Cardinals and Steelers Planes
Jan 19, 2009, 8:56 pm
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Jan 19, 2009, 10:20 pm
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AS an amatuer spotter - where can I see the NW 747? Parked over on the apron by the royal plane?
Jan 20, 2009, 11:44 am
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The charters are usually parked on the north side of Sky Harbor Blvd on the west end, near the executive terminal. There isn't one there right now; I don't know when the charter for taking them to Tampa will arrive, or what metal it will be.
The Qatar 747SP is still parked on the south side.
The Qatar 747SP is still parked on the south side.
Jan 20, 2009, 1:57 pm
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I happen to know that the Steelers do use US Airways as their charter. One of my friends works for US Airways and travels with the team on gamedays.
Jan 20, 2009, 2:57 pm
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As far as I know, Northwest is actually chartering the playoffs. I've seen a NW 747-200 and 757 parked at PHX over the last few weeks. The Eagles flew out on NW 9968, an A330.
NW and DL do most of the NFL charters IIRC, as they have the best wide-body inventory.
When the Saints played in London this past year, they took a NW 747...
Jan 21, 2009, 8:38 am
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I don't know exactly how their contracts work, but the Cardinals had an airport rally before heading to their playoff game in Carolina, they then boarder a NW aircraft for the flight east.
Jan 21, 2009, 1:42 pm
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I actually had it in November on the PIT-LAX morning non-stop flight. Was pretty cool to watch it pull into the gate from the club.
Jan 26, 2009, 9:51 am
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NW 9962 will be taking off shortly, which is the charter flight for the Cardinals to Tampa. It's an A333.
Jan 26, 2009, 1:32 pm
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Jan 26, 2009, 10:30 pm
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How do you find those charter schedules before they occur???
Jan 27, 2009, 7:59 am
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