New Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321neo at OGG

 N202HA "Maile" sighted out in the wild on 11/20/17 at Kahului Maui.
         

N85NV Gulfstream V

Shown on Alpha.

Ernie Moody "Four Aces" Embraer Legacy Jet N900EM

Ernie hit the jackpot by inventing (and patenting) "multi-line" video poker. As such, Airplane Life helped finance this aircraft.

Virgin America N282VA "Judy Ann"

Seen today arriving OGG from SFO as Redwood 039.

American Airlines Airbus A321 N125AA Hawaii

Now American is using these things to replace their comfortable 757 rustbuckets between Hawaii and LAX.

N125AA was previously worn by an American Airlines DC-10 and the registration was retained when the aircraft later operated for Hawaiian Airlines.

We like to think that there was some guy at American who knew about that history when he submitted FAA form AC 8050-1 to get a number assigned to the new build Airbus.

Hawaiian Airlines N484HA Flight 118 Diverted Emergency Landing Maui

Operating as HA118 on 5/12/15, N484HA departed HNL enroute KOA and diverted to OGG after an engine "stopped working."

Engine was smoking upon arrival, and fire crews sprayed it with shaving cream.

N583HA Hawaiian Air Flight 24 5/1/2015 Emergency Landing Kahului Maui

The aircraft that made an emergency landing at Kahului today was N583HA. Shown in Seattle. The same aircraft suffered a broken windshield enroute from OAK to HNL on 1/18/2015.

FedEx N106FE

We think that this 757 is more interesting than the 767 you were searching for.

N6651H Pacific Helicopters Bell 206L-1 Long Ranger

One of our favorite Long Rangers, built in 1979.

Here's a couple for the HEFS aficionado's out there ... 

Normally powered by a 500 HP Allison 250-C28 SER turbine, in a pinch it also can be plugged in and run off a standard wall outlet. 

Airplane Life is Back In Your Life !

Airplane Life has returned !

We missed you too ...

The reason for our "Temporary Interruption" may never be fully explained ...

... but it's good to be back !

America West N904AW Diamondbacks Boeing 757-2S7 (cn 23566/96)

Cessna 414 Air Ambulance Crashes into BMW Dealership Kahului, Maui

Today is the 7th anniversary of a fatal crash involving a Cessna 414A that was on final approach to PHOG.

Pilot reported loss of one engine, and the aircraft stalled and crashed 0.6 miles from the runway.

The three crewmembers on the medical transport perished in the accident.

N5601C.

You can read the NTSB report HERE

Kahului Airport Maui Aerial Flyover View

On December 24th 2008, we went up in N6009V (callsign : Zero-Nine-Victor) so we could take pictures of the private jets at OGG.

Yet another special thanks to the tower for accomodating us that day, amid the numerous landing heavies, helicopters, and what-not...

These are just a sample. We took several hundred pictures ... some of which will meet their demise and ultimately be lost forever in future Airplane Life blog posts.

Oh, and if any of these aircraft happen to belong to you, please let us know. Please be specific. Don't just say, "The white one."

Citation X N426CM

Congratulations to our Citation X of the week winner. Your valuable prize is a post on Airplane Life. Winner is responsible for any taxes.

GLEX of the Day Winner : N10SL

Congratulations to Michael Eisner of Beverly Hills. You've won two free pictures of your Global Express on Airplane Life !

DASR-11 Airport Surveillance Radar

But that brand new DASR-11 sure is a beauty ....