG - 149 SF Bay Area-BDL - 126 SF Bay Area-BLI - 109 (UA...
Jump to postI think the easy option is to talk to GE and PW to see if they can make one of the current 767 engines pass the newer emission standards. Keep the same nacelle and fan so no airframe certification is required. Basically a PIP with the core running a bit hotter and cleaner. Keep thrust the same and ...
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