Plane Spotting & Flight Reports

**banuthev** · 20-10-2015, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by TP

These were taken on 17th October at CMB. Garuda Indonesia PK-GPD Airbus A333 coming from Medina.

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Nice pics. Did you spot Icelandair B757 in Colombo on 17 Oct and Today.

2015-10-20 - Colombo (CMB) Muscat (MCT) FI1302 - 05:59 - Landed 09:50
2015-10-17 - Hangzhou (HGH) Colombo (CMB) FI1302 - Landed 09:23

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**Sandaru** · 23-10-2015, 07:49 AM

4R-ADE Took off from Colombo at 12:00PM (Local Time) Heading towards Male. I think this is the test flight.

**banuthev** · 23-10-2015, 04:35 PM

Originally posted by Sandaru

4R-ADE Took off from Colombo at 12:00PM (Local Time) Heading towards Male. I think this is the test flight

Yes it's a test flight before 4R-ADE leaving CMB in few weeks time.

Hi Rahal,

It seems to be it was performing the test flight for over 3 hours. Is it nomal?

**RAHALROXZ** · 23-10-2015, 05:37 PM

Originally posted by banuthev

Yes it's a test flight before 4R-ADE leaving CMB in few weeks time.

Hi Rahal,

It seems to be it was performing the test flight for over 3 hours. Is it nomal?

Hello

I'm not quite familiar with test flights however I've seen aircrafts going for test flights few times and this was the longest one by far... Usually i've seen they conclude the test within 2 hrs or less but yes this one was flying upto 3 hrs .... Probably the owner/leaser wanted to test the aircraft in severe conditions than previous owners ...

**Aaqib** · 27-10-2015, 09:22 AM

Mega Maldives 757 at CMB

FlightRadar24 Currently shows a Mega Maldives 757-200 en-route to Male
Is this operating as a charter flight?

**Sandaru** · 27-10-2015, 09:51 AM

Icelandair FL404 from Denpasar a Boeing 757-27B Registration No. TF-FIW "Abercrombie & Kent" aircraft just landed at Colombo at local time 02.18PM

**banuthev** · 27-10-2015, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by Sandaru

Icelandair FL404 from Denpasar a Boeing 757-27B Registration No. TF-FIW "Abercrombie & Kent" aircraft just landed at Colombo at local time 02.18PM

Good to see another B757 in Colombo in the same month. It must be charter for the Winter season. I remember last year also Abercrombie & Kent operated B767 and B757 in one day.

Originally posted by Aaqib

FlightRadar24 Currently shows a Mega Maldives 757-200 en-route to Male
Is this operating as a charter flight?

Was this the one that operated from Shanghai to Male' via Colombo? 8Q-MEI.

**AviatorSN** · 27-10-2015, 07:31 PM

Originally posted by banuthev

Good to see another Icelandair B757s in Colombo in the same month. It must be charter for the Winter season. I remember last year Abercrombie & Kent operated B767 and B757 in one day. Is TF-FIW still in Icelandair livery?

Was this the one that operated from Shanghai to Male' via Colombo? 8Q-MEI.

This was enroute from PVG to MLE, but was diverted to CMB

**Sandaru** · 28-10-2015, 05:24 AM

Austrian Airlines OS47 from Vienna, Austria a Boeing 767-3Z9ER registration no. OE-LAX aircraft just landed at Colombo at Local Time 9.40AM (2 Hours and 15 Minutes late from Scheduled Time of Arrival)

This bird looks so nice. I really hope to see a picture of her at BIA.

**yengels** · 28-10-2015, 08:38 AM

Here some shots taken at my home airport Ostend, Belgium. Taken on 04/06/2015, just a few days before my departure to Sri Lanka. The DC-8 left OST to the US to be delivered to another company. The last I heard was that it is almost ready to fly again!

**banuthev** · 28-10-2015, 10:13 AM

Hi yengels, Nice to see your pictures from Ostend! How old is that DC8? It's still seems to be in good condition if I am not mistaken. Sri Lanka's Expoair used to operate one DC8.

**banuthev** · 28-10-2015, 10:16 AM

Originally posted by Sandaru

Austrian Airlines OS47 from Vienna, Austria a Boeing 767-3Z9ER registration no. OE-LAX aircraft just landed at Colombo at Local Time 9.40AM (2 Hours and 15 Minutes late from Scheduled Time of Arrival)

This bird looks so nice. I really hope to see a picture of her at BIA.

OS operated on twise a weekly A332 to Colombo eight years back. Wasn't OS arrived late in Cmb today?

http://www.travel-images.com/pht/sri-lanka211.jpg

OS A332 in 2002 I think

**yengels** · 28-10-2015, 11:59 AM

Originally posted by banuthev

Hi yengels, Nice to see your pictures from Ostend! How old is that DC8? It's still seems to be in good condition if I am not mistaken. Sri Lanka's Expoair used to operate one DC8.

Built in 1968. So a 47 years old bird. It flew for Astar Air Cargo (DHL) as N807DH. After that it went to Peruvian Airlines as OB-2059-P where it ended its career in OST due to a dispute between the airliner, the owner and the Peruvian authorities. It then went back to the owner as N807DH and departed on 05/06/2015. Below you can see some shots form its departure. No pictures in the air because I did not wanted to take the risk that the aircraft was too high to spot.
The aircraft was set in order by American engineers and was in perfect condition when it departed OST to the States.

On 06/06/2015 there we received a visit from a nice DC-3 built in 1942:

**Sandaru** · 28-10-2015, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by banuthev

OS operated on twise a weekly A332 to Colombo eight years back. Wasn't OS arrived late in Cmb today?

Oh i didn't knew that before..
yes, the flight arrived 2 hours and 15 minutes late.

**Serendib** · 28-10-2015, 02:35 PM

Originally posted by Sandaru

Oh i didn't knew that before..
yes, the flight arrived 2 hours and 15 minutes late.

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