Greetings!

YHZAirplaneSpotter

Good Morning Everyone;

I just wanted to drop a post here introducing myself.

I am brand spanking new to this website. I just joined a little while ago after somehow coming to this website, as I cannot quite remember how I got here. Anyway, I am also a member on JustFlight.com and that is probably how I got here, anyway....

I am a CATSA employee at YHZ, I am also a HUGE aircraft addict and enjoy snapping pictures of the aircraft I see kicking around at the airport here.

I have been employed at the airport for a little over a year and have seen various military, and non-military aircraft and find them very appealing.

Hope you all had a great Christmas, and I want to wish you all a Happy New Year :)

Ken Wang

Welcome to Airport-Data.com. Waiting to see your photos.

Ken

ChrisHall

Happy New Year

time to post some of your photo's :

YHZAirplaneSpotter

Started posting... I have TONS more pictures from the local airshows and things, although I am having difficulty with some of the American aircraft tail numbers...

I have a pic of a American F-16, What do I use for the tail number? there is AF

and then a small 2 digit number under the AF, and then 3 larger numbers..

I am SOOOOOO confused :)

Bluedharma

Timothy had some great examples, as did ztex, and Nick on this thread.

http://www.airport-data.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2186

Two additional points regarding USAF and US Army serial numbers

Serials should be YY-NNNN. two digit year, and atleast four digits for sequence. Fill the sequence with zeros if needed or try to find the full serial number with help from sites like Joe Baughers.

On aircraft more than 10 years old you may find a leading 0. it's always Zero not the letter O. But, the O-NNNN is not the actual serial number it. The preferred format should be YY-NNNN. You'll need to do some research to determine the actual serial number.

The American Aviation Historical Society's Third Quarter 2008 newsletter had a five page article on . Many of the photos in the article came from a A-D contributor, Bill Larkins. This article describes the many formats the Air Force and Army have used over the years. It also points out examples where they don't seem to follow the rules.

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/

Good Luck.

YHZAirplaneSpotter

Thank you for the help :)

I have been trying to figure out American military aircraft codes and stuff for awhile...I always found it....to be worse than algebra. Our aircraft is pretty easy...

There are WAY to many numbers on some of the American stuff...

Like the C-17's from Air Mobility Command...There are like....LOADS of numbers on those