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Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 15:55
by Garry Russell
Sounds right Fraser :think:
BTW What I noticed first about the Wessex is it is an early one with two exhausts each side where it should have one each side if a genuine RAF rescue.
Garry
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 17:04
by Ben Hartmann
Viscount Cornbank wrote:
Is that not the Vanguard 951/3 sim Rick aka G-APEQ?
Mr McKay,
A fake reg surely???
Rgds
Ben
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 17:10
by DaveB
Well.. not fake as such, just not allocated to a 'flying' machine

The trainers are basically wooden mockups used for pilot familiarity so what you see on the back of that trailer is all there ever was ;-) The TCA 952 trainer at Brooklands has a lovely gap all along the top where it was sawn in half for transportation :o :-(
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 17:12
by Garry Russell
The Tident 1 sim was G-ARPV
If there is a missing letter in the fleet they use that or the Q.
Garry
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 17:24
by Ben Hartmann
DaveB wrote:Well.. not fake as such, just not allocated to a 'flying' machine

The trainers are basically wooden mockups used for pilot familiarity so what you see on the back of that trailer is all there ever was ;-) The TCA 952 trainer at Brooklands has a lovely gap all along the top where it was sawn in half for transportation :o :-(
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Dave / Garry
I'd thought I'd ask as I'm yet to see a British Civil Registered aircraft with a "Q" in the reg
Rgds
Ben
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 17:30
by Garry Russell
Hi Ben
Q was originally used in the original G-E British register. The last one used was G-EBTQ.
Garry
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 17:43
by DaveB
Oo-er.. that goes back to the 30's :o A good reason why you've not seen one Ben ;-)
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 18:01
by Garry Russell
There is still the odd Q flying...............Shuttleworth probably
Garry
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 19:50
by DispatchDragon
The reason it isnt allocated is because it would interfere with the Q code communications -- QFE/QNH/QDM etc etc
Leif |-)
Re: Bournemouth...
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 21:03
by ianhind
So that's the reason - I thought that it might be to avoid visual confusion with "O".
Not heard a request for a QDM in a l-o-n-g time!
Other countries also have missing letters from their registration sequences - at this time of night, nothing comes immediately to mind. :-(
Ian