MarkChief From Canada, joined Apr 2007, 27 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 8152 times:
Hi, I'm a new member on airliners.net and I'm not sure at 100% if my question is in the good forum, so please excuse me if I'm wrong...
I flew Air Canada flight AC864 on march 3rd 2007, and I would like to know what is the registration of the aircraft? Is it possible to get this information?
LongHauler From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 4315 posts, RR: 36 Reply 3, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 8031 times:
I just pulled the Operational Flight Plan from the computer. The registration is included there. I am pretty sure one must be an Air Canada Flight Ops employee to access this information.
On the other hand, there are several ACARS websites online, which also have that information. I don't know of any myself, but if you did a search here on "ACARS" you may find some of these sites mentioned.
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YYZYYT From Canada, joined Apr 2005, 858 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 8011 times:
I've always thought that airlines should have the fin and reg somewhere in the cabin, so that geeks like us can tell... perhaps on a bulkhead, somewhere discrete?
My $.02
MarkChief From Canada, joined Apr 2007, 27 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 2 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 7888 times:
Hi, another question
When I make a research in an ACARS database, I must convert all the departure time and date of a specific flight to GMT time and date? Thanks again everyone!
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15904 posts, RR: 66 Reply 8, posted (6 years 2 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 7816 times:
Quoting YYZYYT (Reply 4): I've always thought that airlines should have the fin and reg somewhere in the cabin, so that geeks like us can tell... perhaps on a bulkhead, somewhere discrete?
It's posted in full view. Inside the cockpit.
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G-CIVP From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1209 posts, RR: 10 Reply 9, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 7568 times:
HangerRat. It may be possible but you will need the date. The flight no. will be in the range BA213-BA217 (off the top of my head) but I would need to check against my archived timetables! If it was a B747, it would have been a B747-136 or B747-236B as the 400 series weren't delivered until mid 1990. Remember BA TriStars often crossed the pond as well, so I hope you have your type correct! This said, it is an extreme long shot and is dependent on someone, somewhere having SEL-CALS reports from those days and tied up these up to the relevant registrations. I can only think that SEL-CAL reports would have recorded the relevant data. The other issue is that 'dot-spotters' would have been more interested in recording non British over-flyers. I think after 25 years, it may be easier to 'let go!'
As an aside, BA aircraft normally have the reg above door 1L, although this maybe dependent on type.
Thanks for the response. The date probably lies in my U.S. naturalization paperwork, which should be at my parents' house. At some point soon, I'll be taking all of that sort of stuff to my own house, so I may pursue that.
I am positive of the type because I remember going up the spiral staircase to visit the cockpit with one of the hostesses. I vividly recall looking out the huge cockpit side window and getting a sense for the first time what this "flying" business was really all about.
TristarSteve From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 3712 posts, RR: 34 Reply 12, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 7417 times:
Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 8): It's posted in full view. Inside the cockpit.
There is also a steel plate usually in the L1 door structure at about eye height which gives all the details of registration, serial number, model type, and owner (usually a bank!) It is like the chassis plate on your car.
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15904 posts, RR: 66 Reply 13, posted (6 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 7387 times:
Quoting TristarSteve (Reply 12): There is also a steel plate usually in the L1 door structure at about eye height which gives all the details of registration, serial number, model type, and owner (usually a bank!) It is like the chassis plate on your car.
I have only ever seen this on McD products. Where is it on the others?
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I'm in the process of writting a trip report, and tried the site listed above, but it can't find the flight I'm looking for (AC299 YWG-YVR 01NOV08). Are there any other sites I could get the reg numbers from?
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SunriseValley From Canada, joined Jul 2004, 3997 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (4 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 6046 times:
Quoting G-CIVP (Reply 9): Remember BA TriStars often crossed the pond as well, so I hope you have your type correct!
An additional "kicker" in this was the dry lease by BA of NZ DC10,s which were used on the LHR- BOS route among others. But I can't remember the years involved.
AlexA340B777 From Indonesia, joined Oct 2008, 126 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (4 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 6019 times:
Quoting Don81603 (Reply 14): I'm in the process of writting a trip report, and tried the site listed above, but it can't find the flight I'm looking for (AC299 YWG-YVR 01NOV08). Are there any other sites I could get the reg numbers from?
Gatorman96 From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 704 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (4 years 7 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 5673 times:
Alex,
I have been looking for a site like that for years. Thanks!
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