Myself and the entire APF staff would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!
May you and your family have a wonderful day!
Michael Carter
Editor and Chief
Aero Pacific Flightlines
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Forth C-17A destined for Qatar Emiri Air Force takes to the skies
One gorgeous aircraft
on short final
to Rwy 30 at Long Beach Airport.
Smokes the mains on Rwy 30.
The forth C-17A (F-252/QA-4) N9500R tbr A7-MAE destined for the Qatar Emiri Air Force took to the skies for the first time today at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) returning at 15:21 pst November 20, 2012.
(Photos by Michael Carter)
Saturday, November 17, 2012
USAF KC-135R at LGB
Took a swing by Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) this afternoon after work and discovered United States Air Force (USAF) KC-135R (717-148) "Stratotanker" (c/n 18504) 62-3521 of the 434th ARW based at Grissom Air foece Base parked on the Signature ramp. Don't know when she arrived and I have no idea when she is scheduled to leave.
Cheers
Michael Carter
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A second new G650 arrives at Long Beach Airport
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G650 (c/n 6034) N603GA arrived at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) as "GLF47" from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport (SAV/KSAV) at 10:14 pst.
(Photo by Michael Carter)
Another G550 destined for a Chinese customer flies at LGB
G550 (c/n 5364) N764GA returns to Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) following a customer flight.
(Photo by Michael Carter)
"Gulftest 37" departs Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB)
Taxies on "Delta".
G550 (c/n 5388) N588GA rotates from Rwy 30 as "GLF37" as she departs on a pre-delivery test flight.
(Photos by Michael Carter)
USAF T-38A stops by LGB
This was a very nice surprise this morning at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB), USAF Northrup T-38A "Talon" (c/n N5733) 64-13304. She is captured taxing on "Delta" towards a Rwy 30 departure at 11:14 pst.
(Photo by Michael Carter)
Saturday, November 10, 2012
One gorgeous flying machine!
Feathers blowing in the afternoon wind.
I photographed this magnificant Hawk at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) on November 9, 2012. It landed on the perimeter fence (which our resident Hawks normally do not do) just a few feet away affording me this tremendous opportunity.
(Photos by Michael Carter)
Korean Airlines Gulfstream G-IV departs Long Beach Airport
Taxies on "Lima" towards a Rwy 30 departure.
Rolls for takeoff on Rwy 30.
Korean Airlines G-IV (c/n 1188) HL7222 rotates from Rwy 30 at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) at 13:56 pst on November 9, 2012 as "GLF 17" but never returned to the airport (to my knowledge anyway) as flight tracking website "flightaware" indicated that it did. If anyone does know the true destination of this aircraft please advise....thanks!
(Photos by Michael Carter)
New G550 arrives at Long Beach Airport
Catching the 15 knot crosswind on short final to Rwy 30.
Short final.
Storm clouds in the distance over the Mojave Desert.
G550 (c/n 5403) N983GA rests on the Gulfstream service center ramp following it's arrival from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport (SAV/KSAV) on November 9, 2012 at 14:46 PST.
(Photos by Michael Carter)
Alaska Airlines 737NG operates charter flight at Long Beach Airport
Alaska Airlines 737-790 (30794/796) N627AS rotates from Rwy 30 at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) as it returns to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA/KSEA) as "ASA9003" at 15:06 pst on November 10, 2012. It arrived from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA/KSEA) at 14:27 pst as "ASA7618".
(Photo by Michael Carter)
C-17A program and employees survive as Boeing plans SoCal cutbacks
While changes are in the works at Boeing Co.'s local offices, officials said
Friday that there will be no layoffs at their Southland locations.
Company-wide, Boeing is reducing its number of defense executives by 30 percent from 2010 levels. Spokesman Todd Blecher said much of that has already happened, and the last 10 percent of cuts will come by year's end.
In Long Beach, home of the company's final assembly plant for the Globemaster C-17 and more than 4,000 employees, the only change is that Nan Bouchard will be the new vice president/general manager of the C-17 program and Southern California consolidation effective Jan. 1, according to Boeing officials.
Current General Manager Bob Ciesla will be moving to another assignment but it has not yet been announced. In Seal Beach, Boeing will relocate employees -- a mix of engineers, legal and marketing -- based in two buildings of 11 buildings to other regional offices. Boeing hopes to vacate the two buildings to be ready for lease by mid-2013, said spokeswoman Brittany Kuhn.
Boeing employees from two buildings in Huntington Beach will be relocated, Kuhn said. The pair is slated for demolition, she said. Kuhn would not say how many employees would be displaced but emphasized that "no jobs are being lost" in the area.
The changes are part of Boeing's overall efforts since 2010 to cut costs. While its commercial airplane business has been expanding, Boeing's defense business is suffering because of tight government spending in the U.S. and other countries.
The shake-up includes disbanding the Missiles and Unmanned Airborne Systems division as of Jan. 1. That unit makes things such as cruise missiles and drones that have been in high demand but which aren't needed as much as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have wound down.
The division's work will be spread to other areas, Blecher said, such as with the Missiles division becoming part of Boeing Military Aircraft's Global Strike division. The missiles and unmanned planes unit had its own finance, communications, human resources and legal staff, but that work will be spread among other Boeing defense units.
Boeing said it has cut defense facilities by 10 percent "and is looking for more over time." It did not say which facilities will be affected. The cuts include moves such as eliminating its defense plant in Wichita, Kan., which will be done by the end of next year.
Two years ago, Boeing's defense business employed 66,300 people. It's down to 60,500 now, a drop of almost 9 percent. Blecher said some workers have gone to Boeing's commercial airplanes side. Employment there has jumped from 80,000 at the beginning of the year to 85,000 now.
At the beginning of 2011, defense and commercial airplanes each made up roughly half of Boeing's business. But defense has stagnated, with revenue rising just 3 percent during the first nine months of this year, and margins turning negative, while commercial airplane growth has taken off as deliveries accelerate.
Dennis Muilenburg, the president and CEO of Boeing's defense business, said in a statement this week: "While funding for the U.S. Department of Defense is under extreme pressure, we're innovating and expanding our core, in the U.S. and around the globe, to sustain and grow our business."
Company-wide, Boeing is reducing its number of defense executives by 30 percent from 2010 levels. Spokesman Todd Blecher said much of that has already happened, and the last 10 percent of cuts will come by year's end.
In Long Beach, home of the company's final assembly plant for the Globemaster C-17 and more than 4,000 employees, the only change is that Nan Bouchard will be the new vice president/general manager of the C-17 program and Southern California consolidation effective Jan. 1, according to Boeing officials.
Current General Manager Bob Ciesla will be moving to another assignment but it has not yet been announced. In Seal Beach, Boeing will relocate employees -- a mix of engineers, legal and marketing -- based in two buildings of 11 buildings to other regional offices. Boeing hopes to vacate the two buildings to be ready for lease by mid-2013, said spokeswoman Brittany Kuhn.
Boeing employees from two buildings in Huntington Beach will be relocated, Kuhn said. The pair is slated for demolition, she said. Kuhn would not say how many employees would be displaced but emphasized that "no jobs are being lost" in the area.
The changes are part of Boeing's overall efforts since 2010 to cut costs. While its commercial airplane business has been expanding, Boeing's defense business is suffering because of tight government spending in the U.S. and other countries.
The shake-up includes disbanding the Missiles and Unmanned Airborne Systems division as of Jan. 1. That unit makes things such as cruise missiles and drones that have been in high demand but which aren't needed as much as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have wound down.
The division's work will be spread to other areas, Blecher said, such as with the Missiles division becoming part of Boeing Military Aircraft's Global Strike division. The missiles and unmanned planes unit had its own finance, communications, human resources and legal staff, but that work will be spread among other Boeing defense units.
Boeing said it has cut defense facilities by 10 percent "and is looking for more over time." It did not say which facilities will be affected. The cuts include moves such as eliminating its defense plant in Wichita, Kan., which will be done by the end of next year.
Two years ago, Boeing's defense business employed 66,300 people. It's down to 60,500 now, a drop of almost 9 percent. Blecher said some workers have gone to Boeing's commercial airplanes side. Employment there has jumped from 80,000 at the beginning of the year to 85,000 now.
At the beginning of 2011, defense and commercial airplanes each made up roughly half of Boeing's business. But defense has stagnated, with revenue rising just 3 percent during the first nine months of this year, and margins turning negative, while commercial airplane growth has taken off as deliveries accelerate.
Dennis Muilenburg, the president and CEO of Boeing's defense business, said in a statement this week: "While funding for the U.S. Department of Defense is under extreme pressure, we're innovating and expanding our core, in the U.S. and around the globe, to sustain and grow our business."
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Atlas Air reports profit despite weak air cargo market
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH), parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, posted third-quarter net income of $33.9 million, up 20.2% over a net profit of $28.2 million in the prior-year period. Revenue rose 13% year-over-year to $409.3 million.
President and CEO William Flynn said the company achieved strong results even as the overall air cargo market has “underperformed expectations this year.” He said AAWH expects “strong, double-digit earnings growth” for the full year, though not as robust as previously anticipated “given the relative underperformance of the airfreight market to date this year and the softer-than-expected peak season that is materializing.”
AAWH earned $62.3 million in operating income in the third quarter, up 43.2% year-over-year. Block hrs. flown in its core ACMI business rose 7.7% to 28,451 and revenue per ACMI block hr. increased 1% to $6,247.
President and CEO William Flynn said the company achieved strong results even as the overall air cargo market has “underperformed expectations this year.” He said AAWH expects “strong, double-digit earnings growth” for the full year, though not as robust as previously anticipated “given the relative underperformance of the airfreight market to date this year and the softer-than-expected peak season that is materializing.”
AAWH earned $62.3 million in operating income in the third quarter, up 43.2% year-over-year. Block hrs. flown in its core ACMI business rose 7.7% to 28,451 and revenue per ACMI block hr. increased 1% to $6,247.
(Aaron Karp - ATWOnline News)
Three more 787-8's for Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has agreed to lease three Boeing 787-8 aircraft from the International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC). Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2015.The aircraft will be powered by GEnx-1B70/75 engines.
ET CEO Tewolde GebreMariam said the agreement was in line with the carrier’s vision 2025 strategic road maps. “Ethiopian is scaling up its fast, profitable and sustainable growth” as it brings its 787 fleet to 13 by 2015, he said.
ET CEO Tewolde GebreMariam said the agreement was in line with the carrier’s vision 2025 strategic road maps. “Ethiopian is scaling up its fast, profitable and sustainable growth” as it brings its 787 fleet to 13 by 2015, he said.
(Linda Blachly - ATWOnline News)
Hainan Airlines first 787-800
Hainan Airlines first 787-800 (34938/73) B-2728 captured returning to Paine Field (PAE/KPAE) on October 27, 2012 following a pre-delivery test flight.
(Photo by Joe G. Walker)
MD-80SF freighter conversion
An old friend sent this to me a few days ago and I found it very interesting. From what I hear, Everts Air Cargo in Alaska is adding one of these beauties to its fleet.
http://www.aeronautical-engineers.com/aei_specsheet_md80.pdf
Indian Navy 737-8FV (P-81) visits Sacramento
Indian Navy737-8FV (P-81 (40610/3702) N393DS tbr IN320 is captured at Sacramento-Mather Field (MHR/KMHR) on October 29, 2012 performing a missed approach.
(Photo by Mike Durbin)
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