I've seen this happen at KPHX several times. Every now and then during night ops and then also right around the 12:00 hour. Typical calm wind Phoenix ops are, departures arrivals heading to the East and then a switch over to the west. I never did ask as to the exact reason why.. Almost as if there i...
Jump to postHaven't been on this site in a long time. So I thought I'd add my 747 rides: Just three times. 1994 QF LAX-SYD and return. 744. Got to ride in business class on the way down in the upper deck and visit the flight deck in flight. Coach on way back. 1996 TWA STL-JFK. 741. Trip originated out of MCI an...
Jump to postThis very thing almost happened in PHX in 2010 or so. An AA 777 diverted to PHX (pre US merger it should be noted) due to a couple getting into a fight and the authorities having to arrest one person on the plane. As it was getting ready to taxi on to the AA ramp someone on their ramp realized they ...
Jump to postAfter not being able to find what I need in a google search, I thought I would turn my attention to this thread as I assume someone might know: I need to know what the vehicle roof height limit is for the t-4 parking garage. My wife and kids are flying into PHX for a visit with grandma next month. S...
Jump to postOver ten years ago I got a call from a Southwest ticket or gate agent for something very similar. My sister was traveling with my child whom was traveling as lap child. Different last names on the birth cert and and my sisters ID. The call was asking me for some information and to declare that it wa...
Jump to postWho handles the frontier's ramp in Phoenix?
Jump to postI over winged an A319 6 years ago or so for Frontier at PHX. Before I tell you how I did it, my manager the next day gave me a bit of a chewing for it and rightfully so. I am now a manager at a FDA regulated company and I now understand why I should have not done it. You work for a company you spend...
Jump to postHaving been raised in the State of Kansas I can remember in the 80s when airlines were prohibited from serving alcohol when overflying Kansas. According to Wikipedia that was ended in 1987 and would be unconstitutional today. Coincidentally when I was only 14 years of age I was offered a glass of wi...
Jump to postI will not fly <acronym title="Air Guizhou (China) and Allegiant Air (USA)">G4</acronym> and I advise everyone I know not to as well. Here is my reasoning: When United was hastily repainting/re seating Ex Ted 320s back to mainline they went almost exclusively 757s in <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Ha...
Jump to postAA used it for a while but I believe consolidated it with with their <acronym title="Tulsa - International (Municipal) (TUL / KTUL), USA - Oklahoma">TUL</acronym> mx. I think <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> used it for 767 work. Some other outfit has an operation there (althoug...
Jump to postHi all, need some help. Planning couple of non business trips (which means I am doing this out of my own pocket) and have a few questions about Frontier. Last time I have been on a Frontier airplane was Feb 2007. Okay, first, trips will be originating out of either Kansas City or Omaha. One trip is ...
Jump to postI really feel for the <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> employee's. My time working for a vendor at Sky Harbor in Phoenix I got to know some of the United people really good. This is all pre <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> merger by the way... I thought the...
Jump to postAs recently as 2011: I do know for a fact that new Southwest 737s delivered to Phoenix are de-fueled down to a certain amount on their <acronym title="Mexicana Airlines (Mexico)">MX</acronym> ramp as they came in very heavy on fuel as it left with full tanks. I do not know the procedure of what Sout...
Jump to postHi all. I need some information about cargo handling. I import medical equipment from the UK to the United States. I have had some issues along with about $60k worth missing at present moment. Anyway what I want to know who the cargo vendors are for carriers that run <acronym title="London - Heathro...
Jump to postIts been since 2000/2001 since I have flown a Cessna in the Wichita area at night. But I think KAAO has fairly prominent VASI or PAPI lights. Maybe that is what the Atlas crew spotted and mistook for McConnell. The "wheels down" announcement seemed awfully rushed to me, to suggest they came up to Mc...
Jump to postAnyone remember the "crew hauler" <acronym title="America West Airlines (USA)">HP</acronym> used to fly between <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (Municipal) (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym> and <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada"...
Jump to postJust was on a flight (737-300) and something happened I have never seen before from a passenger window. I am just curious what was going on. Push back from gate. Flaps set to takeoff setting. Then extended to about 15deg. Then retracted. Then extended to 25-30deg (remember Im eyeballing it from row ...
Jump to postI personally like the Saul Bass scheme myself with the larger UNITED titles and with the rainbow stripes moved down on the narrow bodies. I liked that battleship grey when it first came out, just didn't look good after a few years in the sun. Just my opinion. I always liked seeing the retro jets whe...
Jump to postAs a "Ding" subscriber I have never had an issue with getting a ticket through that promotion nor have I ever felt misled by it. The Ding app states pretty clearly if travel is only available on certain days and the time frame in which travel can be made. And it will tell you the deadline to book. A...
Jump to postI like it. Ever since the <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym>/US merger, I have been hoping they would show up in <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (Municipal) (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>. I do a lot of non business travel and that means it comes out...
Jump to postIt is a slow day at the office so I am going to add to this. Hope I do not get overly complicated... I used to do refueling for the vendor at <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (Municipal) (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>. The numbers below on the narrow body aircraft i lis...
Jump to postWhen I first saw this last night my first reaction was; I wonder if there are flyable 747100s/200s around that can be had for cheap, to attempt to recreate a center tank explosion and a shoot down. It would take govt cooperation to recreate the shoot down. So unless we can talk a foreign govt to coo...
Jump to postI would think the reason it went to Phx vs tus or even aza would have to do with how timely law enforcement can secure the aircraft. Tuscon and mesa may not be best located to get the FBI there in force before the aircraft lands and the level of availability of local law enforcement.
Jump to postAt age 14 (in 1994) I was offered a glass of either wine or champagne on a Qantas flight <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym>-<acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>....
Jump to postI fly in and out of <acronym title="Kansas City - International (MCI / KMCI), USA - Missouri">MCI</acronym> several times a year. Used to be quite a bit more when I lived in Kansas. Right now, <acronym title="Kansas City - International (MCI / KMCI), USA - Missouri">MCI</acronym> has too much termin...
Jump to postOne of the routes Southwest is going run out of <acronym title="Wichita - Mid-Continent (ICT / KICT), USA - Kansas">ICT</acronym> is a Nonstop to <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym>. -just for the <acronym title="Air Guizhou (China) and Allegi...
Jump to postI remember the 767 order. Dont remember the Airbus order but thats not to say they didnt. I had a magazine from mid 1991 I think that showed current fleets and aircraft on order. I say mid 91 because Pan Am was listed and Eastern was not. Even though I was just a kid at the time, I took particular a...
Jump to postI had a conversation with a Continental 737 pilot in the early to mid 90s. Before Continental had 757s. He told me that the only aircraft at the time they (Continental) could fly into <acronym title="Santa Ana - John Wayne / Orange County (SNA / KSNA), USA - California">SNA</acronym> was 733s and <a...
Jump to postOk, ill admit it. I have ran across two separate adult themed flicks that were filmed at T-4. One was in the parking garage on the south side as <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> tails (no pun intended) were visible. The other was in an elevator. I recognized the carpet. Once ag...
Jump to postThe DC-10-40 was supposed to be the DC-10-20. It was changed to -40 as a request from Northwest. Its been a long time since I read the article but I believe Northwest thought that the -20 designation made it seem inferior to the -30.
Jump to postAnd I should add I have no clue what the difference is on the ANA models the original poster mentioned.
Jump to postThe 900 and the 900ER model have identical fuel capacity (along with every other <acronym title="Lauda Air (Austria)">NG</acronym> model I have ever seen. I do believe aux tanks are available on the <acronym title="Bitburg (BBJ / EDRB), Germany">BBJ</acronym> models). Its a structural difference (in...
Jump to postI remember watching that movie when it first aired. The aircraft when it was filmed had Pan Am titles. There was a also an opening scene of someone in a hanger, standing in front of a 747, talking about the story and mentioned that the actual aircraft Pan Am flew out of Saigon was actually a 747. As...
Jump to postI read a while back that one of the biggest concerns about letting people have these devices out during takeoff/landing is that they may become projectiles during an incident. That takes any FCC argument out of the equation. As far as people talking on their cell phones in flight, I never can get se...
Jump to postOne thing to consider when comparing the <acronym title="Washington - Ronald Reagan National (DCA / KDCA), USA - Virginia">DCA</acronym>-<acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>, or any east coast route to <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor Inte...
Jump to postI was on a <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym>-800 <acronym title="Houston - William P. Hobby (HOU / KHOU), USA - Texas">HOU</acronym>-<acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym> last month. First, the style of interior with the bl...
Jump to postSomewhere I have a manual to confirm but I believe DL (actually Northwest) deactivated the tail tanks of their 744s. That's around 20,000lbs of fuel capacity taken out.
Jump to postI have known fan/school charters for Kansas State University to leave out of <acronym title="Topeka - Forbes Field (FOE / KFOE), USA - Kansas">FOE</acronym>, MHK and SLN. I former fling of mine who happened to be on the Kansas State marching band in 2002, said the band flew out on a Hawaiian Airline...
Jump to postThe United ground stop last June was in fact just the 757s. I was in their <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym> operations when it happened. Saw the company fax myself. If I remember right, It was to ensure they were compliant with an <acronym...
Jump to postI flew on 792 a year ago <acronym title="Houston - William P. Hobby (HOU / KHOU), USA - Texas">HOU</acronym>-<acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>. Ive been a steady Southwest flier 20+ years now and that is still the only special livery aircra...
Jump to postUsually every weekend there are some sort of military fighters parked at Cutter aviation(At least up til November 2011when I left my employer at Sky Harbor for much greener pastures). They usually depart throughout the day on the following Sunday. Every now and then I would notice a foreign flagged ...
Jump to postFrom the news article I read it was close to 11:30am Thursday. The F-16s in formation (there were actually 3, my first post would made it sound like only two) are based in Tuscon. Have no idea about the 135.
Jump to postIt was a kc-135 with an f-16 on each wing doin a fly over. Part of a funeral service for retired USAF Maj. Gen. Donald L Owens.
Jump to postdlramp4life: Next time your on the south side, check out the south end of terminal two. A lot of tell tale evidence of jet ways that are no longer there. This was also when there was only one taxiway and gates were aligned to the south as well. If memory severs me right, the fuel pits in the ground ...
Jump to postAs for <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">HA</acronym> service to <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym>: <acronym title="Hawaiian Airlines (USA)">HA</acronym> changed terminals after their code share with America West ended. <acronym titl...
Jump to postAbout the only thing I can say is the flight I took on <acronym title="Spirit Airlines (USA)">NK</acronym> to <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> was full last month. Was a Thursday flight as well. So was the <acronym title="Air Guizhou (China...
Jump to postThanks to this thread I just booked one way Spirit IWA-<acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym> and one way Allegiant <acronym title="Las Vegas - McCarran International (LAS / KLAS), USA - Nevada">LAS</acronym>-IWA next Thurs-Sun for about the same...
Jump to postI have seen <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> swap in A330s on regular scheduled flights in/out of <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym> frequently the last two winter seasons. I think for additional capacity increases. They a...
Jump to postI can remember when <acronym title="America West Airlines (USA)">HP</acronym> first operated them out of <acronym title="Phoenix - Sky Harbor International (PHX / KPHX), USA - Arizona">PHX</acronym> in T-3. I was just a kid at the time (Dec 1989 im pretty sure it was) and watched one of those leave....
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