finding out the registration
finding out the registration
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If it was a movement at LHR or LGW, try http://www.lhr-lgw.co.uk/
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http://162.58.35.241/acdatabase/defimg.asp
This may help also.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activep...e.asp?x_lang=e
This one is for Canada
This may help also.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activep...e.asp?x_lang=e
This one is for Canada
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An ACARS list from the departure or arrival regions is probably the best bet. There are a number of sites - do a google or post the from-&-to and date and I'll see if I can find it.
(To the security finger-waggers: yes, reggies are readily available on the web for most flights. Tut, tut, shock, horror !)
(To the security finger-waggers: yes, reggies are readily available on the web for most flights. Tut, tut, shock, horror !)
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Thanks to all for your input.
I have not been able to find it as of yet but will keep trying.
I am looking for a British Airways flight on the 15th of this month from JFK to LHR .18:30 local sked push time.
cheers
I have not been able to find it as of yet but will keep trying.
I am looking for a British Airways flight on the 15th of this month from JFK to LHR .18:30 local sked push time.
cheers
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Flight number off the BA website timetable, aircraft registration off the site I gave you in my first post to this thread.
But there wasn't really much point my checking it: piston pete is 100% right, on the information you gave.
But there wasn't really much point my checking it: piston pete is 100% right, on the information you gave.
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I'm sorry but I cannot contain my curiosity any longer. Why do you need to know the REG, and why can't you read it on the aircraft, when it arrives at the stand?
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I was unable to see the reg from the gate area. First flight on a 747 and on BA for that matter. Able to find a picture of it on Airliners.net.
That's why.
cheers
IL
That's why.
cheers
IL
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newswatcher: I'm sorry but I cannot contain my curiosity any longer. Why do you need to now the REG, and why can't you read it on the aircraft, when it arrives at the stand?
Sometimes it's simply deepest night when you board and deepest night when you disembark.
The formal location of the registration mark (on the fuselage side, behind the wing) is also one of the most invisible locations from most terminals.
Over time, you slowly learn where all the repeater marks are for your regular aircraft types on your regular airlines, but sometimes you can't see the side of the nosegear door (for example) at any point between arriving in the gate area and getting on board. Also, BA removed the repeater marks from the top of the fin when moving to Utopia, and they have only just started re-appearing there in the last couple of years.
One positive thing though is that more BA aircraft are starting to have the registration visibly marked inside the aircraft, often by door 1 or door 2 - even if they are sometimes written on with felt tip pen. I imagine that this is because cabin or ground crew sometimes need to know and even they find it difficult to see the external marks.
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Thanks for replies. After I posted, I realised that for "long haul" it is less likely that the REG can be seen from the lounge, since the aircraft is usually there for some time before pax are allowed into the lounge. For my usual short-haul, I always manage to see the incoming plane and its REG, even at night.
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Whilst it may make you appear a little geeky, cabin crew will in my experience ALWAYS find and advise the registration ("tail number" on US carriers) if you haven't been able to see it. If I haven't been able to find the info for myself when I board, when I board I usually say "what airplane are we on?" to which they reply "747" (or such). I then say "yes, but which 747 - you know, the tail number?" and they always help even if they don't know immediately. Most times I validate the information from the web, but its never been wrong. I have even had a flight attendant leave me a note with the tail number on it after I asked but fell asleep before she returned with the info. Also, if the gate agents are free for a moment before you board (don't waste their time if they are busy though), they have the information on their screens and will usually tell you which a/c too.
In over 1600 flights I have made, I have never failed to get a registration.
FWIW, on Airbus and Boeing narrow bodies either the manufacturers construction number (from which the registration can be worked out) or the registration itself is on a plate inside the foward door frame - just don't linger too long in that area or you will upset the other punters.
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In over 1600 flights I have made, I have never failed to get a registration.
FWIW, on Airbus and Boeing narrow bodies either the manufacturers construction number (from which the registration can be worked out) or the registration itself is on a plate inside the foward door frame - just don't linger too long in that area or you will upset the other punters.
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piston pete: actually asked for future reference. I'm assuming that when I get to the gate to board, it will be dark, and won't be able to see the registration. I keep a flight log of sorts...sort of spotty in a few places, but none of my usual places to look include international departures.
Will ask a crew though. As its AA, its not likely the number will be posted anywhere on the aircraft, and I don't know the chances of catching it on arrival at CDG.
Will ask a crew though. As its AA, its not likely the number will be posted anywhere on the aircraft, and I don't know the chances of catching it on arrival at CDG.
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even if they are sometimes written on with felt tip pen.
Also, it's sometimes handy to see if the airline you are flying on has a naming'rego "family"... e.g. Virgin Blue aircraft all (except for one in the past I believe, the red-nosed one) start with 'V'... most 737-700s are VB- while -800's are VO- or VU- (however there are some exceptions) it should also be possible to find the N number or rego if your aircraft has a name below the cockpit windows...
(I too like to know which a/c I am flying on, as well... just a little habit of mine...
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