Random Question!!!

[Pibby]

Hya again this is another one of my random questions that just pop into my mind. i was filling in my aircraft registration book today after a great day at LHR and i thought to myself, what am i going to do when "civil aircraft markings 2008" and other registration books cme out next year. am i going to star a fresh or simply copy them all out. what do you do? for anof you who collect reg's??

thanks alot

Pibby :8

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

What I used to do when I was a kid (and many of my age still do) was to go through and underline all the numbers in the new book! That becomes tiresome when you've seen a lot so many spotters now use computer programmes to keep track of what they've seen. Those progs are a bit pricey for a pensioner so I keep all my records in Excel spreadsheets which enable me to sort them as I wish.. It works.

[Avman]

When I was a kid (back in the ice age) I soon discovered that whilst the new CAM was eagerly awaited for all the new regies a good number of older "seen" regies would equally disappear. This led to my effectively making my own CAM which I typed out and diligently updated from various aviation publications. That way I never lost record of what I'd seen but was no longer in the published yearly CAMs. With the arrival of PCs I went the same way as HD and keep everything on Excel. You may find it a good idea to keep a record of where and when seen, c/n, as well as any pertinent notes such as if seen in a hybrid livery or with dual titles etc etc.

[Pibby]

thanks alot guys, ill have a go at doing that and see how i get on. But thanks for the advice !!

Pibby

[Groundloop]

a good number of older "seen" regies would equally disappear.

Yeah, where did all those Britannias, Viscounts and Vanguards go? :\

[FlyerFoto]

Groundloop wrote:

Yeah, where did all those Britannias, Viscounts and Vanguards go?

Time for a new book, I think!

[Avman]

....not to mention the Vikings, Ambassadors and Constellations :{