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There were two F/A-18's at Addison this afternoon and I can't figure out their registration for the life of me.

They have NJ on the tail with an Eagle which leads me to VFA-122 out of California.

The first has #220 on it and the second has #221 on it.

They're single seat aircraft (likely F/A-18E)

They're in the standard military gray color.

Heh, that's funny, I've been looking up Navy/Marine regs all night to upload my airshow shots.

Anyway:

168350 NJ-220 F/A-18E VFA-122
168361 NJ-221 F/A-18E VFA-122

A great resource:

http://www.scramble.nl/milbase.htm

Thanks Vik

Turns out that those two F/A-18s first flew last month. That'd explain why it was so difficult to locate any info on them.

Nice shots! What's the story with the Janet-esque 732 in the background?

It's a private 732 that sits here quite a bit.

CO777ER wrote:It's a private 732 that sits here quite a bit.

Ok, thought it might be somehow associated with the military since the other metal was at that field.

Queso wrote:

CO777ER wrote:It's a private 732 that sits here quite a bit.

Ok, thought it might be somehow associated with the military since the other metal was at that field.

I was getting a WN plane earlier...

I really don't know much about it, but I don't think there's a military connection. It has flown to MIA and LAX I think this summer. It comes and goes and it doesn't show up on Flightaware normally.

CCD might know more.

CO777ER wrote:

Queso wrote:

CO777ER wrote:It's a private 732 that sits here quite a bit.

Ok, thought it might be somehow associated with the military since the other metal was at that field.

I was getting a WN plane earlier...

I really don't know much about it, but I don't think there's a military connection. It has flown to MIA and LAX I think this summer. It comes and goes and it doesn't show up on Flightaware normally.

CCD might know more.

The plane is for sale: http://www.aso.com/listings/spec/ViewAd.aspx?id=45653

Looking up the Serial number, it's a 737-205, Scanda-hoovian customer code: http://www.abcdlist.nl/737LINE1.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bo ... omer_codes


Operational history: http://www.planespotters.net/Production ... nt-Inc.php

Nosedive wrote:The plane is for sale: http://www.aso.com/listings/spec/ViewAd.aspx?id=45653

Looking up the Serial number, it's a 737-205, Scanda-hoovian customer code: http://www.abcdlist.nl/737LINE1.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bo ... omer_codes

Operational history: http://www.planespotters.net/Production ... nt-Inc.php

Was checking out its history over the weekend and saw it described as, "The plane with the golden sink."

View photo on airliners.net 
View photo on airliners.net 
View photo on airliners.net 

I know it used to run frequent hops to the Caribbean and LAS. It's certainly one of the best maintained birds at ADS these days.