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Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5025 posts, RR: 17
Posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1280 times:

I'm looking for some help ID'ing a photo that I took last summer. It was at Oshkosh, and it was an L-39 Albatross jet painted in camo green with a red star on the tail and the code number "119" by the nose. It was seen taking off in formation with "239" which I know to be one of the L-39s flown by The Hoppers team. They only use 4 jets in their show and I don't think this is one of them, since I have photos of all their jets.

I've searched this database and others but no one seems to have a photo of "119". I can't read the reg# under the horiz. stab. - it looks like an "NX" and 3 digits and 2 more letters. Has anyone photo'd or spotted an L-39 with a "119" on it?

Bruce

Bruce Leibowitz - Jackson, MS (KJAN) - Canon 50D/100-400L IS lens

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Vzlet From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 820 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 1259 times:

Bruce,
The FAA's list of L-39s may help you pin it down:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinqu...t=L-39&cmndfind.x=18&cmndfind.y=11

"That's so stupid! If they're so secret, why are they out where everyone can see them?" - my kid

F4wso From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 974 posts, RR: 13
Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 1246 times:

Try this link and look under Jet Warbirds. It my main source for identifying warbirds since registrations tend to change with owners. It also helps with the construction number since the FAA registry often has the former miltary serial number for the c/n
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/

Gary
Cottage Grove, MN, USA

Seeking an honest week's pay for an honest day's work

Scottieprecord From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 1363 posts, RR: 12
Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1224 times:

I looked through my shots from Oshkosh... Found 4 L-39s, but not one shot of the plane you're looking for. Good luck gettin the info

-Mike

Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5025 posts, RR: 17
Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1218 times:

wow, thanks Gary! That warbird registry is great. I have to bookmark that. The last letters looked like "TB" and sure enough, there is only one registration ending in "TB" on their L-39 list, and they have a photo of it that indeed shows the same "119" code and also the same sticker near the nose as my photo - its a picture of cartoon character Wile E. Coyote riding on an "Acme" bomb. A web search of N139TB shows no photos of it on any of the aviation photo databases.

The internet is great, isn't it!

Bruce

Bruce Leibowitz - Jackson, MS (KJAN) - Canon 50D/100-400L IS lens

F4wso From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 974 posts, RR: 13
Reply 5, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1200 times:

Glad to be of help! That sight along with www.scramble.nl, MustangMustang, and some airline fleet lists really do a service making research easy.

Happy New Year to all. I hope Bruce and I get a chance to meet face to face in 2007.

Gary
Cottage Grove, MN, USA

Seeking an honest week's pay for an honest day's work

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