Shuttle America Saab's

[DenverDude2002]

Gawd..add 35, 40, and 118...sheesh! Who'd we hire to do the paint, Earl Scheib ($99.95)???

Must be the same people that painted the Frontier Airbus's. I noticed some major paint chipping on a photo of one thats only been here a month.....

 

[Dr.Hwang]

Please help!

I saw a Saab with the new United paint scheme boarding US Airways passengers in ROC two weeks ago. Is this really possible. It was parked next to Mainline US Air and a Dash8. Is that a Saab that will be shifted to do United flying in the future or concurently?

 

[T-Gates]

Please help!

I saw a Saab with the new United paint scheme boarding US Airways passengers in ROC two weeks ago. Is this really possible. It was parked next to Mainline US Air and a Dash8. Is that a Saab that will be shifted to do United flying in the future or concurently?

Yes, thats a SA Saab, I saw one at the A concourse at PIT with the UAL logo on the tail.

BTW, can any SA guys confirm that 85 of you are getting walking papers soon? I just heard that nasty rumor today. I hope it's not true.

 

[BLUE-ICE-MAN]

Let me just add this. Right now at the bottom 1/4 to 1/3 of the senority list is not a warm and fuzzy place to be.

 

[I.P. Freley]

>>>Wasn't #340 one of the first A-models off the assembly line?<<<

Here's the story I heard about A/C 340, from someone who should know...

It was the first 340 delivered to a customer, but not the "original" airplane. If I remember correctly...

#1 and #2 were development mules, never delivered to a customer. One or both of them is on a post in front of the factory where they were built.

#3 is out there somewhere, but not flying (possibly).

#4 is A/C 340, and it was the first one delivered, even though #3 was obviously built first. I know there's a reason, but the reason eludes me (I think it was because #4 was slated for a launch customer, and #3 was not, and was therefore delivered after #4... It could also be that #3 was the demonstrator and was ultimately delivered to a customer after it had served its' purpose).

So... We have the oldest existing customer-delivered 340 in the world, at least as far as the "time in service" is concerned.

 

[JBcrjca]

Ok, so I'll apologize up front for being an airplane geek... but I'm sitting reserve, the motorcycle is broken, and I have nothing better to do than whip out the turboprop production list.

S/N 001 First flew 1/83, WFU and stored 1/87, preserved Linkoping Sweden.
S/N 002 First flew 5/83, converted to 340B 9/87, WFU and stored Nykoping Sweden 5/96.
S/N 003 First flew 8/83, WFU and used as mock-up for the Saab 2000.
S/N 004 First flew 3/84, delivered to Comair 10/84, leased to CHQ 3/95.
S/N 005 First flew 4/84, delivered to Crossair 6/84, written off at ZRH 2/90 when gear retracted on the ground. (incidentally, the guy that did that was the same capt that crashed the BAe-146 at ZRH a year or two ago)
S/N 006 First flew 5/84, delivered to Comair 7/84, leased to CHQ 3/95.

So CHQ has the honor of having 2 of the oldest Saabs still flying the line. So now only 7 more hrs of reserve to go. Scangada, no comments from the audience please.

 

[rvsm410]

CHQ Saab's????

ChQ does not have the Saab's anymore..they went to Shuttle America....they have the honors!

 

[JBcrjca]

Whoops, yeah I screwed that up. I was just reading from the list, forgot to add the part about being transferred to SA. My apologies.

 

[I.P. Freley]

Okay, so I was close. All I know is that the airplane is older than some of the FA's who "work the room".

 

[Weasel Keeper]

I have heard from a few people that S/N 006 (N360SZ) was once used by the Pope as his plane, although I really have no confirmation.As far as the UEX colored planes flying USAir people...the United in United Express was whited out so other than the tail logo, it was just a generic Express plane. Pretty sneaky eh? We're removing the whited out United covering now for the United operations.