Paine Field March 7

Seattle Times: 43 Dreamliners need inspection for cracks inside the wings.

 Wing set for Norwegian 787 line 165 being moved from the Dreamlifter Operations Center to the factory January 2, 2014. Wings with defects are for line numbers 151 to 193.

Line 165 rolled out of the Everett factory to the Everett Modification Center February 20, 2014.

 

RC510 Cargolux LX-VCJ/N803BA was ferried to Pinal Airpark for storage.

Aeromexico N967AM at the compass rose.

WF167 Air China Cargo B-2096 back from a customer flight.

EVA Air B-16718 at the compass rose tonight.

Paine Field and the Boeing Everett factory. Photo by Lee A. Karas.

Paine Field March 2

RC642 Silk Way Airlines N807BA departing on a B1 flight. Interesting that it has a Boeing registration and flew before 4K-SW881 which appears to be being prepared for storage.

Silk Way Airlines 4K-SW881 on the flightline.

 

Turkmenistan Airlines EZ-A778 in stall 209.

 

N770BA in stall 119. Photo by Lee A. Karas.

Air China Cargo 777F B-2097 was moved out of the 40-23 to the fuel dock tonight.

 

WE426 EVA Air 777 line 1189 B-16718 was moved from the 40-25 to the 40-23, Aeroflot line 1190 is next on the line.

The last three 777s for EVA were parked at Paine Field for a long time, in 2010 B-16715, B-16716, and B-16717 were stored near the tower.

 

 

 

ZA655 Kenya Airways 787 5Y-KZA is scheduled for a B1 flight on Monday. Photo by Lee A Karas.