corsair b747
 

got a text message tonight (friday 4) that a corsair b747 arrived sydney, anyone sight it. f-hlov c/n25379, it was rego`ed with united as n183ua

From www.16Right.com ACARS...

F-HLOV SS0832 04/04/2008 19:35 B747-422 Corsair
-> Arrival from VTBS Suvarnabhumi International Thailand

F-HLOV SS0033 04/04/2008 22:41 B747-422 Corsair
-> Departure to VTSP Phuket International Thailand

yep was there..pretty sure i saw it land...although it was dark :confused:

Yep it was scheduled at 1740 out about 2100 hrs .

You have a couple of Northwest 747's coming this weekend as well.

Lloyd

Any ideas on departure times/dates for the Corsair? Thats a scheme id really love to see. What about the Northwest's on their way? Times of Arr/Dep?

Tim

Tim,

I'll give you a hint...have a look at the previous posts, the answer might just be in there.

i have heard that the 2 northwest b747s are due tonight , ithink about 16.30 but don`t hold me to that, an update would be good.

why are all these planes coming in??

is there an event on in sydney or something???

When is the big catholic convention? That's soon, isn't it? Possibly related?

I think it is in July.

LMAO! :D

How long's a piece of string?

David.M.

It may be somthing to do with V Australia because apparently Northwest are having some sort of codeshare with V Australia. Im not sure why they would need 2 747's to come in though.

To add to the weird arrivals, 01-0041 (cn 33080/1089), a Boeing C-40B BBJ (737-7CP) from the US Air Force arrived just after 5 pm.

From 16Right.com
01-0041 MC2323 05/04/2008 17:01 USAF / USN --------->
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA--...BBJ/1024085/M/
Tim

Is 01-0041 the nulcear bomb-proof one?

Lukas,

You edited your post because you couldn't spell, perhaps you should edit it again..

Nuclear...

Northwest 984 (or something similar) just popped up on 124.4

lol...I think the pope will now be arriving on PH-UCK...especially with the imminent downfall of Alitalia.

All the extra flights are delivering candidates for the Prime Ministers job. Seeing he is away we auditioning for new ones seeing this one ain't so good!

N624US b747-251 c/n 21706 was the first to arrive,

Tough little buggers those "Fluf's" but nuclear bomb-proof????

N623US b747-251 c/n 21705 is the second one

LOL...great rego...PH-UCK

I'd love to get a PH-OTO of that one!

:D

And does anyone have any idea when they might be leaving??

chris not sure but i heard that there are here for 4 days

Can anybody say where they are parked and are likely to be parked early tomorrow morning.

Thanks

According to photos we have one in the new livery and one in the old which will be fantastic to catch both in Sydney.

I was just browsing Sydneyaiport.com and saw we had an arrival from.. Pago Pago:eek:

Although it appears as a US Airways flight, could this have anything to do with the NWA 747's in?

US2323 Pago Pago 5/04/2008 5/04/2008
7:30pm 5:36pm -na- Landed

Tim

To add to the weird arrivals, 01-0041 (cn 33080/1089), a Boeing C-40B BBJ (737-7CP) from the US Air Force arrived just after 5 pm.

From 16Right.com
01-0041 MC2323 05/04/2008 17:01 USAF / USN --------->
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA--...BBJ/1024085/M/
Tim[/QUOTE]

tim i think you will find it is this one

er... no!
Might be this one, "US" has a part to play in operators name, has "stars & stripes" on the tail but altogether more pleasing livery than US Airways
http://www.pbase.com/chrisg/image/95164284.jpg

There was no US Airways flight anywhere near 5:36pm. This USAF C-40 is as close as you get! (Camera clock time was out so Exif data is approx 7 min ahead of real time so landed about 5:40pm)

Northwest X 2 departs on the 10th April. Also a Thai Orient B747 will be in to pick up the people that Corsair left behind.

Something to do with a Spanish insurance convention...

Nigel any idea when?

When what?

Thai orient arrival

No. I don't know details.

Are you working Wednesday Nigel? I might be down there first thing and it'd be good to say hi, even if it's just a wave over the fence! :D

Anyone else want to catch up Wednesday, I should be at either Shep's Mound or Qantas Drive from just before sunrise until 11ish.

Cheers

Andrew

I'm working Tuesday night and Wednesday night this week, and as much as I'd like to stay to say g'day, I think my bed will be calling pretty loudly by the time you rock up!;)

Cheers
Nigel

I know there was no US Airways flight, as i said before,

To add to the weird arrivals, 01-0041 (cn 33080/1089), a Boeing C-40B BBJ (737-7CP) from the US Air Force arrived just after 5 pm.

From 16Right.com
01-0041 MC2323 05/04/2008 17:01 USAF / USN --------->

The USAF flight was under the US Airways flight from Sydney Airport.com

Tim

just got home from sydney airport, managed to get these photo's hard to get a good photo, i will try get some better one's this week, in first picture sorry about the pole in the way to :(.
Great to see these 2 northwest 747's anyway and even better they are in new and old colours
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z..._RILEY/nwa.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...RILEY/nwa2.jpg

Blake, If you tell me how to post photos on the message board, I will post my shots as well.

Thanks

Great photos Blake - gee it is strange seeing them back in Sydney, can anyone remember the last NW passenger service here? And they are good old -200's too.

Thanks sarah :D
&
matthew.. i put them on photobucket.com first, then copied the [IMG] code
and pasted it into the post.Never been able to work the uploading photo's on here so that way i know it works

23 & 24US have been following each other around of late, they are retired from NW scheduled flights but have been kept in the fleet for charter services, mainly military & NFL charters. These are the only two classics in the NW fleet.