Malandan From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 380 posts, RR: 18 Posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 14612 times:
I suggested in a previous thread that
"it would be helpful, certainly to newcomers, to have a file somewhere on Airliners containing the net addresses of information databases such as G-INFO, Scramble, the FAA register, etc? My favourites are filled with them but it has taken many months to assemble them. Such a list would surely lead to greater accuracy in uploads and less work and frustration for all.”
Bearing in mind that my interests have up to now been with light and military aircraft, these have been my most used web sites. I feel sure there must be many more and would personally be interested in adding to my list. Should Airliners be interested in adopting such a list, some editing of the descriptions would be preferable.
http://w3.teaser.fr/~pbrugier/n_index.htm
Pascal Brugiers “Civil Aircraft Register of the World.” Probably the most complete listing on the net for civil aircraft, particularly useful for tracing older a/c.
F4wso From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 969 posts, RR: 15 Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 14510 times:
Thanks for sharing. I have added several of those to my favorites.
Gary
Cottage Grove, MN, USA
Seeking an honest week's pay for an honest day's work
Dendrobatid From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1524 posts, RR: 67 Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 14498 times:
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A lot of these are new to me so thanks Malcolm.
One very useful one missing is http://airlinerlist.com/
Psych From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 2909 posts, RR: 63 Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 14481 times:
That's helpful stuff, Malcolm.
I would echo Mick's link though I thought it needed the 'www' - what's that all about?
Certainly if you have a need to check c/n or l/n's, and also any airliner's history, I don't think you can beat Airlinerlist. It is very regularly updated, so usually has very recent deliveries, and the data comes in zipped spreadsheets which even I know how to deal with . An excellent resource for double checking what the Auto Complete function throws at you when you have multiple choices, such as c/n or model/type.
The only down side is that you can't (well I don't know how to if you can) search for a particular registration. Aircraft are listed according to c/n, by manufacturer.
Dendrobatid From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1524 posts, RR: 67 Reply 6, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 14478 times:
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Paul
When you open one of the spreadsheets Press Ctrl F
AeroWeanie From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1588 posts, RR: 54 Reply 9, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 14414 times:
I wish that everyone posting pictures of US military aircraft would first check Joe Baugher's lists. I find a lot of errors - someone today identified a F-5E as a T-38!
JFKTOWERFAN From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1099 posts, RR: 20 Reply 12, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 14299 times:
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Ahhh...so clearly there should be no more BADINFO rejects
Gerardo From Switzerland, joined May 2000, 3479 posts, RR: 40 Reply 15, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 14203 times:
Quoting Malandan (Thread starter): http://w3.teaser.fr/~pbrugier/n_index.htm
Pascal Brugiers “Civil Aircraft Register of the World.” Probably the most complete listing on the net for civil aircraft, particularly useful for tracing older a/c.
While it may be good for tracing older aircraft, I found several errors. FOr example: it lists HB-JMA to HB-JME as "A340-642". This SR-order has been canceled at least 3 or 4 years ago.
Dendrobatid From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1524 posts, RR: 67 Reply 16, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 14202 times:
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Quoting JFKTOWERFAN (Reply 12): Ahhh...so clearly there should be no more BADINFO rejects
Corey
Quoting Gkirk (Reply 11): Perhaps Johan or Henks or someone could do something to keep this thread permanently at the top of the page for photographers to use
Maybe there should be a permanent access to these links, an information tab on the upload page or something.
It would be a great pity for this thread to disappear !
Mick Bajcar
Its database lists all the aircraft currently in AMARC as well as the disposal details of those that have left over the last few years. It also has a sister section dedicated to the scrapyards adjacent to the storage site with the same type of information. Very helpful for c/n details.
AeroWeanie From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1588 posts, RR: 54 Reply 18, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 14161 times:
A little tutorial on how US Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard serial numbers work would also help (I'll write it, if required). I find way too many pictures in the database with incorrect USAF serial numbers - the USAF often doesn't paint the first digit on the aircraft and people don't realize this.
Just today, I found a picture of a Iraqi Fury in the new posts. It was identified as a Sea Fury - Iraq didn't receive Sea Furys, they received Furys! A little work with www.warbirdregistry.com and I had the CN and registration (which wasn't visible in the photo).
Another example: N251CE is in the database as a DC-6. It isn't one though: it was built as C-118B 53-3241.
Wanderer From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 233 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 14141 times:
I hope the airliner sourses are better than maritime ones. Us ship enthusiasts have had one of our primary sources taken away from us due to terrorism paranoia and sheer greed. It fucking sucks!
AeroWeanie From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1588 posts, RR: 54 Reply 20, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 14122 times:
Wanderer:
Its the same all over. The AMARCexperience website was locked up for a time after 9/11. I'm surprised they reopened it.
Malandan From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 380 posts, RR: 18 Reply 21, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 14100 times:
Quoting AeroWeanie (Reply 18): Just today, I found a picture of a Iraqi Fury in the new posts. It was identified as a Sea Fury - Iraq didn't receive Sea Furys, they received Furys! A little work with www.warbirdregistry.com and I had the CN and registration (which wasn't visible in the photo).
I was a bit surprised to see this as I already have what I believe is a correctly identified photo in the database and have now suggested the relevant alterations.
No disrespect to the photographer. I suspect many of us failed to log sufficient details at some time in the past!
This once again reinforces my reasons for starting this thread.
Malcolm.
My interest lies in the future as I am going to spend the rest of my life there!
AeroWeanie From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 1588 posts, RR: 54 Reply 22, posted (7 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 14094 times:
No disrespect to anyone. I just have an incredible ability to remember aviation trivia. This comes in handy when I see a picture - I can usually quickly identify the aircraft down to subtype. The youngsters at work claim I remember tail numbers, but I'm not that good. My wife claims I can't remember her birthday, but I can remember everything about airplanes...
The real key is that people should do research before submitting photos. I have a Grumman TBF photo that I have held off submitting, as I can't read the N number clearly (its from the small N number days) and I haven't been able to match the aircraft with a CN any other way.