best spotting register for world airliners?
 

Hi, im just getting back into spotting after many years and wondered which is the best register/spotting book for the worlds airliners? The jp one seems to be the bible, if the price is anything to go by anyway but are there any cheaper alternatives maybe by midland counties or air britain etc? Im basically looking for a register listing every commercial aircraft in the world. Hope some of you can help, many thanks.

Try Airfleets.net i use that and is very good covers old and new :ok:

VFR

Thanks, is that just internet based though or do they do a book too? Its a book im looking for really.

Air-Britain have just published their annual Airline Fleets book. There is also a 'quick reference' version which I find very useful - much smaller and cheaper. Not allowed to link to their website but I'm sure you can find it (don't forget the hyphen!)

Rhys.

Have always used Airliners series from TAHS and never really had any complaints.Always get the hard cover/loose-leaf version though.

XL new Aircraft types?
 

Strictly a whisper, but is it true? What News?

Monarch
 

Expect quite a surprise at Luton on friday because Monarch will unveil one of their 757's in Flykandi livery . As they are starting flights to Ibiza from most of there bases this is to advertise a club i believe.

The tail is taken up by a picture of a woman clubber and different livery down the side . It should be quite different for Monarch.:cool: :rolleyes:

GB taken over
 

Any truth out their on GB taken over by XL !

flyer55:
"GB taken over" seems a misleadingly definite title (i.e. you're announcing GB HAS been taken over) if all you're asking is "is there any truth to this rumour?" :rolleyes:

This would not be an assumption based on the fact that they have leased a 737 from them?

GB has leased a 737 from XL for the summer season due to increased flights,
WHERE DO THESE IDIOTS HEAR THESE RUMOURS.:confused:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5971298

They just shouldn't have bothered! What a bodge job........:ugh:

Your right about the bodge. Saw it on Sun in FAO and the British Airways letters were underneath the windows and the wrong size. Don't know how recent this picture is or if they've fixed it since Sunday.

Paint dimensions on the tail are all wrong as well. Cause a few stirs in brands when they see it I'm sure.

Bad day at NCL for ThompsonFly
 

2 of their aircraft hit troubles at NCL Yesterday (8th May)
G-THOO goes tech after take off returns to newcastle departs an hour later, exact cause unknown, was destined for Alicante i believe.

one of their 757's grounded for a week or so after Alpha Flight Catering apparently Put a nice new hole in the side of the aircraft, registration unknown will try to get it tonight, it is currently parked remote.

Yeap... a rather bad day for Tech issues at ThomSonfly (no P). Clearly our marketeers have done a great job with the new branding!

Last week poor Thomas Cook got lumbered with our birdstirke and this week it would seem the Local phone book has started an airline ;)

6in gash in fuselage of G-BYAS I believe. Aircraft ferried from other stations in the UK to maintain program.

well word is going round at work that its stranded at NCL for a couple of weeks at least, and we are just kicking into the summer time table, and i reckon once it gets in full swing were gonna need that extra parking space.

I believe there is also a TOM B733 stranded at Manchester for over a week after being bashed with an airbridge.
Not a good start to summer for them.
Isn't "oo" new to TOM ?

Not sure? its a 737 what version im not sure wasent paying that much attention

no no :S i drive the transfer coaches and was coaching the 737 when it arrived back at NCL.

Talking about work, better get going or ill be late :uhoh:

G-THOO, isnt this one of the 737 winglets maybe?

Life history -

http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/search/phot...nct_entry=true

correct is still sittin in the same spot as yesterday drove round it today it can't be that bigga hole i failed to see it.

there have been Thomson service vehicles around it all so im guessing they wanna get it airbourne ASAP

Who acctualy owns G-THOO?

do Thomson own it or do they lease it from SkyEurope?

Isnt the A/C with a hole in the side of it G-BYAW the same aircraft which had the birdstrike at MAN last week?

Thomson own very few aircraft if any.
G-THOO will be on lease from one of the many leasing companies, SkyEurope would have returned it before TUI leased it in.:ok:

oooo make sense now

no the one at newcastle is G-BYAS

A bit of a coincidence because on January 15th i flew from Luton to Madeira on G-BYAW. Which as you'll know suffered a major bird strike months after meaning that the no.2 engine had to be repaced. And then on the 22nd January G-BYAS was used on the return flight from Madeira which i have now found out had a nasty gash in the fuselage. It's strange knowing that both 757s i was on for the complete trip have experienced unfortunate incidents! Also when i landed at Madeira the captain announced that all the water from our plane (G-BYAW) the galley had leaked onto the ground!

what even more of a coincidence is both them 2 aircraft are infact 757-200 and your name is B757-200

ITS YOU, your a jinx

im in work in the mornin shall find out what hapenin with "AS"

does it not worry you that 2 of the last few aircraft you have flown on are both the same type as your name and have both succome to somewhat serious problems??

one at NCL, on a busy night there are normaly about 3 if its gonna be a busy day the next day they tend to have about 4-5 a/c at NCL, obviously that include the BAE146 for the gatwick route

I think it used to be leased out with Miami Air. Not a bad job for a temporary lease with decals.....at least they've removed most of the gold stripe (except over the instrument areas) to create a "close-to" BA livery.

Flyglobespan Aircraft
 

Can anyone settle a dispute between a co-worker and myself with regards to the above airline..the point in question is does Flyglobespan own ANY of its aircraft or are they all leased.I have been hunting around for a website to answer this and reckoned on you guys knowing the answer.

I think GSM own the 737-600 which they bought from SAS

The others are leased mainly using ILFC

All Globespan aircraft are leased according to UK CAA GINFO
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.asp...wner=globespan

Kurt

Kurt, what makes you think that they are all leased, from the CAA info?

All Globespan aircraft are listed as:
"Ownership Status: Chartered", not "Ownership Status: Owned"

Kurt, l would not put too much credit to "Ownership Status: Chartered".
My Airline owns most of it's fleet, but all show "Chartered".
It might mean that an aircraft is owned by a sub company and then chartered to the main company, in this case the airline.

Mr @ Spotty M, that's one of the drawbacks of GINFO. Many other official registries name both owner and operator when they are two different entities.
A good example of this is the Swedish registry database
http://www.luftfartsstyrelsen.se/tem...____35109.aspx

Malaysia Airlines Fleet Expansion
 

Hi All,

I'm new here but nevertheless read this forum allot. I love flying and pilotting but am rather in an industry far from it, telecoms.

Okay, i fly allot, luterally living off the suitecase. Being a malaysian and frequent MAS and Sq user, i am keen to know if insiders can share any news on MAS's fleet expansion.

I've stopped wanting to fly MAS on regional and middle east routes as i hate the 737 and A330s that done come with AVOD's, let alone any entertainment. For these routes, i fly SQ.

Any news on when we can hear any fleet upgrades on MAS, i think i have practically flown almost all the 747's and 777's, i think :) Am keen to see something new on MAS.

This weekend, for the first time i will fly the LAX-SQ economy premium flight, looking forward for the comfort but not the distance ....

Carry on the good job in this site and continue to talk, pilot talk seems very amusing to read!

Cheers,
Goks