It’s a lot easier for ground crew to see the number on the nose wheel door rather.
Many non-USA airlines have the registration under the wing in addition to on the tail. They still have a number at the front of the aircraft.
I always loved James May’s tail number…
Of course it’s only funny if you’re a Top Gear/James May fan I suppose.
When on flickr right click the pic, then select view image ( medium size-800 works good), the address bar should have “.jpg” ending, copy that.
Now go to FA to post, click the box that says ‘Img’ , will show up, paste the previous copied link in between the two Imgs and it should show up. click ‘preview’ to see if it works.
rwb2112:
“…It’s a lot easier for ground crew to see the number on the nose wheel door rather…”
… not if they have no relation to registration numbers at all, as might be the case with Delta, which prompted this discussion in the first place…the “608” mystery has not been solved…but in the vast majority of instances I definitely agree with you…problem is the inconsistencies…
Reason I “awarded” Eva Airways was that they place numbers near tail section AND at the front end of aircraft…don’t know any other airline that does that…(but airlines that individually name their planes, do enable identification in that way, without seeing number…)
“…Many non-USA airlines have the registration under the wing in addition to on the tail. They still have a number at the front of the aircraft…”
…yes, they do…the identifying part…never seen a whole number…(“G-VHOT” = “OT” at the nose end…)
rwb2112:
“…When on flickr right click the pic, then select view image ( medium size-800 works good), the address bar should have “.jpg” ending, copy that.
Now go to FA to post, click the box that says ‘Img’ , will show up, paste the previous copied link in between the two Imgs and it should show up. click ‘preview’ to see if it works…”
…thank you – I’m on Mac, so control-click would be the thing…cool, I learned something, .will test some time…
“G-OCOK”….
…cool pict…but, why is it funny…
…was fooled by FlightAware yesterday…indicated that British Airways G-XLEA (A380) would arrive about 4pm to LAX…didn’t make sense, but I walked half an hour and waited an hour…did not come…walked a longer way back to see if plane might have landed on south side…had not…when checking again later, FlightAware had changed info to several hours later, which did make sense…
Ever watch Top Gear? Or any show with James May? One of his most frequent expressions, when things have gone wrong, is “oh, cock…”
FlyNYC – thanks…no I have not watched that…
Uh, the ground personnel would have paperwork that has not only the tail number but also the number on the nosewheel. Why else would they have the number with “no relation to the registration numbers” if they (ground personnel, etc.) aren’t going to use it?
Reason I “awarded” Eva Airways was that they place numbers near tail section AND at the front end of aircraft…don’t know any other airline that does that…(but airlines that individually name their planes, do enable identification in that way, without seeing number…)
Check airliners.net or jetphotos.net for takeoff pictures… example: airliners.net/photo/Air-Arab … 0f1f21286f
rw812:
“…Check airliners.net or jetphotos.net for takeoff pictures… example: airliners.net/photo/Air-Arab … 0f1f21286f…”
…ok…(I did try airliners.net search options, but it didn’t result in anything – even when it clearly should have, so…I gave up on that…)
…my point remains that Delta has two planes using “608” on the nose wheel house doors, one 757 and one 737…and those numbers have zero relation to their respective registration numbers, as we have established…(they surely have “rules”, but there is no logic)
…and I don’t for a second doubt your claim that technicians will be able to identify the planes they deal with…
I just decided to engage in some “straight up” photo shooting for a while, so I caught a Delta or two…discovered identification problem when there shouldn’t have been one…but it’s not important.
Thanks to FlightAware, I have been able to identify two planes without any numbers visible at all, or name of any kind…just airline, time and location (and an educated guess about aircraft type)…
Also, I really appreciate FlightAware’s alerts about messages posted, a great feature that Airliners.net, for example, does not have
Got an iPhpne in the US?
Fun with Siri: “What planes are above me right now?”
…no, but I just uploaded five gorgeous pictures to FlightAware… : )