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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

24th Apr 2016, 10:46

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What level of airline employee chooses registrations?

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Posted By DaveReidUK

There's less scope in the US, obviously, as all...

There's less scope in the US, obviously, as all registrations are at least partly numeric with a maximum of two letters optionally tagged on to the end.

Where airlines are concerned, the best they...

Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

19th Apr 2016, 11:44

Replies: 47

What level of airline employee chooses registrations?

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Posted By DaveReidUK

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middl...

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/4/7/3/1174374.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/2/3/6/2254632.jpg

No, not a repaint job, this is one of the very few...

Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

17th Apr 2016, 07:47

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What level of airline employee chooses registrations?

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Posted By DaveReidUK

Many airlines are superstitious about registering...

Many airlines are superstitious about registering an aircraft with the same "last two" as one previously involved in an accident, particularly as it was often just those two letters that would be...

Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

17th Apr 2016, 07:40

Replies: 47

What level of airline employee chooses registrations?

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Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, I'm pretty sure Concorde in 1968 was the...

Yes, I'm pretty sure Concorde in 1968 was the first wildly out-of-sequence registration, done because G-ASST was already flying (and still is) on a Cessna 150. Before then, you could reserve a...

Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

16th Apr 2016, 23:58

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What level of airline employee chooses registrations?

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Posted By DaveReidUK

They had MAN, BHX, AMS, HAJ, FRA and MUC (I can't...

They had MAN, BHX, AMS, HAJ, FRA and MUC (I can't find any trace of a CDG).

All were 737-300s, by the way.

Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)

16th Apr 2016, 12:43

Replies: 47

What level of airline employee chooses registrations?

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Posted By DaveReidUK

While on the subject of British Airways...

While on the subject of British Airways personalised registrations, albeit a rather different Boeing product:

http://aircraftpics.no-ip.org/Aberdeen/19860528/slides/G-BWFC_CHINOOK_BAH_1.jpg
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