Military tail numbers
#12
How are you guys logging military tail numbers? I fly Blackhawks, and it is not the standard N-number. I created 1 profile with one of our fleets tail numbers and have been using that for all my entries. Basically 1 tail number for all my flights. Is that a problem if I am able to explain why I am doing it and back it up with my military flight records? Any input would be great. Thanks!
#13
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Joined APC: Nov 2014
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I agree with E2C. I logged each full tail number, ie 842375. This will be a little work setting it up when you fly 24 different tail numbers at a unit, but once you input them once, they will always be there. At least until you PCS! Try to be as complete and honest as you can. Can't go wrong with that.
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
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But all carriers and warships do have a 4 letter identifier that they fly on the flag hoist entering and leaving port that start with the letter Nxxx - though I doubt pilots would even know the 4 letter identifier for a ship. They'd be more familiar with the ships JANAP call sign like "Middle Ground" or "Devil Dog" which is used on unencrypted voice radio like land/launch (tower equivalent) depending on the context as ships usually have 4-5 different call signs depending on which radio circuit you're using.
For example for CV-67 John F Kennedy her 4 letter call was NJFK. And that 4 letter call would also be attached to any METARS submitted by the ship's weather guessers (or quartermasters on ships that don't have dedicated weather guessers) to NOAA and Navy Meterology Center which collects weather data from ships at least every 6 hrs (observations are done hourly or more often if the weather is changing)
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