20-1101 B744 should arrive 1100lt from Berlin 11Jan and depart 1500lt to Paris, in addition a JAL B744 is flying as back up (as the 2nd JASDF is on mx right now)
I asked on Scramble (in a topic regarding the visit of Mr. Abe to several european cities) if the reg of the JAL 744 accompanying 20-1101 was known already, and got this info :
"I wonder where this info comes from, but...
the JAL 744 is just a substitute a/c and will only fly in case of mechanical troubles. The JAL 744 is still in Japan and will not fly unless really neccesary.
Because we don't expect troubles on our well maintained 20-1101, don't expect the JAL to come. This standby a/c will carry a JL88xx flightnumer in case it's needs to fly."
So my question : is there any flightplan filed already for the JAL 744 ? Or is it just a wild guess and are the given eta/etd not yet confirmed ?
Robin_Bamps wrote:I asked on Scramble (in a topic regarding the visit of Mr. Abe to several european cities) if the reg of the JAL 744 accompanying 20-1101 was known already, and got this info :
"I wonder where this info comes from, but...
the JAL 744 is just a substitute a/c and will only fly in case of mechanical troubles. The JAL 744 is still in Japan and will not fly unless really neccesary.
Because we don't expect troubles on our well maintained 20-1101, don't expect the JAL to come. This standby a/c will carry a JL88xx flightnumer in case it's needs to fly."
So my question : is there any flightplan filed already for the JAL 744 ? Or is it just a wild guess and are the given eta/etd not yet confirmed ?
The final answer is quite simple: the JAL 744 doesn't come.
Robin_Bamps wrote:So my question : is there any flightplan filed already for the JAL 744 ? Or is it just a wild guess and are the given eta/etd not yet confirmed ?
Robin,
a flightplan usually gets filed a couple of hours before departure. For (V)VIP aircraft this can be even later.
Sparrow wrote:Nice picture Robin of a nice plane, dispite of the very bad weather.
Thanks Bavo Picture isn't good but what do you want in that kind of weather... And better this than nothing at all (there were about 10 spotters present including myself).
here are a couple of shots i could make, despite the horrible weather
rain, clouds and mist : all you need to get bad pictures
i hope to stop at work early tomorrow, perhaps i could catch the departure in a bit better weather
Goodafternoon,
Plane just left EBBR.
I wonder how many pax onboard as plane was already very high when it overflew my workplace.
Paris, be prepared !
Greetz, Karl