Funny aircraft registrations
niknak
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From: UK
Got a photo somewhere of GFISH (C310) and GCHIP (AA5) parked together (also got it published in Flight Magazine by Uncle Roger
).
DBOOM and DBANG were FK27s operated by the same German charter outfit.
IFU*K is genuine, a Ralleye of some kind I believe.
GWNKR - A C172, was at one stage owned by a member of the Flying Lawyers fraternity, the owner (allegedly) asked for the registration out of bravado, and the CAA missed the significance.
CRAPP - alleged to be a Lear45, although I've never seen it or any evidence to prove it.
EIEIO - I'm convinced this is/was a BE200, but it doesn't matter, it's a genuine reg' and that's what counts.
).DBOOM and DBANG were FK27s operated by the same German charter outfit.
IFU*K is genuine, a Ralleye of some kind I believe.
GWNKR - A C172, was at one stage owned by a member of the Flying Lawyers fraternity, the owner (allegedly) asked for the registration out of bravado, and the CAA missed the significance.
CRAPP - alleged to be a Lear45, although I've never seen it or any evidence to prove it.
EIEIO - I'm convinced this is/was a BE200, but it doesn't matter, it's a genuine reg' and that's what counts.
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From: Australia
Down here in Australia, we have:
VH-ASS - an Conaero LA-4.
VH-BUM - a CAC CA-25.
VH-DIK - a Bell 206B (owned by Dick Smith).
VH-POO - a Cessna 210.
VH-CNT - a Piper PA-38.
VH-SEX - a Piper PA-30.
There's probably more funny ones out there, but searching through the whole registrar would take a little too long for me! Have a go yourself here.
Cheers,
Soulman.
VH-ASS - an Conaero LA-4.
VH-BUM - a CAC CA-25.
VH-DIK - a Bell 206B (owned by Dick Smith).
VH-POO - a Cessna 210.
VH-CNT - a Piper PA-38.
VH-SEX - a Piper PA-30.
There's probably more funny ones out there, but searching through the whole registrar would take a little too long for me! Have a go yourself here.
Cheers,
Soulman.
Before "Ze Germans" get here
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From: ?
I was going to put EI-EIO too, about 5 of you beat me to it, I think its quite a famous little plane. It is definitely a Piper, here is a link to prove it.
http://www.transport.ie/viewitem.asp...g=ENG&loc=1280
http://www.transport.ie/viewitem.asp...g=ENG&loc=1280
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From: worldwide
"RUNNER 576, you have the Beech and the Focker in sight for sequence?"
RUNNER576:"Thats affirm,ill give way to the ****er behind me and leave the Beech behind if thats ok..."
Somewhere in Kansas 2001...
Flyer75
RUNNER576:"Thats affirm,ill give way to the ****er behind me and leave the Beech behind if thats ok..."
Somewhere in Kansas 2001...
Flyer75
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From: Milton Keynes, UK
Britannia had a short-term lease on a B767-300 which was registered G-BXOP in the UK. Nothing unusual about that, but it was transferred to the Swedish register. In order to save on paint the plan was to remove G-B and replace with SE-. The paperwork almost went through as well before someone noticed it would have been SEXOP!!! It ended up as SE-DZF. Boring!
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From: UK
Yeh G-BUSH (A320) is still doing the rounds at BA.
Ironically , the last time i saw it we were on stand and i was discussing the sensitive art of male grooming (down below ) with one of the hosties when it pulled in alongside us 
She nearly died laughing, of all the fleet , it had to be that one
Ironically , the last time i saw it we were on stand and i was discussing the sensitive art of male grooming (down below
) with one of the hosties when it pulled in alongside us She nearly died laughing, of all the fleet , it had to be that one
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From: Frankfurt/Main
There's a DC-9 in Italy registered I-SMEL, an Airbus in Egypt SU-GAR, a Nigerian 1-11 5N-UDE.
Didn't BA once have a Britannia G-ANBG that got re-registered prior to being used as a stately hack?
Richard Noble wanted to register his Farnborough F.1 mock-up G-FARN for display at said show, but someone beat him to it having got their cheque in to the CAA a few days before him. Then a friend mentioned to him that he had been saved some embarrassment because FARN is a naughty word in some Scandinavian tongue. So he used G-FBRO instead.
Some wealthy merchant wanted his wife's name (Gail) in his reg, and eventually used various aberrations (I guess GAIL, GAYL, GAEL, etc) until he got to G-GEIL, which, the pilot recounted, means horny, randy, in German.
There's a diminutive aircraft in Switzerland that runs around as HB-SEX. The Italians obviously had no compunction about what got on the register, I-F#CK was an EC39/D Uribel D, I-FEEL, I-GROW, etc.
There's a very smart Cessna 340 based at Mainz-Finthen called D-IRTY...........!
g'night
Didn't BA once have a Britannia G-ANBG that got re-registered prior to being used as a stately hack?
Richard Noble wanted to register his Farnborough F.1 mock-up G-FARN for display at said show, but someone beat him to it having got their cheque in to the CAA a few days before him. Then a friend mentioned to him that he had been saved some embarrassment because FARN is a naughty word in some Scandinavian tongue. So he used G-FBRO instead.
Some wealthy merchant wanted his wife's name (Gail) in his reg, and eventually used various aberrations (I guess GAIL, GAYL, GAEL, etc) until he got to G-GEIL, which, the pilot recounted, means horny, randy, in German.
There's a diminutive aircraft in Switzerland that runs around as HB-SEX. The Italians obviously had no compunction about what got on the register, I-F#CK was an EC39/D Uribel D, I-FEEL, I-GROW, etc.
There's a very smart Cessna 340 based at Mainz-Finthen called D-IRTY...........!
g'night
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From: UK
In days of yore, Shorts cut a 330 about a bit in order to fit fuselage plugs and a new tail; thus was the roomier 360 born and this prototype was registered G-ROOM.
This was around the time when a certain member of the House of Windsor was getting wed and a man I knew in Shorts (the company, not the menswear), told me that they (the company), were delighted to receive some very nice remarks from a certain HRH, thanking them for their thoughts at this special time.
He swore it was true!
This was around the time when a certain member of the House of Windsor was getting wed and a man I knew in Shorts (the company, not the menswear), told me that they (the company), were delighted to receive some very nice remarks from a certain HRH, thanking them for their thoughts at this special time.
He swore it was true!
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From: Leigh on Sea, England
