On Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 01:07:34 AM MST, 'Tobias Lutterodt' via cactuswings <cactus-wings@googlegroups.com> wrote:
ORD (12/12/2024)
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There were some foreigners of interest (and a few locals) on a quick stop at O'Hare.
Air Canada 7M8 #532
Air Canada CS3 CGVUN
Air Canada express E75 CFEKS #534
Air China Cargo 74F B2409
Air France 359 FHUVG
Alaska 739 N303AS my ride that day!
ANA 77W JA794A
Atlas 74F N438GT
British Airways 772 #IC
Cathay Pacific 35K BLXG
Contour CRJ N438SW
Contour ERD N808AE
Denver Air Connection ER4 N973DC
Emirates 77W A6EQI
Iberia 333 ECLUK
Southern CNA N750Z "The Paul Tashie"
Southern CNA N958SP Purdue University c/s
DEN (12/18/2024)
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There was just the standard fare over a two-part visit to DIA. I stayed in a B concourse mostly and didn't get to see anything more exotic (Copa, THY, Air France). Oh well.
Air Canada CS3 CGJXW
Air Canada CS3 CGMZN
Air Canada CS3 CGTZH
British Airways 35K GXWBB
Icelandair 7M8 TFICT daystopper
Lufthansa 346 DAIHV
Lufthansa 359 DAIVD
Sun Country 73H N835SY 40 years of flight markings
United 772 #2021
United Express E75 N626SY Skywest's newest(?)
Volaris 320 XAVLK
…plus an Atlas 747, a lot of Denver Air Connection aircraft (Do.328s, Embraer 145s, and Metros) at concourse C but too distant to note, and an untitled Embraer 145 that's a regular.
PHX (12/18/2024)
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In the darkness a few aircraft went into the book with only one of note.
Mesa CR9 N329MS operating for United (a -900!?)
…and a NAC 737-800 freighter.
GYR (12/19/2024)
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It'd been almost two years since my last visit to Goodyear and in that report I rued the construction of warehouses in the immediate vicinity of the airport. In a word I was Rong.
The warehouses have resulted in parking lots that allow easy driving access to sightlines from which almost the entire field can be soaked up with ease. My visit at dawn (or possibly it was just the lack of occupancy?) meant that these parking lots were completely empty and, well, I feasted.
Also, the new (new on my 2023 visit at least) segment of South Bullard Avenue between the baseball facilities and the airfield has also helped immensely.
This was my best visit to Goodyear ever, in my >10 years visiting this airfield. There are still bits of the field and the hangars which are tough but wow. Below is my full log, brought to you by the color yellow.
@Scrap Pad
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ex-Aer Lingus 752 N726WN just a hulk
ex-Pacific Airlines 320 N340CG
ex-Singapore 772 N772BC
Ural 320 VQBCZ
viva air 320 N631AG
@Hangar
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7Air Cargo 73U N260AC
ex-Spirit 320 N640NK old c/s
ex-Spirit 320 N649NK
ex-Spirit 320 N692NK
ex-Spirit 320 N693NK
ex-Spirit 320 N696NK
ex-Spirit 321 N675NK
ex-Spirit 321 N676NK
Spirit 32N N908NK
United 73J N39423
320 N158AS exact location not noted (or recalled!)
On Field
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Air Astana 752 N489BR
Air Ivoire 319 ____RC
Air Transat 32Q CGOIH #703
Air Transat 32Q CGOIS #709
Air Transat 32Q CGOIW #708
ex-American M80 N451AA long-term resident
ex-Aruba 320 N676AG "Edecio"
Cargologic Germany 73P N468VX
Caribbean 73H N2823 many parts missing
Compass Air Cargo 73U N245AC
Corsair 743 #SKY; what's the story with this one anyway?!
DHL 73U N708MB
DHL 73U N859AM
iAero 73H N277EA
JetAirFly 73U VPCLQ #AA, "Victory"
LATAM 320 N315MQ
Royal Flight 752 N835AS
Royal Flight 763 VPBLG
ex-Singapore 772 N509BC
ex-Singapore 772 N749BC
ex-Singapore 772 N784BC
ex-Singapore 772 N785BC
ex-Southwest 73G #554, many parts missing
ex-Spirit 320 N638NK
ex-Spirit 320 N694NK
ex-Spirit 321 N657NK
Spirit 32N N907NK
Spirit 32N N913NK
Spirit 32N N932NK
Spirit 32N N936NK
Spirit 32N N937NK
Spirit 32N N940NK
Spirit 32N N941NK
Spirit 32N N942NK
Spirit 32N N944NK
Spirit 32N N950NK
West Atlantic 73U N290BR Swiftair (of Spain) c/s
73P N775SJ all-white c/s
73U N308BR all-white c/s
73U N314BR all-white c/s
73U N916BR all-white c/s
73U N986AS all-white c/s
73U VPCBV all-white c/s
75F N175AA all-white c/s
75F N194AA all-white c/s
75F N195AN all-white c/s
75F N225NZ all-white c/s
75F N607AM all-white c/s
75F VQBGG all-white c/s
772 "msn28688" visible
DC7 ____EA long-term resident
321 N919NX all-white c/s
333 N920AE all-white c/s
Missed
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- 1x Hop! E170 on the scrap pad
- 1x Caribbean 737-800 on the field (also in scrap condition)
- 1x ex-US Airways 757 on the field
- multiple additional Spirit aircraft on the field and at the hangar (name painted out on A320 Classics)
- hangar occupants (though I've noted the aircraft parked close by)
AZA (12/19/2024)
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After lunch, and while working from my mobile command post, I headed east to check out Mesa Gateway Airport. There was nothing quite so dramatic out there but the place is always worth visiting. Thursday must be a peak day for Allegiant because I never recall seeing so many movements there in the past…the landside was bursting at the seams.
The Intel parking lot was full but there were no aircraft outside – perhaps there's still some time left before their shuttle closes? The small observation area proved a good place to observe movements and the distant, anonymous ramp for deportation flights…now a GlobalX franchise. Oh, and Allegiant has taken over the hangar previously used by the mystery C-130 operator. And there were no commercial-grade aircraft at Embraer's now-much-harder-to-see ramp.
Warehouses are popping up all over the Gateway area as well and the mapping program directed me to the airport by roads that I don't recall ever using. The Valley of the Sun is booming!
Noted below are my non-Allegiant sightings.
Aeronaves TSM CRJ XAADS freighter
GlobalX 320 N630VA
320 N289GX white with Alaska rudder
PHX (12/19/2024)
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The Sky Train (sorry Freddie!) remains a great way to see things, as do the huge airside windows in Terminal 3. There were no major surprises in the failing daylight and I took an early flight home. The interesting bits are noted below.
Ameriflight SWM N370AE active, Texas flag fin c/s
Ameriflight SWM N578AF missing an engine
Arizona Cardinals 772 N777AZ
Contour ER3 N16501 at FBO
Westwind CNA N786WW at cargo ramp
752 MRISE at FBO
772 N865DA
…plus another Ameriflight Metro missing an engine in the small scrapping area slash hangar, the standard 757/E170 at the Honeywell facility, nothing at the distant Mesa hangar, and at the FBO a mostly-white BBJ2 that defied my attempts to read it off.
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