Bullseye Air Canada Heading to FRG for the FRG LI guys

[SengaB]

Theres a Good chance the Bullseye Air Canada A320 is panned for FRG this evening.
YUL 01-13-2006 00:00 FRG 01-13-2006 00:41 Planned (ZULU)
I'd like to get this one but its hard for me to get to LI. I keep missing it.
I wll post fo I can confirm it via ACARS tonight.
Senga

[jakbar]

Bullseye Air Canada? That's not ringing any bells. What's the regi?

[SengaB]

The Reg is C-FPWE
Snazzy looking plane

Senga

[T-Bird76]

Senga if you find out she's overnighting let me know!!!! I drive past FRG everyday for work I'll make sure I stop and get her.

[LGA777]

Otherwise known as the U2 Vertigo Tour Bus !

LGA777

[SengaB]

It seems they are playing with the departure airports and times now.
Also a second ACA flight has been created for FRG. This time from BOS. I think its the same place though based on back tracking the flights.
Senga

[PilotCop]

Yep it's leaving FRG tonight with The Calgary Flames hockey team on board en route to KMSP as they go to play The Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Proposed departure time 10:30PM local time but I'd say they launch closer to 11:00PM local time. I'm hoping for a straight out departure from runway 32 which will put the Airbus right over my house as I can't make it out to the field tonight, Anybody catch the ATIS for the runway in use tonight at FRG?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ACA7036

[PilotCop]

Got it, a King Air just got cleared to land on runway 19, so it will most likely be 14 for The A320.

[SengaB]

Pilotcop,
Can you confirm ti was the Bullseye A320?
Nothing came over acars for me.

Senga

[PilotCop]

Sorry Senga... Can't confirm that it was the Bullseye A320. I never made it out there.

[SengaB]

No Problem,
I was checking the flight last night as it never took off by the time I went to sleep and just dropped off. I don't know if it is still there or not.
Today is a good day for ground shots :)

Senga

[PilotCop]

It's gone, took off at 11:41PM local time. With the Tower closed at 11:00PM The A320 self announces on CTAF. Listen as the A320 taxis on runway 1 and holds short of runway 32 awaiting the landing of a Bonanza on runway 32. Then back taxi and departure off 32 with a turn to 010. Wish I could have seen it. Anybody get pics?



http://www.liveatc.net/.archive/kfrg/FR ... 6-2330.mp3 (http://www.liveatc.net/.archive/kfrg/FRG-Jan-12-06-2330.mp3)


http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ACA7036

[Mateo]

I caught an ACJetz at EWR on 04Jan; ACARS indicated it was FPWE, but it looked like it had been put back into the ACJetz old c/s. Has it been reported in U2 Vertigo c/s within the past month, or so?

[SengaB]

Mateo, I have wondered the same thing from time to time. My last ACARS transmission from FPWE was the following.
Aircraft reg: C-FPWE [A320-211]
Message label: 5D Block id: 5 Msg no: M74A
Flight id: AC0718 [Toronto - Lester B. Pearson, Canada-New York - La Guardia, NY, USA] [Air Canada]
Message content:-
LGA
[09/01/2006 16:57 ]
This this flight number is really an ACA passenger flight number. It could be that they are using FPWE for both PAX and Passener service back to back. I did chekc out some pix and it sems they did put it back into the Jez colors and now maybe back again.
Senga

[LGA777]

C-FPWE was at LGA on Jan 9,2006, definitely in the regular AC Jetz scheme !

Cheers

LGA777

[fly.mcs]

I saw the Bullseye from my window seat onboard DAL1949 on October 23, 2005. I had no clue what plane that was; pretty nice tail!

[SengaB]

Yes its a nice looking one.. but based on what Ron had just said look like I won't be getting a shot now.
Senga