August 5, 20223 yr I'm looking into an aircraft I was involved in, a Fokker F-27-100 Friendship twin prop, which belonged to a commercial airline with registration number "PI-C507" (see below). It appears that after a crash, a different production model or type, the Fokker F-27-200, also had the same registration number. (see the aircraft with the same registration number here: Fokker F-27-200 Friendship - Philippine Airlines | Aviation Photo #0134502 | Airliners.net I'm wondering if it was the same plane that had its engine upgraded or if it was a different model. How do registration numbering work in aircraft or airliners? Can these numbers be re-used? Edited August 5, 20223 yr by bofhlusr Fixed link. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
August 6, 20223 yr Not sure of your specific case, but I do know that reg numbers can and have been reused a bunch of times. FS2004 Forever
August 6, 20223 yr Author What is the difference between the two id numbers: 'Registration PI-C507" and MSN 10246 (see above)? Which one is the actual registration number? It looks like the plane was repaired, acquired by the Philippine Air Force a year after it crashed and repainted. The so called "Registration: PI-C507 "disappeared but the MSN number remained the same ("10246"). See link below:https://www.airhistory.net/photo/63157/10246 Apparently, it went to a museum eventually, oddly enough, as an F-27-200 (not as F-27-100):https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/10246/696322 Edited August 6, 20223 yr by bofhlusr Typo. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
August 6, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, bofhlusr said: What is the difference between the two id numbers: 'Registration PI-C507" and MSN 10246 (see above)? Which one is the actual registration number? It looks like the plane was repaired, acquired by the Philippine Air Force a year after it crashed and repainted. The so called "Registration: PI-C507 "disappeared but the MSN number remained the same ("10246"). See link below:https://www.airhistory.net/photo/63157/10246 Apparently, it went to a museum eventually, oddly enough, as an F-27-200 (not as F-27-100):https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/10246/696322 Registration = Number plate MSN = Manufacturers serial number Laminar Research customer -- Asobo/MS customer -- not an X-Aviation customer - or am I? 😉
August 6, 20223 yr Just as rka mentioned above the canonical ID is the MSN. Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 6, 20223 yr Author Thank you both. Kinda strange why they used the same serial number for a different model. Edited August 6, 20223 yr by bofhlusr Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
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