White - Nondescript 767's at IAD..

fsiflyer said:
I was able to help them out in getting fuel and services.
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How many 100 dollar bills did you have to lay out?

Depending on where we were going (last company) there was a briefcase with a large amount in it for "handling fees."
 
F9DXER said:
How many 100 dollar bills did you have to lay out?

Depending on where we were going (last company) there was a briefcase with a large amount in it for "handling fees."
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I used to work for a flight department that would take about $30k in cash with them on an around the world trip. They'd go to some rather nasty places that don't take credit cards, or the wheels of progress would need quite a bit of grease.
 
Vision. If you ever hear them coming or going, they just use "Boeing NXXXVA" instead of an actual call sign. When they pull up to the pad, youll see a few very darkly tinted buses pull up and take whoever is on, away out of the east side of the airport.

If youre a nerd like me, you can check them out on Airliners.net. Those guys really get around.

I do find it hilarious though that Vision chose to use a painted aircraft while doing the Russia/US spy swap. Publicity?
 
We've had one sitting on the ramp at MCI for almost a week. Most likely it's here for some sort of upgrade or paint based on where it is sitting.
 
L-3 used to have some white 757s and 767s float through RDU frequently. You could track them for a while and then L-3 blocked their N numbers.
 
ChasenSFO said:
I hear Vision has been doing flying to Cuba too...must be cool to fly 767s over there.
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I've never flown anything that big, but it seems it would be tight keeping a 767 inside the blinking light.

Jimmy_Norton said:
I used to work for a flight department that would take about $30k in cash with them on an around the world trip. They'd go to some rather nasty places that don't take credit cards, or the wheels of progress would need quite a bit of grease.
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Did we used to work together? At my old job we carried large sums of cash, sometimes to make things happen, sometimes for out of the way places in the s pacific that would only accept cash for fuel.
 
gne in prog said:
I've never flown anything that big, but it seems it would be tight keeping a 767 inside the blinking light.



Did we used to work together? At my old job we carried large sums of cash, sometimes to make things happen, sometimes for out of the way places in the s pacific that would only accept cash for fuel.
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There are actually quite a few places in the world where cash is king, either for "assistance fees", fuel, handling charges, or making sure the police have gas money. This is not unusual for crews to take "trip cash" for these sorts of situations. I will not say how much is the most cash I have carried for a trip is, as my amount was piddly compared to the cash my boss always had on him.

The new job is a bit different, but the same...
 
Zondaracer said:
Their 757s would go through TUS quite aa bit after picking up loads of only male passengers
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In my short time in Iraq there were either white or grey airplanes. few had any identifying features and NO logos. And the TCAS showed target after target that you never saw. Didn't matter. IL-76 freighters, 767s, A320s, DH-8s, King Airs, C-337s.. very non-descript. You couldn't tell who was who without seeing the lanyards.
 
F9DXER said:
How many 100 dollar bills did you have to lay out?

Depending on where we were going (last company) there was a briefcase with a large amount in it for "handling fees."
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Never more than what was legally allowed and never less than what was required to get the job done. :)
 
Stone Cold said:
There are actually quite a few places in the world where cash is king, either for "assistance fees", fuel, handling charges, or making sure the police have gas money. This is not unusual for crews to take "trip cash" for these sorts of situations. I will not say how much is the most cash I have carried for a trip is, as my amount was piddly compared to the cash my boss always had on him.

The new job is a bit different, but the same...
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I think it's more common than most people would realize. Even some of the "vanilla" flights we flew we had to "hand receipt" a "small sum" of cash. Of course, do you know how much it costs to "fill up" a C-5? Not such a small sum...
 
This kind of flying sounds like it's full of stories I'd love to hear. I'll have to remember to ask around at NJC next year.
 
Orange Anchor said:
L-3 used to have some white 757s and 767s float through RDU frequently. You could track them for a while and then L-3 blocked their N numbers.
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Yeah, these guys used to park (haven't been to BFM in a while, might still be there) down in Mobile. I wish I had a cool job.

http://www.planepictures.net/netsearch4.cgi?srch=N610G&srng=2&stype=reg
http://www.planepictures.net/netsearch4.cgi?srch=Comco+(CIA)&stype=airline&srng=2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comco
 
BajtheJino said:
Yeah, these guys used to park (haven't been to BFM in a while, might still be there) down in Mobile. I wish I had a cool job.
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When they could be tracked, you would see a fair number of international destinations as well as quite a few going into Eglin AFB in Florida.

And yes, we all wish we had cool jobs. Or even a job.
 
We blew a tube in the tire taxiing out of IAD on Fox two days ago right behind the 767s. Two police cars sat "guarding" the 767's the entire three hours we were standing around while our tube was being changed out. I asked the ops guys about it and they wouldn't say a word.

Alex.
 
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