Replies to post #11670 on Baltia Air Lines Inc. (fka BLTA)

[BaltiaBoy]

N706BL is the first aircraft that will be placed into service...NOT N705BL. As Eye correctly stated, 706 was a Northwest Plane. The plane was and is in excellent condition and did not sit in a graveyard. A search of the tail number supports this claim as well. BB

[eyeforthedeal]

If you wish to discuss corrosion problems with older aircraft (aged, as you put it), then you must include the FAA's program to deal with any possible problems - "aging aircraft inspections". There are many methods of inspecting aircraft structures, some of which include X-Ray methods - perhaps you would like to check some of them out:

Acoustic Emission,Compton Backscatter (utilizing weak x-rays - allows dimensional measurement and material identification of sub-surface layers), Diffracto Sight (an NDI technique utilizing optical surface reflection to detect
impact damage and lap joint corrosion), Eddy Current, Lamb Wave Ultrasonics,Magnetic Particle Inspection (Technique utilizing magnetic particles to locate surface and subsurface
defects), Microwave Moisture Detection, Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE) (Ultrasonic, radiographic, thermographic, electromagnetic and optic methods are employed to probe interior
microstructure and characterize subsurface features),
Radiographic Inspection, Radioscopy (Non destructive inspection technology that utilizes X-Ray to inspect thick aircraft
structure), Thermography, (for the early detection of hidden
corrosion within and outside the shadow of an installed aircraft wing skin fasteners), Ultrasonic Inspection, among others.

Please get up to speed on what Baltia is doing - it has been well over a year since Baltia purchased N706BL from Kalitta Air, which just underwent much more than a "C" Check, short of a "D" Check which was not required. The Pakistani aircraft you are referring to was mothballed in favor of the Delta/Northwest aircraft and its sister ship that Baltia has an option on from Kalitta. Fact.

I certainly do not wish to second-guess Baltia's intentions on the future of these aircraft. They have recently acquired the largest inventory of spare parts from another 747-200 operator, and that may affect their future decisions. Time will tell.

Sorry that you feel attacked. You posted incorrect information and put forth language that was negative, based up faulty assumptions. This forum is designed to allow us to vet everyone's posts, and hopefully we do so in a respectful manner.

Your contributions are welcome, and I wish you well, as I do all of us who have invested in Baltia.

[deepspringer]

You've got the wrong airplane. The plane Baltia will be starting with is N706BL.

N706BL was Northwest's N623US - a fact that has often been mentioned on this board. It was flying for Northwest until late 2009, purchased by Baltia in 2010, and always maintained under Northwest's FAA certified maintenance program. N706BL is a lot newer and with a lot less hours and cycles than N705BL - the former PIA plane with the green stripes now mothballed in Malaysia.

All you had to do in order to get the right airplane history info was simply Google "N706BL" - a registration ID in clear view on many of the photos posted on the sticky above, and also repeatedly mentioned in postings here.