Baseball Charters at Phoenix Sky Harbor
March 22 and 30, 2012

A pair of charter airliners came to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to take the Seattle Mariners and Oakland As baseball teams to Japan for exhibition games an March 22. A Japan Airlines 777-246ER broght the Mariners back to Sky Harbor on March 30.

March 30

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 777-246ER JA705J Japan Airlines Flight JAL8808 arrived from Narita at 10:02 AM.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J scrubs tire smoke from its main landing gear as it touches down on Runway 08.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J deploys thrust reversers.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Spoilers and flaps assist the braking of Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 777-246ER JA705J Japan Airlines Flight JAL8007 taxis on Taxiway Bravo at 12:09 PM.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J takes off from Runway 08 at 12:15 PM.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J rotates.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J lifts off.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J retracts its landing gear.

Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 30, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-246ER JA705J emits a puff of what appears to be brake dust part way through the gear retraction.

March 22

Japan Airlines 777-346ER JA736J at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 22, 2012 777-346ER JA736J Japan Airlines Flight JAL8008 arrived at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport from Los Angeles International Airport at 9:58 AM on March 22, 2012. It departed for Narita International Airport as JAL8807 at 1:31 PM.

Japan Airlines 777 at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 22, 2012 This 777 carries construction number 32435. It first flew on August 9, 2006 and was delivered to Japan Airlines on August 21, 2006.

Japan Airlines 777 at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 22, 2012 Japan Airlines 777-346ER JA736J

Atlas Air 747-481 N263SG at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 22, 2012 Atlas Air 747-481 N263SG arrived at Sky Harbor from Bush International Airport as GTI8472 at 9:10 PM on Thursday, March 21. It departed for Narita International Airport at 12:41 PM on March 22.

Atlas Air 747-481 N263SG at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 22, 2012 This 747-481 carries construction number 29263. It first flew on March 4, 1999 and was delivered to All Nippon Airways on March 30, 1999. Oasis Hong Kong Airlines registered it as B-LFC on April 24, 2007. It ceased operations at Hong Kong on April 9, 2008. Wells Fargo Bank registered it as N263SG on July 10, 2008 and leased it to Atlas Air on April 1, 2010.

Atlas Air 747-481 N263SG at Phoenix Sky Harbor, March 22, 2012

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