Kalitta Air 742 Due

[Shayne G]

Hi all, noticed an Kallitta Air 742 is due,

CKS9217 59707 708CK YSSY 8/9/2011 6:15:00 AM VHHH 8/9/2011 3:45:00 PM 747

She is P&W engined too!!

[Shayne G]

I think I worked the times out properly now!

departs 9/8/11
CKS9217 59707 708CK YSSY 9/8/2011 6:15:00 AM VHHH 9/8/2011 3:45:00 PM 747



Sorry for all the confusion, I am excited myself!

[John Thoroughgood]

Hi Shayne!

Pardon my ignorance- does this mean Kalitta arrives Sydney 0615 Tues 9-8-11 and
departs 3.45pm?

Cheers John

[Shayne G]

Hi John,
It is scheduled to depart 6:15am that day and arrival is unkwown at this time.

Kallita says arrival is 2:15am that morning, I don't think it will be allowed in during curfew, I don't know what is has on board or if it has any sort of exemption that may allow it to land during curfew.
I suspect it may arrive early on 9/8/11 and depart late that day but at this time it is scheduled to arrive 2:15am on the 9th and depart 6:15am on the 9th!
As time gets closer more details will be known but I'd say anyone spotting in the morning on the 9th will see it in some form!

[John Thoroughgood]

Many thanks Shayne- would love to see that one! :))

[Mark T]

Hi Shayne and John

As far as I know the departure time is 4.15pm on 09 August.
Was due to arrive in Sydney early tomorrow afternoon (09 Aug).

Cheers
Mark

[Paul f.]

Hi John,
It is scheduled to depart 6:15am that day and arrival is unkwown at this time.

Kallita says arrival is 2:15am that morning, I don't think it will be allowed in during curfew, I don't know what is has on board or if it has any sort of exemption that may allow it to land during curfew.
I suspect it may arrive early on 9/8/11 and depart late that day but at this time it is scheduled to arrive 2:15am on the 9th and depart 6:15am on the 9th!
As time gets closer more details will be known but I'd say anyone spotting in the morning on the 9th will see it in some form!
Times are UTC times.

[Shayne G]

Cheers for the updates, thought occured to me today time might be in a different format.

[Shayne G]

Well things are now looking promising...

'CKS367' has begun it's journey to Sydney, that is the Flight ID on the inbound flight. As expected 'N708CK' is the aircraft. The flight is originating from Chicago and there was a few stops on the way.

[John Thoroughgood]

Thanks Shane and Mark!
Lets just hope the weather is someway kind tomorrow.
Cheers John

[Stefan Perkas]

'CKS367' has begun it's journey to Sydney, that is the Flight ID on the inbound flight. As expected 'N708CK' is the aircraft. The flight is originating from Chicago and there was a few stops on the way.
CKS367 is around 2.5 hours from to Honolulue nroute from Chicago . It is due to depart HNL at 0700 AEST for Sydney with an arrival of 1215 AEST.

[Jacob P]

CKS367 is around 2.5 hours from to Honolulue nroute from Chicago . It is due to depart HNL at 0700 AEST for Sydney with an arrival of 1215 AEST.
Hey stefan, that must be the fastest 742 around HNL-SYD in just over 5 hours! Pretty sure its coming in from NAN.

[Stefan Perkas]

Hey stefan, that must be the fastest 742 around HNL-SYD in just over 5 hours! Pretty sure its coming in from NAN.
It was the info I got from the Kalitta site.... I thought it was odd timings, but I was just following what was infront of me.

[Brad Varney]

It's funny how everything unusual seems to come in on Tuesday!
I would love to see it. :(

[Stefan Perkas]

Evening all,

Here is the the track of the Flight from Fight aware.com. It is due at around 1140AEST. HNL-SYD direct.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CKS367/history/20110808/1605Z/PHNL/YSSY

[Mark T]

Landed about 12.10pm. Looked great with Aerolineas taking off in the opposite direction from 16L as the Kalitta B742 arrived on 34L

[Mark T]

I was able to get out and see the Kalitta B742 make a nice smoky landing. Photo attached.

Cheers
Mark

[John Thoroughgood]

Great shot Mark!
Nice lighting too- probably better than the mound.
She certainly looked a treat!

[Sarah C]

Love that shot Mark! Love the classics!

[Shayne G]

The B742 departed as 'CKS9217' to Hong Kong. She was airbourne around 3:59pm a bit earlier then expected.

It was a special treat to see such a classic in Sydney, the airframe is rich in history and her engines, we do not see in Sydney at all now! If anyone else wants to post their photos in this thread I'd love to see them, this is what the forum is about! ;) :D

[Jayden Laing]

From what I understand, this flight was operating for/chartered by UPS. Quite a few UPS containers & mail was seen being offloaded. So we may possibly see it back in the near future :) HOPEFULLY :)

[Brad Varney]

Beautiful shots! beautiful plane! I would of loved to have seen her. :(
Do Southern air still operate to Sydney?

[James S.]

The JT9D's sound much better than the CF6's on Southern Air's 747's IMO anyway, I miss seeing/hearing them on what used to be the two daily JAL 747 flights, it's amazing to think that they don't even operate the 747 at all now.

Would've loved to have seen this bird, oh well, hopefully she'll come back in the future! :)

[John Thoroughgood]

Great shots Chris!

Shoulda waited for the departure, but the thought of peak hour on the M5....

[Shayne G]

So we may possibly see it back in the near future

Looks like you are right Jayden! :D

Another due next Wednesday (17th) around same times, this time it is N704CK ! :D

[Darren Butterworth]

Damn, I'll be in Perth again. will miss it.

[Shayne G]

Hi all,
The schedule kept changing earlier this week with different rego's, now aircraft is a B747-400 (N745CK) , I'm sorry if anyone was hoping to see a classic, there is a small chance it might revert back to a classic before Wednesday.
Also the timing has changed, if I have converted time properly should arrive early Wednesday morning and depart around 4:15pm.

Subject to change