HM7 wrote:

VCVSpotter wrote:

ltbewr wrote:

Looks like Qantas A380's many be activated soon ? This article notes that there are literally 'snakes on a plane' in their dessert parking sites, mainly crawling in to the wheel and brake areas of parked planes. A special tool is used to go after the snakes and other critters, a certified broom handle. The article also notes some highlights of the process to return parked planes to service. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/qant ... index.html

Nah, that’s just occasional maintenance that they’ve been doing for months. It’s just that the wheel wackers have made some fame for themselves since Qantas tweeted about them yesterday. VH-OQC and VH-OQE have/will fly out, but Qantas is definitely not rushing to get every jet in the air and into immediate service.

https://twitter.com/qantas/status/14002 ... 03682?s=21

Hey VCVSpotter, are you saying OQE will fly out? If so do you know when?

Don't know when exactly, but I know that it will 100% fly out for maintenance. VH-OQC needs to be outta LAX first so they can have the hangar open for VH-OQE.

VCVSpotter wrote:

HM7 wrote:

VCVSpotter wrote:

Nah, that’s just occasional maintenance that they’ve been doing for months. It’s just that the wheel wackers have made some fame for themselves since Qantas tweeted about them yesterday. VH-OQC and VH-OQE have/will fly out, but Qantas is definitely not rushing to get every jet in the air and into immediate service.

https://twitter.com/qantas/status/14002 ... 03682?s=21

Hey VCVSpotter, are you saying OQE will fly out? If so do you know when?

Don't know when exactly, but I know that it will 100% fly out for maintenance. VH-OQC needs to be outta LAX first so they can have the hangar open for VH-OQE.

Do you know when QC leaves lax?

HM7 wrote:

VCVSpotter wrote:

HM7 wrote:

Hey VCVSpotter, are you saying OQE will fly out? If so do you know when?

Don't know when exactly, but I know that it will 100% fly out for maintenance. VH-OQC needs to be outta LAX first so they can have the hangar open for VH-OQE.

Do you know when QC leaves lax?

Been told it’s this summer, heading to Europe. Don’t have a specific date.

Southwest 737-700 N460WN exited storage VCV-HOU as WN8700.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n460wn

VCVSpotter wrote:

747classic wrote:

KLM B789 PH-BHA has departed AMS for VCV as KL9871, see : https://flightaware.com/live/flight/PHB ... /EHAM/KVCV

Any idea why? Debating on heading out there today.

PH-BHA is gonna be repainted, it apparently has paint adhesion on her wings. If you are quick, you can still spot her with patches of speedtapes all over...

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

VCVSpotter wrote:

747classic wrote:

KLM B789 PH-BHA has departed AMS for VCV as KL9871, see : https://flightaware.com/live/flight/PHB ... /EHAM/KVCV

Any idea why? Debating on heading out there today.

PH-BHA is gonna be repainted, it apparently has paint adhesion on her wings. If you are quick, you can still spot her with patches of speedtapes all over...

*Paint adhesion issues

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

VCVSpotter wrote:

Any idea why? Debating on heading out there today.

PH-BHA is gonna be repainted, it apparently has paint adhesion on her wings. If you are quick, you can still spot her with patches of speedtapes all over...

*Paint adhesion issues

Oh, ok. I noticed that it parked next to the paint hangars and heard it was for touch up repaint. Thanks!

United 737-800 N76505 exited repaint VCV-DEN as UA2688.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n76505

Delta A220-100 N113DQ filed SBD-SLC 11AM - 1:39PM as DL9939 tomorrow (Tuesday June 8).
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n113dq

Does anyone have any information as to 787’s LN 887, 893, 913 which are supposed to be heading to Lufthansa from November?

Who will do the mx work, get them up to operator satisfaction, cabin mods etc.

OMAA

Latest info i have is here
https://www.b787register.co.uk/airframe ... =Lufthansa

OMAAbound wrote:

Does anyone have any information as to 787’s LN 887, 893, 913 which are supposed to be heading to Lufthansa from November?

Who will do the mx work, get them up to operator satisfaction, cabin mods etc.

OMAA

Everything is being done by Boeing. It's an undelivered aircraft currently under their ownership. I've been waiting to see how stable the rumor is before saying/posting anything 'officially' about LN887 (I saw it in the Boeing hangar before the order was announced). Given that it's been a few weeks and a lot of people are expecting LN887, 893, etc to go to Lufthansa, I might post that photo tomorrow and upload it here as well.

ANA 777-300ER JA782A flew HNL-MHV as NH9432 for retirement. Looks like one leaves the fleet every Tuesday.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ja782a

Air Canada 787-9 C-FNOG flew SAT-VCV as AC2339 for repaint.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-fnog

A note regarding VCV repainting:
It's well known that VCV has 4 paint hangars: 2 narrow-body and 2 wide-body. We know with 100% certainty that Air Canada 787-9 C-FNOG, Amazon 767-300F N521AZ, and KLM 787-9 PH-BHA are at VCV for repaint. Which means two things:
1. Amazon 767-300F N521AZ has finished repaint and should fly out in the next day or two (shouldn't be too much of a surprise, it's been here since May 22).
2. Omega DC-10-30CF N264DE is NOT at VCV for repaint since the two hangars are occupied by Air Canada and KLM's 787s (or somebody's gonna be waiting a longgggg time for their jet to get out of VCV). Can anybody think of a reason that N264DE could be at VCV?

Finally, Virgin Orbit just announced that the launch window for their "Tubular Bells" launch will open in late June. There will be a live stream of this launch on YouTube which will be nice for everyone else around the world who can't get to MHV.
https://virginorbit.com/the-latest/tota ... xt-launch/

Amazon 767-300F N521AZ filed VCV-MZJ 3PM - 3:54PM after repaint. No idea why it’s going to storage (I assume) rather than going into service.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N521AZ

Western Global 747-400F N452SN filed VCV-ANC 8AM - 11:33AM en route to TPE for maintenance and repaint.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N452SN

SunExpress Airlines 737MAX9 D-ASMA filed VCV-MWH 11AM - 1:06PM as BOE236.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE236

Delta 757-200 N552NW filed VCV-VQQ 9AM - 4:30PM as DL9939.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n552nw

Delta A220-100 N102DU filed SBD-SLC 12PM - 2:35PM as DL9950.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n102du

Delta 767-300ER N394DL ILN-SBD 1PM - 2:33PM as DL9945.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n394dl

Ex Hainan/Vistara 787-9 N1005S/LN887 (future Lufthansa ??) in maintenance in the Boeing hangar at VCV:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6NjO_hDF_/
(For some reason airliners won't let me upload the pic like I used to, and the main website I used to get the photo link is not working :/)

LATAM A321 N495MN exited storage/on re-delivery to LATAM, currently flying VCV-MEX.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N495MN

Jet Airways 737MAX8 2-JXBZ flew BGR-VCV for return to lessor.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/2-jxbz

United 777-200 N214UA filed HNL-VCV 8AM - 4:21PM as UA2715 for storage. This is one of the PW engine birds, being moved to VCV for continued storage I presume.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n214ua

El Al 787-9 filed JFK-VCV 1:45PM - 4:05PM as LY31 tomorrow (Sunday, June 13). Aircraft is likely 4X-EDH.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ly31
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/4x-edh

There’s another one next Sunday as well:
El Al 787-9 filed EWR-VCV 1:45PM - 4:05PM as LY31 on Sunday, June 20.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ly31

Not sure why two El Al 787-9s are headed to VCV….I believe the maintenance hangars are busy with maintaining stored 787s and the Mexican Government 788 while the paint hangars have KLM and Air Canada 787s….El Al has leased 8/12 of their 787-9s, could this be a lease return even though they’re only between 2-4 years old??

KLM 787-9 PH-BHA filed VCV-AMS 12:25PM - 7:26AM as KL9872 after wing surface repaint.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/KLM9872

El Al 787-9 4X-EDA filed JFK-VCV 1:45PM - 4:05PM as LY31 for wing surface repaint.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/4x-eda

United 777-200 N210UA filed HNL-VCV 9AM - 5:21PM as UA2703 for continued storage tomorrow (Monday June 13).
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n210ua

VCVSpotter wrote:

KLM 787-9 PH-BHA filed VCV-AMS 12:25PM - 7:26AM as KL9872 after wing surface repaint.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/KLM9872

KL might be dropping by more often maybe, because her sister PH-BHH was also seen riddled with speedtape bandages recently at AMS. Dont know how long it will take before they sent her off for a paintjob too

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

VCVSpotter wrote:

KLM 787-9 PH-BHA filed VCV-AMS 12:25PM - 7:26AM as KL9872 after wing surface repaint.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/KLM9872

KL might be dropping by more often maybe, because her sister PH-BHH was also seen riddled with speedtape bandages recently at AMS. Dont know how long it will take before they sent her off for a paintjob too

Wow. Looks like the paint shop be quite busy this summer. No complaints here though, always nice to see some activity at VCV lol.

ANA 777-300ER JA783A flying HND-HNL-MHV as NH9433 for retirement.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ja783a

LATAM A350-900 PR-XTJ filed CNF-VCV 9:59PM - 7:04AM as JJ9427.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/PRXTJ

Air Canada 787-9 C-FNOG flying VCV-SAT as AC2342 after wing surface repaint.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-fnog

Air Canada 787-9 C-FVLQ flew YYZ-VCV as AC2339 for wing surface repaint. What's interesting is that 4X-EDA and PH-BHD are already here for repaint, so it looks like Air Canada will be waiting around for a little bit, especially since El Al already has another one scheduled for Sunday. Somebody's gonna be waiting around for a week for a paint job.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-fvlq

Also, I just realized I didn't do a 'trip report' after my trip up to MHV on Saturday:
There isn't that much that's new, but there are a few things:

Virgin Orbit is at the pad adjacent to the runway 30 threshold, getting prepped for their launch: 'Tubular Bells'
https://virginorbit.com/the-latest/tota ... xt-launch/

Qantas 747-400ER VH-OEJ has her engine #1 removed, so that's essentially confirmation that the entire Qantas 747-400ER fleet are goners (all the others are engineless, have been debranded, and are in various stages of part out).
Link to Images: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQCH6hehNID/


I also got to check up on EVA Air Cargo/Lufthansa 747s. There's steady work going on transferring parts from Lufthansa to EVA (they were even working on EVA's tail when I was there).
Link to Images: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJhqjOs4_Z/

Thats a lot of 787s getting a wing surface repaint at the moment... Are those having the same issues like the KL birds??

FlyingHonu001 wrote:

Thats a lot of 787s getting a wing surface repaint at the moment... Are those having the same issues like the KL birds??

Yup, heard it’s a 787 issue in general, British Airways has their 787s getting repainted at SNN and United had the issue 2 years ago with a few of their 787s also heading to VCV for wing surface repaint.

VCVSpotter wrote:

Air Canada 787-9 C-FNOG flying VCV-SAT as AC2342 after wing surface repaint.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-fnog

Air Canada 787-9 C-FVLQ flew YYZ-VCV as AC2339 for wing surface repaint. What's interesting is that 4X-EDA and PH-BHD are already here for repaint, so it looks like Air Canada will be waiting around for a little bit, especially since El Al already has another one scheduled for Sunday. Somebody's gonna be waiting around for a week for a paint job.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-fvlq

Also, I just realized I didn't do a 'trip report' after my trip up to MHV on Saturday:
There isn't that much that's new, but there are a few things:

Virgin Orbit is at the pad adjacent to the runway 30 threshold, getting prepped for their launch: 'Tubular Bells'
https://virginorbit.com/the-latest/tota ... xt-launch/

Qantas 747-400ER VH-OEJ has her engine #1 removed, so that's essentially confirmation that the entire Qantas 747-400ER fleet are goners (all the others are engineless, have been debranded, and are in various stages of part out).
Link to Images: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQCH6hehNID/


I also got to check up on EVA Air Cargo/Lufthansa 747s. There's steady work going on transferring parts from Lufthansa to EVA (they were even working on EVA's tail when I was there).
Link to Images: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJhqjOs4_Z/

What’s with the lower section of rudder on the LH 744? It looks like badgers got ahold of it.

Spacepope wrote:

What’s with the lower section of rudder on the LH 744? It looks like badgers got ahold of it.

A friend who was up there a few weeks ago said it was violently flapping around in the wind (presumably because they removed all the hydraulics/support structures to keep it in place). Guess sometime between then and now it snapped off due to the wind.

Not sure why they wouldn’t have removed it before it snapped off.

Lucky Air 737MAX8 B-20AH filed VCV-MWH 2:05PM - 4:11PM as BOE534 for storage.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE534

VCVSpotter wrote:

Qantas 747-400ER VH-OEJ has her engine #1 removed, so that's essentially confirmation that the entire Qantas 747-400ER fleet are goners (all the others are engineless, have been debranded, and are in various stages of part out).
Link to Images: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQCH6hehNID/

Sad that those QF B744ER were not converted to F. They could use some more years.

KLM 787-9 PH-BHD exited wing surface repaint VCV-AMS as KLM9874.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ph-bhd

El Al 787-9 4X-EDB flew EWR-VCV as LY31 for wing surface repaint.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/4x-edb

LATAM A321 N891EB filed VCV-PTY 8AM - 4:21PM on redelivery.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n891eb

Delta A330-300 N830NW filed VCV-MSP 12PM - 5PM as DL9939.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n830nw

El Al 787-9 4X-EDA exited wing surface repaint VCV-TLV as LY3012.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/4x-eda

LATAM A350-900 PR-XTF flying GRU-VCV as LA9427 for return to lessor.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pr-xtf

Air Canada 787-9 C-FVLQ filed VCV-YYZ 11AM - 5:54PM as AC2338.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ac2338
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-fvlq

Yesterday, Virgin Orbit announced that their launch window for ‘Tubular Bells’ opens on June 30th, with additional back-up windows throughout July.
https://virginorbit.com/the-latest/tubu ... ch-timing/

FlyDubai 737MAX8 A6-FMN filed VCV-MWH 5PM - 7PM as BOE15.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE15

United 777-200 N213UA filed DEN-VCV 9AM - 10:13AM as UA2707 for further storage.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n213ua

Delta 767-300ER N192DN filed VCV-ATL 3PM - 10:40PM as DL9940. Slightly surprised to see a DL 763 leave VCV, but great to see some jets getting a few more years of life.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n192dn

Delta A320 N357NW filed SBD-MSP 3PM - 8:15PM as DL9950.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n357nw

LATAM A350-900 PR-XTM flew GRU-VCV as LA9427 for return to lessor.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pr-xtm

Southwest 737-700 N561WN exited storage VCV-MIA as WN8700.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n561wn

Sky Lease Cargo 747-400F N904AR filed ORD-SBD 1AM - 2:41AM as GG9904, likely for maintenance at AeroPro. Ex Korean Air 747-400F N570B has supposedly been ready to leave SBD for the last few days but keeps getting cancelled so N904AR is probably taking N570B's place.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/gg9904

Sky Lease Cargo 747-400F N904AR exited maintenance SBD-ORD as GG4853.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n904ar

GE 747-400 N747GF filed VCV-SAT 8AM - 12:15PM. Not sure why.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N747GF

Mexican Government 787-8 XC-MEX filed VCV-VCV 10:15AM - 12:09PM as FAM3523 for a test flight.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/FAM3523

El Al 787-9 4X-EDB filed VCV-JFK 11AM - 6:26PM as LY3012 after repaint.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ELY3012

NASA DC-8 N817NA flying PMD-PMD as NASA817 for a test flight.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n817na

Ex Korean Air Cargo 747-400F N570B filed SBD-ANC 4:59PM - 8:32PM as JTN61 en route to DEL after maintenance.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/jtn61
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n570b

Volga Dnepr AN-124 RA-82043 flew VBG-SBD as VI4703. Should be leaving to NCE on/before July 1.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ra-82043

Delta A220-100 N114DU exited storage SBD-SLC as DL9936.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n114du

Virgin Orbit 747-400 N744VG filed MHV-MHV 6:10AM - 7AM as OBT01 tomorrow (Wednesday June 30) for their launch, Tubular Bells. Times (especially arrival) are likely arbitrary because they need to head out 1 hour over the ocean before they get to their launch area. I'd say a more realistic arrival time would be around 8:30AM at the earliest.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/OBT1

LATAM A321 N891KW exited storage VCV-MEX on re-delivery to LATAM.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n891kw

Bit late on the update today but:
ANA 737-700 JA05AN flew LAX-VCV as EH5671 for retirement.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ja05an

Air Canada 787-9 C-FNOI flew YYZ-VCV as AC2339 for repaint.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-fnoi

China Eastern 787-9 B-20EG exited storage VCV-PAE as BOE903.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/b-20eg

Jet Test 787-9 (likely ex LATAM) filed VCV-SBD 9AM - 9:19AM as JTN126 tomorrow (Friday July 2).
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/jtn126

Note, runway 17/35 is back open at VCV.

LATAM 787-9 CC-BGG exited storage VCV-SBD-SCL as JTN126.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/cc-bgg

Mexican Government 787-8 XC-MEX exited maintenance VCV-MEX as FAM3523. Was planning on being at VCV for this but it filed 10 minutes before departure
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/xc-mex

Terra Avia 747-400 ER-BAC filed ANC-MHV 11AM - 4:39PM as JTN195. Gonna be one of the rarest catches in SoCal in 2021.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/er-bac

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JTN ... /PANC/KMHV

VCVSotter. Question regarding "Note, runway 17/35 is back open at VCV." where have they moved the aircraft that were stored on it to. Thanks in advance.

dougbr2006 wrote:

VCVSotter. Question regarding "Note, runway 17/35 is back open at VCV." where have they moved the aircraft that were stored on it to. Thanks in advance.

Aircraft are parked on runway 3/21 as well as taxiways Alpha and Echo between Echo 1 & Echo 2. There are aircraft jammed everywhere possible, but interestingly, there are none (or only one) at the GE hangar now.

VCVSpotter wrote:

Terra Avia 747-400 ER-BAC filed ANC-MHV 11AM - 4:39PM as JTN195. Gonna be one of the rarest catches in SoCal in 2021.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/er-bac

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JTN ... /PANC/KMHV

Wouldn't have missed ER-BAC today for the world, such a cool catch. Here are several photos from me and my friends today:

Link to My Images (@west_coast_aviation): https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4kDvrsoL_/


Link to @ohwiss Images: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4wj6wMYlU/


Link to @maurer8photography Images: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4-79iMpge/

Thank you sharing those amazing shots @VCVSpotter! The 747 is forever a beauty; gracious yet powerful at the same time.

ER-BAC could use some repainting or wash. She looks pretty worn. I am wondering why they named her "Punnagai Poo" who is a Malaysian radio personality, film producer and actress. Any idea what is her fate? 23 years old is very young for a 747 to be scrapped.

RoyalBrunei757 wrote:

Thank you sharing those amazing shots @VCVSpotter! The 747 is forever a beauty; gracious yet powerful at the same time.

ER-BAC could use some repainting or wash. She looks pretty worn. I am wondering why they named her "Punnagai Poo" who is a Malaysian radio personality, film producer and actress. Any idea what is her fate? 23 years old is very young for a 747 to be scrapped.

Hopefully for some MX work, since those Stan airlines have been adding even more 747s to their fleets this past year. Maybe a repaint, and maybe returning home with a hold full of 747 spare parts to keep the fleet rolling.

Spacepope wrote:

RoyalBrunei757 wrote:

Thank you sharing those amazing shots @VCVSpotter! The 747 is forever a beauty; gracious yet powerful at the same time.

ER-BAC could use some repainting or wash. She looks pretty worn. I am wondering why they named her "Punnagai Poo" who is a Malaysian radio personality, film producer and actress. Any idea what is her fate? 23 years old is very young for a 747 to be scrapped.

Hopefully for some MX work, since those Stan airlines have been adding even more 747s to their fleets this past year. Maybe a repaint, and maybe returning home with a hold full of 747 spare parts to keep the fleet rolling.

Sadly this one will be parted out.