[cactuswings 2206] LOG - Phoenix Area (April 2013)

SEA (4/22/2013)

There were a few gems on a quiet Monday afternoon.

 

China Airlines Cargo   74Y  B18719

Icelandair             752  TFFIR

Jazz                   DH3  CGMTA   #319, green c/s

Omni Air International 763  N387AX

Skyteam                763  N175DZ  winglets

Skywest                CRJ  N443SW  full c/s, opf Horizon

United Express         CR7          #10295, light blue c/s

Virgin America         320  N840VA

 

…plus the Emirates 777 seen departing.  Also, the view while departing over BFI it appeared that one P-8 didn't have raked wingtips installed.  Any thoughts on that?

 

 

PHX (4/22/2013)

United                 319  N808UA  #4008, CO c/s

 

 

AZA (4/23/2013)

I was too late to catch the Intel ERJs (their departure times must shift earlier with the time change) but there were still some interesting birds at Gateway Airport.  I had never seen Allegiant A319s before - they looked nice but at 156 seats I wouldn't want to fly on one!  There were no Frontier or Spirit airplanes.  A full log follows.

 

Allegiant                319  N301NV  my first!

Allegiant                319  N302NV

Allegiant                M80  N422NV

Allegiant                M80  N423NV

Allegiant                M80          #868

Allegiant                M80  N877GA

Allegiant                M80  N878GA

Allegiant                M80  N881GA

Allegiant                M87  N948MA

United States of America VC9  31681   still stored

United States of America VC9  31683   still stored

                         ERJ  N451DJ  at Embraer hangar

                         ERJ  N912JC  at Embraer, "Dream Chaser" on fin

                         M80  N125MN  Falcon c/s but no titles

 

…plus a C-130, the A-4 squadron, and the other non-commercial oddities/tidbits that are typical at AZA.

 

 

GYR (4/23/2013)

There's almost always something of interest at Goodyear although, unlike last time, this time there wasn't a NASCAR race to contribute interesting "commercial biz" movements.  Below are the airplanes that I logged or just noted; more went by the wayside due to difficult angles, heat haze, and missing registrations.  There were a few more hangared aircraft that remained out of view.  No tie-ups required.

 

Scrapping Area & Hangar

Frontier                  319  N914FR  white tail c/s

Frontier                  319  N945FR  white tail c/s

Hainan                    733  B2960

Hawaiian                  763  N584HA  reg double-checked…

Sky                       734  TCSKE   orange c/s

                          320  TCJBO   all-white c/s

                          772  N321LF  ex-Singapore, very much wfu

 

…plus a Donavia 737 (wfu), an El Al 757 (wfu), a red (Regent?) 737NG, an Air Aruba A320, a Frontier.com A319/A320, and just a few remains of one of the Air New Zealand 747-400s (sistership still on the field).

 

Field

Aerosvit/Ukraine Int'l    734  N448KA

Aerosvit/Ukraine Int'l    734  __VVN

Air Nigeria               734  N339LF

Mexicana                  320  N567BB

VarigLog                  752  N235WD

Vision                    762  N766VA

World                     M11  N277WA

World Cargo               M1F  N275WA  engineless

XL Airways                320  FGKHK

                          320  EIFAI   all-white (& gray) c/s

                          735  N32626  ex-CO c/s, winglets

                          743  FGSKY   ex-Corsair c/s

                          762  HSKOA   all-white c/s

                          762  PRVAC   all-white c/s

                          M80  N451AA  ex-American c/s

 

…plus a Precision 737, an El Al 757, an ex-World MD-11 hulk still on its wheels, a Donavia 737, a Strategic A320 (wfu), 2x TAM A319s, 5x Omni DC-10s, a Kuban 737, a blue/yellow Aerosvit 737, and US Airways 737.  All of these aircraft are in liveries properly described as "ex-".

 

 

SCF (4/24/2013)

I did a drive-by at Scottsdale's airport.  There's an amazing viewing area and lots of light aircraft plus business jets…but on this Wednesday afternoon there was nothing that was commercial grade.  I left empty-handed.

 

 

DVT (4/24/2013)

Given my luck at Scottsdale, I went for a quick drive over to Deer Valley to see whether I could make amends.  There is still the large floatplane visible from Deer Valley Road and there was one more surprise as well!  Like the Finnair E170 seen last year, this one was not a hit for me.

 

California Pacific    E70  N760CP  at Honeywell, engines covered

                      GR?  N7025J  as seen last year

 

 

PHX (4/25/2013)

A quick loop around the two FBOs revealed a few gems.  The 757 looked like $1m.

 

Air Canada             319  CFKYW   #262, taxiing out

Ameriflight            B99  N226BH

Ameriflight            B99  N7200Z

                       722  N698SS

                       722  N17773

 

…plus the Yucaipa 757 with winglets and a KC-135..

 

 

PHX (4/26/2013)

There were no surprises really but it's nice to see that the spirit of the cookie still lives.  The Honeywell 757 was also active during the week including today.

 

Midwest                E90  N171HQ  full c/s

 

 

SEA (4/26/2013)

EVA Air                744  B16410

 

…plus an Icelandair 757.

 

TL

Tobias Lutterodt

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