747 At Newcastle ?
 

Drove past the other day..................plain white appeared to have no markings at all,



Any clues anyone ?



MerryDown

Air Atlanta TF-ABA operating for Excel to SFB

So i guess all the talk about AAE B-747's being painted up into XLA colours all came to nothing......now why doesn't that surprise me!:rolleyes:

SFB ?
 

Is that Florida ?



MerryDown

Merrydown,

Yes, SFB is Sanford Airport in Florida.

The 747's presence was discussed in the Airlines, Airports and Routes message board under the 'New Routes for Newcastle' thread if you want to read more.

Where is it techstopping? Bet you cant do NCL-SFB on B747, rwy length for starters.

TF-ABA
 

positioned ORY-NCL previous day

OPERATED XLA TO SFB ISO 767 (late off MX)

a-c p SFB/ORY - nil pax SFB-NCL

only 320 pax ex NCL so no problem ...

ALLDAYDELI

Partially correct. They were using Runway 07 which posed no problems at all, but they would be field length limited from 25, due to obstacle clearance requirements on the climb out I believe. 340 tons at take off if anyone really wants to know.

320 pax in a 767?

Flights are scheduled to be on 767-300ERs which I believe XLA have them configured for 328? seats

TF-ATU will have 325 seats !

Ah right, would have been a pretty full 767 then ;)

Maude Charlie should know a thing or two about it.... He was the dispatcher!!!

What was that about using domestic passenger weights?:D

Was impressive to watch her take off but it looks like NCL not geared up for such a large aircraft. By all accounts getting enough fuel was a struggle in itself.

Hey MG, if it goes tech again at least you'll be able to supply up to 4 APUs for it! ;) Wonder if you can get airborne in the same length of tarmac. :D

Think you will need to get some reclaimed land on the coast if 07 is in use!