[cactuswings 2118] LOG - Phoenix & Goodyear (February/March 2013)

SEA (2/27/2013)

Sea-Tac was more interesting that I'd have guessed.

 

Air Canada Express  DH3  CGABP

Alaska Air Cargo    73F  N709AS  an elusive bird!

Asiana              333  HL8259

Omni                763  N396AX

Skywest             EM2  N301YV  in OO c/s

United              772          #2379, CO c/s

 

…plus an EVA Air Cargo 747-400BCF and a Korean 777.

 

 

PHX (2/27/2013)

There wasn't much time to linger!

 

United              752  N541UA  #5441

US Airways          320  N676AW  my last "AW" A320!

 

…plus a FedEx Feeder Caravan in an anonymous hangar near Mesa Airlines' hangar and the Coyotes 727 at the international arrivals gates.

 

 

GYR (3/1/2013)

I did a very quick lookaround and didn't capture everything - there were more airplanes of interest than I recalled from my last stop at www.visitingphx.com.  Listed below are what I got - no tie-ups needed.  What a great airport!

 

at the hangar & scrapping area…

Erickson               M87  N295EA  #105

Frontier               319  N930FR  white tail c/s

Frontier               319  N945FR  white tail c/s

Kuban                  733  VQBHC

Precision Air Services 733  N638CS  new arrival, in full c/s, complete

Sky Airlines           320  TCSKJ

XL Airways             320  FGKHK   new arrival

                       772  N321LF  unchanged since December

 

…plus a Strategic A320 mostly complete, a Strategic A320 with many parts missing, a white-tailed A319/20/21, a second Sky A320 with many parts missing, a white 747 that was mostly gone, a 737 that I believe was the ex-Eznis aircraft (surely headed for the scrapman), and a hangared Frontier A319/20.

 

at the terminal…

MWR                 CRJ  N155MW

                    CRJ  N500PR

                    ERJ  N138DE

                    S20  N508RH

                    S20  N509RH

 

…plus lots of biz - there was a NASCAR race going on in addition to spring training!

 

on the field…

Aruba Airlines      320  N181LF  reg taped on

Mexicana            320  N567BB

VarigLog            75F  N235WD

World               M11  N270WA  many parts missing, was at hangar

World Cargo         M1F  N275WA  no engines

                    733  N833GX  all-white c/s

                    743  FGSKY   ex-Corsair c/s

                    762  HSKOA   all-white c/s

                    762  PRVAC   all-white c/s

                    762  PRVAO   all-white c/s

                    M11  N277WA  all-white c/s, no engines

 

…plus two El Al 757s with markings/regs removed, an Air Nigeria 737, two A319s in basic TAM c/s (were at hangar in December), an ex-US Airways 737-400 (a newbie, possibly N421US), an Aerosvit 737, the ex-American MD-80, the multiple ex-Omni DC-10s, the ex-Air New Zealand 747, an ex-Bluebird 737, an ex-Donavia(?) 737-500, a United 737 in light blue c/s, a Mint 757, that DC-7, and at least one (possibly two) more white 737-300s.

 

 

PHX (3/1/2013)

Phoenix had a few gems.

 

Delta               319  N363NB  parked up, possibly an NBA aircraft?

Southwest           73H  N8309C

US Airways Express  CRJ  N955SW  #SWO

 

…plus a mystery 727 with a dark tail at Cutter Aviation.

TL
Tobias Lutterodt

"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security." - Dwight Eisenhower