corsair b747

[phil.l]

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

[Grahame Hutchison]

From www.16Right.com (http://www.16Right.com) ACARS...

F-HLOV (http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/middle/6/9/3/1251396.jpg) SS0832 04/04/2008 19:35 B747-422 Corsair
-> Arrival from VTBS Suvarnabhumi International Thailand

F-HLOV (http://cdn-www.airliners.net/photos/middle/6/9/3/1251396.jpg) SS0033 04/04/2008 22:41 B747-422 Corsair
-> Departure to VTSP Phuket International Thailand

[Gerard M]

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

[lloyd fox]

Yep it was scheduled at 1740 out about 2100 hrs .

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

Lloyd

[Tim Bowrey]

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

[Nigel C]

Tim,

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

[phil.l]

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.

[Rhys Xanthis]

why are all these planes coming in??

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

[Nigel C]

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

[Seth Jaworski]

I think it is in July.

[David M]

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

LMAO! :D

How long's a piece of string?

David.M.

[Tim Bowrey]

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---Air/Boeing-C-40B-BBJ/1024085/M/
Tim

[Lukas M]

Is 01-0041 the nulcear bomb-proof one?

[Grant Smith]

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...

[Darryl Schlodder]

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

[Montague S]

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

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

[NickN]

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!

[phil.l]

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

[Chris Griffiths]

Is 01-0041 the nulcear bomb-proof one?

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

[phil.l]

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

[Peter JB]

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

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

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

:D

[Chris Griffiths]

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

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

[phil.l]

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

[matthew mcdonald]

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

Thanks

[Tim Bowrey]

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

[phil.l]

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---Air/Boeing-C-40B-BBJ/1024085/M/
Tim[/QUOTE]

tim i think you will find it is this one

[Chris Griffiths]

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
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)

[Nigel C]

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...

[phil.l]

Nigel any idea when?

[Nigel C]

When what?

[phil.l]

Thai orient arrival

[Nigel C]

No. I don't know details.

[Andrew McLaughlin]

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

[Nigel C]

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

[Tim Bowrey]

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


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)


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

[Blake Riley]

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/z166/BLAKE_RILEY/nwa.jpg

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z166/BLAKE_RILEY/nwa2.jpg

[matthew mcdonald]

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

Thanks

[Sarah C]

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.

[Blake Riley]

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

[Montague S]

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.

[Mark Grima]

I love the classics, have no idea how, but I will have to get down to the airport before they leave...

Might take Weds morning off...

Thanks for the pics Blake.

Cheers

M

[Nick W.]

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.

Don't make it worse for us who can't get out there...

[Morris Biondi]

It's from the 8th to the 15th of July(The Catholic convention).

Morris

[Andrew C]

FYI the BBJ left this AM. Very busy today.

[Mark Grima]

It's from the 8th to the 15th of July(The Catholic convention).

Morris

15 - 20 July Morris.

We can expect all sorts of charters I would expect if they get the numbers they are talking about.

Cheers

M

[Greg McDonald]

Been asked already but...does anyone know what time the 2 NWAs leave? I have to go to the airport on 10/04 anyway so it would be great to get some departure shots.:)

[Tim D]

All times are local times:
10APR
Ship N623US
SYD-BKK 1100-1800

Ship N624US
SYD-BKK 1205-1905

These times are from this thread - http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/3921297/

[phil.l]

thanks for the info Tim

[Morris Biondi]

Mark, you're right, I got some inaccurate info from a friend, I went to the official site and confirmed the dates you quoted.

Morris

[Michael Morrison]

Thanks for the pics Blake.... We are spoilt by having the new livery and the old livery in town

[Ray venn]

Was on board the two NWA 742s today, Not what I'm used to in age! and I thought the 767 was old!

They both have a few minor problems that the engineers were ironing out this morning. Departure is on Thursday I believe.

RayV

[Brenden S]

Wednesday is when they depart, they came from BKK and are heading back to BKK. Info is someone who was on location

[matthew mcdonald]

I thought that they both depart on Thusday the 10th at 11am and 12:05 pm as Tim D said.:confused:

[Sarah C]

For any spotters out tomorrow, you should be able to catch the SQ 777 which just landed. It should depart tomorrow at around midday.

[andrew evans]

do we have confirmation on the depature day yet (wednesday or thursday).

[phil.l]

Sarah do you know the rego of the Singapore 777, is it a 777-300 ER ?

[Nigel C]

9V-SWI

[phil.l]

Cheers Nigel

[Montague S]

Was on board the two NWA 742s today, Not what I'm used to in age! and I thought the 767 was old!

They both have a few minor problems that the engineers were ironing out this morning. Departure is on Thursday I believe.

RayV

yes on the 10th they depart.

[andrew evans]

thank you

[Nigel C]

For any spotters out tomorrow, you should be able to catch the SQ 777 which just landed. It should depart tomorrow at around midday.


Nope...it has left already as SQ234 at 1824.

B747 9V-SMS is the one overnighting...parked on Bay 73 and obstructing my view of the entire domestic precinct!

[D Chan]

Nope...it has left already as SQ234 at 1824.

Saw it waiting to takeoff on way home from work - long traffic queues at Qantas Drive

[matthew mcdonald]

Also a Thai Orient B747 will be in to pick up the people that Corsair left behind.


Has anybody heard anymore on this?

[Montague S]

here you go gents...


All times are local times:

10APR
Ship N623US
SYD-BKK 1100-1800

Ship N624US
SYD-BKK 1205-1905

13APR
Ship N623US
BKK-DXB 2250-0250+1

Ship N624US
BKK-DXB 2340-0340+1

14APR
Ship N623US
DXB-MAD 0430-1100

Ship N624US
DXB-MAD 0530-1200

15APR
Ship N623US
Depart MAD 1350

Ship N624US
Depart MAD 1810

[Nigel C]

Monty, update on times...

NW9988 out at 1200
NW9985 out at 1305


Thai Orient OX798 in at 1130 on 10 April.
OX7982 out at 1500 10 April.

[Sarah C]

Nope...it has left already as SQ234 at 1824.

B747 9V-SMS is the one overnighting...parked on Bay 73 and obstructing my view of the entire domestic precinct!

Thats Nigel - I had a feeling it might go out overnight rather than during the day :(

[phil.l]

Just had a text message informing that HS-UTL Thai orient on descent

[Kurt A]

Reg: HSUTL, landed RWY07 time 1306.

[Tim Bowrey]

OX7982 out at 1500 10 April.

Im there!:D

[Sarah C]

The one with the old livery just took off - amazing sight! All the black smoke trailing behind.......you can't mistake the 200!

I wonder why they are delayed 24 hours?

[Nigel C]

I don't believe they are delayed...they have been scheduled for this date for a while now:confused:

[Montague S]

The one with the old livery just took off - amazing sight! All the black smoke trailing behind.......you can't mistake the 200!

I wonder why they are delayed 24 hours?

no delay at all, Brenden's info was 100% incorrect.

[phil.l]

my mistake it should be ORIENT THAI not thai orient

[Nigel C]

no delay at all, Brenden's info was 100% incorrect.

Are you sure all of the 100% was incorrect?:D

[Montague S]

Are you sure all of the 100% was incorrect?:D

I'll make sure... :p

[Nigel C]

:D

[Michael Mak]

Reg: HSUTL, landed RWY07 time 1306.
Saw her on approach for Runway 07 at Padstow Heights this afternoon. It was a pleasant surprise :)

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Here she is on short finals over the Cooks River.

Plus I've attached pics of the two NW 742s departing too.

[Sarah C]

Here she is on short finals over the Cooks River.

Plus I've attached pics of the two NW 742s departing too.

Fabulous pictures Andrew - thanks for sharing! :)

[Tim Bowrey]

What was Orient Thai's callsign yesterday.. I heard it but i couldnt understand all the numbers. I will put a photo on once they are uploaded to my computer.

Tim

[matthew mcdonald]

When I listened to them clear it to land all I heard was "Orient Thai" cleared to land.

[Nigel C]

What was Orient Thai's callsign yesterday.. I heard it but i couldnt understand all the numbers. I will put a photo on once they are uploaded to my computer.

Tim

DO A SEARCH!!!!!:rolleyes:

The answer is located in the previous 9 pages!!! And to make it worse, you quoted me and said 'I'll be there!'

[Tim Bowrey]

G'day everyone i know this happened a while back but heres a photo of the Orient Thai departing.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6222025

Tim

[J Brown]

Nice pic Tim, however its not the first time OX has been to Australia. Its more recent visits include an aussie gov't Libyan migration charter and a couple of evacuation flights for the aussie gov't during the Lebanon/Israel conflict.

[Tim Bowrey]

Ok thanks mate ill change it straight away.