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Old Jan 5, 2012, 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by ORDnHKG
So this plane would be painted in the new UA/CO livery I guess then too ?
The paint job on this airplane will be unique in the fleet. You will have to wait for someone to catch it at an airport with a camera in hand to see what it looks like.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 9:36 am
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Originally Posted by planemechanic
The paint job on this airplane will be unique in the fleet. You will have to wait for someone to catch it at an airport with a camera in hand to see what it looks like.
Details please! Would be great if this became a 2nd retrojet (though highly doubtful of course). Maybe the 80s tricolor version.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 9:55 am
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Originally Posted by UA-NYC
Details please! Would be great if this became a 2nd retrojet (though highly doubtful of course). Maybe the 80s tricolor version.
+1

I wouldn't mind another Friendship, 747 Friendship would look way better than A320 Friendship
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 10:04 am
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Was told by a senior pilot working the iPad EFB project that there's 3 more coming back from the desert for 2012. Airfleets says there's 6 additional still stored.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 10:35 am
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Originally Posted by jmhayes
It flew into KSFO from ZBAA last night as UAL 8298 after having gone over as GTI 9761 ... maybe got the new interior and headed back into service earlier?
Is the Flightaware listing of the actual flown routing accurate postflight? If so, anyone else notice how far off the great circle ZBAA-KSFO the UAL8298 flight was? What's that all about?? An intense desire to consume more Jet A??
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 10:38 am
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Originally Posted by Starman
Is the Flightaware listing of the actual flown routing accurate postflight?
They get their data from a variety of places, but I presume those points are accurate. Probably winds make the difference from GC routing. Further, but faster.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by nevansm
Was told by a senior pilot working the iPad EFB project that there's 3 more coming back from the desert for 2012. Airfleets says there's 6 additional still stored.
That would be pretty wild. I know they expect international capacity to go up slightly in 2012, but 4 additional 744s would be a bit much.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by nevansm
Was told by a senior pilot working the iPad EFB project that there's 3 more coming back from the desert for 2012. Airfleets says there's 6 additional still stored.
If it is true then how do you explain one just went out of service just last month ! (8473, the one on display during UA fleet week in 2010)

Now the UA active 744 fleet down to 23 from 24 !

To the 6 that are stored, only 4 can bring out in reality, 1 just stored since last month so it is out of the question, 1 already scrapped (8185), the 4 left are 8193, 8195, 8196, and 8198
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 11:40 am
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Interestingly, one of the FAs on UA 858 today told me that the 747 is returning to PVG-SFO in a couple months. Hopefully this is signaled by the return of the remaining 744s to the fleet and hopefully they will get the ITPE treatment.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by Starman
Is the Flightaware listing of the actual flown routing accurate postflight? If so, anyone else notice how far off the great circle ZBAA-KSFO the UAL8298 flight was? What's that all about?? An intense desire to consume more Jet A??
The TPAC positions for UAL8298 appear correct; it's not uncommon to take the southerly due east routings for better winds.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by N1120A
Interestingly, one of the FAs on UA 858 today told me that the 747 is returning to PVG-SFO in a couple months.
857/858 is in .bomb as B744 as of 25-Mar-2012.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 1:11 pm
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Originally Posted by UA-NYC
Details please! Would be great if this became a 2nd retrojet (though highly doubtful of course). Maybe the 80s tricolor version.
LOL

Nothing so exciting.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 2:01 pm
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Originally Posted by planemechanic
LOL

Nothing so exciting.
I bet it's the same paint job but with UNITED titles added
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 2:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Sulley
I bet it's the same paint job but with UNITED titles added
And the person (Atlas) under the globe crossed out.
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Old Jan 5, 2012, 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by N1120A
Interestingly, one of the FAs on UA 858 today told me that the 747 is returning to PVG-SFO in a couple months. Hopefully this is signaled by the return of the remaining 744s to the fleet and hopefully they will get the ITPE treatment.
Nothing to do with stored 744s returning to service. It's a standard seasonal change -- the 744 currently on SFO -- LHR v v goes away, and SFO -- PVG gets the 744 back.

SFO -- LHR is 2x daily 777 in summer.
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