There are currently 15 747-422 and 1 747-451 all of UAL at VCV Alexandre. AeroTransport Data Bank http://www.aerotransport.org "David M. Knies" wrote: > > 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 > >