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  • banuthev
    Administrator
    • Dec 2010
    • 3947

    #1516
    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
      Administrator
      • Oct 2015
      • 361

      #1517
      4R-ADE Took off from Colombo at 12:00PM (Local Time) Heading towards Male. I think this is the test flight.

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      • banuthev
        Administrator
        • Dec 2010
        • 3947

        #1518
        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?

        BMP FILE

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        • RAHALROXZ
          Member
          • Jun 2015
          • 56

          #1519
          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 ...

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          • Aaqib
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2013
            • 474

            #1520
            Mega Maldives 757 at CMB

            FlightRadar24 Currently shows a Mega Maldives 757-200 en-route to Male
            Is this operating as a charter flight?
            - Aaqib Hussain
            http://www.youtube.com/@theflyinglankan

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            • Sandaru
              Administrator
              • Oct 2015
              • 361

              #1521
              Icelandair FL404 from Denpasar a Boeing 757-27B Registration No. TF-FIW "Abercrombie & Kent" aircraft just landed at Colombo at local time 02.18PM

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              • banuthev
                Administrator
                • Dec 2010
                • 3947

                #1522
                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.

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                • AviatorSN
                  Junior Member
                  • Apr 2015
                  • 27

                  #1523
                  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

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                  • Sandaru
                    Administrator
                    • Oct 2015
                    • 361

                    #1524
                    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.

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                    • yengels
                      Member
                      • Mar 2015
                      • 46

                      #1525
                      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!








                      Kind Regards
                      Yves

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                      • banuthev
                        Administrator
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 3947

                        #1526
                        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.

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                        • banuthev
                          Administrator
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 3947

                          #1527
                          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?


                          OS A332 in 2002 I think

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                          • yengels
                            Member
                            • Mar 2015
                            • 46

                            #1528
                            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:


                            Kind Regards
                            Yves

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                            • Sandaru
                              Administrator
                              • Oct 2015
                              • 361

                              #1529
                              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.

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                              • Serendib
                                Senior Member
                                • Jan 2011
                                • 1807

                                #1530
                                Originally posted by Sandaru
                                Oh i didn't knew that before..
                                yes, the flight arrived 2 hours and 15 minutes late.





                                Last edited by Serendib; 28-10-2015, 02:40 PM.

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