Monday, 25 January 2010

PK-GMK B737-8U3 Garuda First Flight

L/N 3171 C/N 29666 B737-8U3 PK-GMK GARUDA
Dep RNT 11:09 Arr BFI 13:05 PST Via PAE
Call Sign BOE171 Hex Code 8A0210

4 comments:

  1. tommyMonday, 25 January 2010 at 14:10:00 GMT-8

    I am fairly sure it is the Garuda plane. Boeing sometimes uses the last three digits of the line number for the call sign in place of the expected call sign (in this case boe767)

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  2. JohnMonday, 25 January 2010 at 15:02:00 GMT-8

    Thanks Tommy
    You are correct looks like they change the flight number to the last three digits of the line number when the flight number clashes with a Boeing type ie: B767. The last example of this was the COPA HP-1538CMP L/N 3130 should of used the call sign BOE777 but instead used BOE130 on it's first flight. I will ammend the original post to read the Garuda being on a first flight.

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  3. tommyTuesday, 26 January 2010 at 17:48:00 GMT-8

    Another interesting thing about this plane is the msn, which indicates it was originally bought by Delta and will be sold upon delivery to either Babcock and Brown or Aviation Capital Group and leased to Garuda. Do you know which one it is?

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  4. JohnTuesday, 26 January 2010 at 23:23:00 GMT-8

    Thanks for the additional info Tommy, i can confirm it will sold to Babcock & Brown then leased to Garuda

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