Old B74F aircraft and their operations
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I sometimes wondered where some of those ex-Kuwaiti 747-269's went, I used to fly 'em in Kuwait Airways, left there in DEC94.
Spent a total of 15 years on the classics for various operators, good old birds...RIP now that oil is $140.00 per barrel.
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Many of those aircrafts are flying stuff for the war in Irak. If you remove that "economic" sector, the demand for heavy transport would fall and many operators (who are now making buckets of money from that) would go under.
Some, if not all USA cargo operations fly supplies to Iraq... and Afghanistan...
Big money, Air Force fuel...
They offload in Bagdad, Kuwait, in Kabul...
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Thereafter, funny things happen...
They max their fuel tanks (free Air Force fuel again)
"for a empty trip back to the US of A..."
Big money, Air Force fuel...
They offload in Bagdad, Kuwait, in Kabul...
xxx
Thereafter, funny things happen...
They max their fuel tanks (free Air Force fuel again)
"for a empty trip back to the US of A..."
I'm in Hong Kong at the moment, where we ferried empty after a location in the middle east, definitely not on military fuel. We have goods to carry from here headed eastbound as part of the regular trip around the globe. The military didn't pay to put us here, nor is this flight military. We'd be here regardless of the military contracts, and without the benifit of military fuel, just as we are at this moment.
You guys run empty to HKG and still make money with payload one-way only?
That is impressive -
That is impressive -
How about noise in them old -100s ?
747-271F for sale, JT9D-70A motors...
Outstanding engines... (provided you NEVER ever deploy reversers).
One reverser cycle = aircraft AOG for next 30 days.
Outstanding engines... (provided you NEVER ever deploy reversers).
One reverser cycle = aircraft AOG for next 30 days.
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200f acmi operators are looking VERY closely at the figures now-the potential profit margins are next to nothing- look for hourly rates of 4000 usd p/blk hr soon to find customers
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