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Work needed me to be at Tempe (AZ) in early March and, being a good spotter and all, managed to work in some good time in my schedule for some aircraft hunting.
Anyway, I arrived at Los Angeles (CA) on Saturday 5 March, picked up my rental, and made my way to Tempe (AZ). With a proper detour, with my first night being at Victorville (CA). The drive to Victorville was quite interesting as it was really windy and even included snow!
I arrived late afternoon at Victorville and made a first run. With light fading quickly but also a lot of sand due to the wind, I wrapped-up quickly, went for dinner in the town and then to the hotel. Being awake for 22 hours was starting to get to me as well.
The next day, on Sunday 6 March, jetlag ensured an early rise and I made a tour again of the airport. The weather was sunny but cold (0 C) but with no wind more than OK. Not so OK were the very active guys from Alliance Security which prevented me from taking pictures at the Northwest corner of the airport where you could find the DETA DC-10 and the former SAAF B707… And with active I mean driving in front of the fence where I was standing and telling me to move etc.
Despite this, I did managed to take some interesting pictures, so here’s my selection of these two tours:
1. This Delta B717 N947AT was not at Victorville but for some maintenance and left shortly after my visit and is happily flying:
B717-DAL-N947AT-VCV05mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr2. One of the many MAXs at VCV was this B737-8 N40219, which was originally destined for S7 Airlines:
B738M-UNK-N40219-VCV05mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr3. Former JAL B777 JA008D is leading a row of stored aircraft:
B772-JAL-JA008D-VCV05mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr4. With deliveries of new B787 on hold, many newly built Dreamliners are present, like this B787-9 B-20EP for China Southern:
B789-CSZ-B20EP-VCV05mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr5. Another perspective on JAL’s JA008D:
B772-JAL-JA008D-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr6. Delta has acquired this former LATAM A350-900 and it’s already registered N573DZ:
A359-DAL-N573DZ-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr7. There are also quite some B777-200s of United present, like this N218UA in the Star Alliance-livery:
B772-UAL-N218UA-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr8. This is a former Emirates B777-300ER, which has been acquired by Kalitta, registered N780CK and will be converted into a freighter:
B773-KAL-N780CK-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr9. Three former Etihad B777-300ERs are also parked at VCV, one of which is this former A6-ETM. It is owned by a lessor and registered in Austria but the new registration has not been applied (yet):
B773-UNK-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr10. Definitely the end of the line for this former Southwest B737-700 N795SW:
B737-SWA-N795SW-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr11. Nice to catch the former Boeing EcoDemonstrator B777-200 N772ET. As it was way too close to the fence, I needed to resort to an iPhone picture:
B772-BOE-N772ET-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr12. Brand new B787-10 VN-A878 for Vietnam awaiting things to come:
B781-VNA-VNA878-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr13. Same fate for LATAM B787-9 CC-BGQ:
B789-LAT-CCBGQ-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr14. BA B787-10 G-ZBLD:
B781-BAW-GZBLD-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr15. Korean Air’s HL8391:
B789-KAL-HL8391-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr15. And Air Europa B787-9 EC-NGR:
B789-AEA-ECNGR-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr16. Former KLu KDC-10 T-235 is now owned by Omega Air Tankers and registered N235UL. The registration is, however, not applied and the tanker still wears the 75 years 334sq decals on the tail. You can see the former T-264 as well in this picture which is now N264DE and has received titles:
KDC10-OMG-N235UL-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on Flickr17. Just outside the airport perimeter at a scrap yard you can still find this former Delta B727 N518DA:
B727-DAL-N518DA-VCV06mar22 by Anton Homma, on FlickrHope you liked my selection. You can see the whole albums here:
https://flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/ ... 0297373686
https://flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/ ... 0297370485
More to follow in the coming days with a stop at Kingman (AZ) up next.
Cheers!
