There are alot more the 14 at VCV, I thought. I was out that way a few weeks ago and I could have sworn that there were more than 14 out there. Anyone know the reg's. of the ones there. Guess I am back off to look at the pics I took there and count! David On Tue, 20 May 2003, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > According to ATW, it looks like the deal for Thai to buy 7 of the 14 UA 744s > stashed at Victorville has fallen through. It appears that UA's creditors > are blocking the deal. I find this weird, since conjecture has been that the > only planes to survive a UA liquiation would be the 777s and A319/A320s. You > would think they would go for the deal, as $330 million is pretty damn good > for 10 or so year old heavies > That was going to be a sweetheart deal for Thai, as they want to expand > capacity and $330 million instead of around $1 billion is a big difference. > The 422s are PW equipped, just like Thai's current fleet. It does not look > like anyone else is divesting of 744s currently, so Thai is going to really > have to look at what they want to do >