RAAF Wedgetail

A pair of Royal Australian Air Force 737-7ES Wedgetails where seen today. A30-004 (c/n 33477, l/n 1885) arrived in the early afternoon.

RAAF's A30-006

One of the Royal Australian Air Force's 737-7ES Wedgetails is participating in the 2012 RIMPAC exercise. A30-006 (c/n 33987, l/n 1991) was recently delivered to the RAAF a couple of months ago. The AEW&C version of the 737-700 is seen above departing Runway 8R for a RIMPAC sortie as "Wedgetail11".

RAAF's N358BJ

The Royal Australian Air Force's AEW&C 737-7ES "Wedgetail" N358BJ (c/n 33542) is in town for the RIMPAC 2010 exercises. It's flying as BOE45. It will also be re-registered as A30-002.

It's seen above departing Runway 8R earlier today.


***07.31.10 Update***
N358BJ is scheduled to return to BFI today as BOE89.

RAAF A30-001

A30-001, the Royal Australian Air Force 737-7ES AEW&C "Wedgetail" is making a stop at HNL today as BOE89. Currently, it's registered as N358BJ.

It was scheduled for delivery on 06.25.2010, but the flight returned to BFI.

Sorry, no HNL photo ... though Drewski2112 got shots of it at BFI.

N378BC

A Royal Australian Air Force 737-7ES AEW&C "Wedgetail", N378BC (c/n 33474), made its delivery flight from BFI as BOE201. It made a stop at HNL, before continuing onto PPG this morning. Once in Australia, it will be re-registered as A30-001

Sorry, no HNL photo ... though Drewski2112 got a shot of it departing BFI for HNL.

RAAF's N359BJ

The Royal Australian Air Force's "Wedgetail" 737-7ES AEW&C aircraft, N359BJ (c/n 33476), is at HNL again on another test flight from BFI as BOE202. Once it is taken up with the RAAF, it will be re-registered as A30-003. If I remeber correctly, this is the third "Wedgetail" for the RAAF.


*Update 04-10-09*
BOE202 departed this morning for PPG.

737-700 Hat Trick From BFI

Three 737-700s are en route from BFI today.

First is CSN240, which would be China Southern's next 737-71B, B-5240 (c/n 35368). The China Southern aircraft is parked by AirService. Sorry no photo available ...

Second, is BOE205, presumably a Boeing 737-700 ETOPS test flight ... airline unknown. (There is also a "green" 737 parked by the CO hangar, which I'm assuming is the BOE205 aircraft ... see below)


And third, is N364BJ (c/n 33987), which is another RAAF 737-7ES "Wedgetail" platform on its way Down Under.


* Update (21:48HST)... Upon further checking, it may be a safe conclusion that N364BJ is the BOE205 flight. I apologize for the error. BW707

RAAF's N363BJ

Another unpainted Royal Australian Air Force 737-7ES, N363BJ (c/n 33986), stopped over at HNL on its way to Australia for test flights. 363 will return to the Boeing factory to complete assembly of the “Wedgetail” AWACS antenna & equipment, and to get painted.

It's seen here getting ready to taxi to Runway 8R as BOE204 to depart for its next stop, PPG (Pago Pago, American Samoa).

Sister-ship N361BJ was in town this past April.

Naked 737-700!

This unpainted Boeing 737-7ES (c/n 33477, l/n 1885) stopped off @ HNL as BOE203. Apparently, an ETOPS test flight, and scheduled to head down to Australia. Word is, this 73G will become another "Wedgetail" AWACS platform for the Royal Australian Air Force.