Off-airport 737 Shanghai

[propliner55]

Hello,
someone sent me a pic taken from a bus into town, coming from the airport, sighting a 737 in faded livery;
seems to me ex/ China Eastern, can make out a few faded letters. The emblem on the tail has been removed.
A stadium is visible in the background, but the only people I see are dressed in green military outfits; so maybe some sort
of military parade ground.
Anyone with id on this 737?
thanks
Ruud

[Le Addeur noir]

Hello,
someone sent me a pic taken from a bus into town, coming from the airport, sighting a 737 in faded livery;
seems to me ex/ China Eastern, can make out a few faded letters. The emblem on the tail has been removed.
A stadium is visible in the background, but the only people I see are dressed in green military outfits; so maybe some sort
of military parade ground.
Anyone with id on this 737?
thanks
Ruud

Ruud,

Which airport, there's 2 in Shanghai.

[propliner55]

I don't know which one, he flew international I think.
I did find a candidate through:
http://www.airportspotting.com/tag/aviation/page/3/ which says
"THE 737-200
I intended to go and find the ex-China Eastern 737-200 that is also in southern Shanghai. The Metro line XXX terminus at Ji Yang Road seemed quite close by. However my Chinese speaking friends couldn’t find this station on the map, and I later established the station was closed.
After looking on Google Maps for the next station (South Ying Lan Road), it all looked a bit favella-ish, so decided to not bother."

I found Google Maps:
701 Yao Ti Lu
Pudong Xinqu, Shanghai Shi, China
31.154329, 121.482164

[ehusmann]

But that one is said to be fake, apparantly made of plywood (still looking for confirmation of it).
http://www.spottingmode.com/wro/location/7958/

Erwin

[propliner55]

Erwin,
interesting theory; a bit tricky to create a round shape like a fuselage from wood.
The wing certainly does look suspect, has no slats; the engine is a bit weird too.
The wingroot does fir nicely onto the cheatline, but the fuselage lacks antennaes.
No cockpit ' brow' windows either.
The tail resembles a -300 model but seems to lack a rudder, a 1-piece thingie.
Maybe a primitive ground trainer.
Def'ly something weird on this one!
thanks
Ruud

[ehusmann]

That's exactly why confirmation is still needed. I was told by a Chinese local that it isn't real, but he didn't have any pictures. So far I have only found some crappy shots on the net which do not proof either way.

Erwin

[P.Terlouw]

it not the B-2579 which is located at a CAAC training facility in the city?

http://pic.feeyo.com/posts/600/6002567.html

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Hainan-A ... b5808ef4f2

[propliner55]

Nee hoor; de staart is duidelijk anders, ik zie dat die Hainan 737 onder een afdak gaat en bij een gebouw staat.
Degene die ik bedoel staat aan een doorgaande snelweg (foto vanuit de bus genomen) en ik herken
China Eastern c/s, van de titels kan ik vaag "..ern" opmaken en ook het laatste chinese karakter wat op
China Eastern op de romp volgt richting cockpit.
Dank voor het meedenken!

[Jaap]

Maybe a rebuild of an existing fuselage?
http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer ... er=1897392

[ehusmann]

Given the square windows, I'd say nothing about this bird is real....

Erwin