Aircraft Names

[mcmbenjamin]

Originally posted by toledoashley
What about VSRB - Tricky Dickie????

When at SIN I saw 9V-SRB, a B777 for SQ. I was wondering if there was any connection?

Originally posted by mcmbenjamin

Originally posted by toledoashley
What about VSRB - Tricky Dickie????

When at SIN I saw 9V-SRB, a B777 for SQ. I was wondering if there was any connection?

It doesn't seem that way, the default reg for singapore is 9V-S** and it looks as though the aircraft was delivered in 1998, which was before Singapore took 49% ownership of VS.

http://www.jethros.i12.com/fleets/fleet ... lantic.htm

GVHIP seems to have been taken off the fleet list now and replaced with GVRED due to be delivered in October 2006

Originally posted by djuluvmee
According to this http://www.jethros.i12.com/FLEETS/Listi ... ANTIC.html

New aircraft names have been released

GVBLU - Soul Sister
GVFIT - Dancing Queen
GVFIZ - Bubbles
GVWIN - Lady Luck

Sorry, going back to original topic, I think Virgin should start throwing in a few male names (otherwise might be accused of being sexist). Any ideas all you men folk?

I've just checked the current list of names and it would appear that Virgin only have aircraft with ladies names!![}:)]

So dont think G-VHBK "Hairy Bloke" is going to be appearing shortly[:#]

Well unless VS start putting Varga Men on its aircraft, I doubt we'll see any male names in the future.

[Decker]

Aren't all craft female by tradition?

It used to be considered bad luck to name a naval craft by a femail name, even though all ships are indeed girls. So they tended to be named using non-sexual terms (if you see what I mean!). This gave rise to such greats as Ark Royal, Saracen,..., and of course Victory. This tradition carried over into the Merchant Navy. The Tea Clippers were often named after great legend for example - Mermerus, Black Adder and the fastest of them all, Thermopylae. The move to using female names out of choice is more recent and is still not really recognised by the Navy. However that still goes hand in hand with naming after non-gender specific things. And it is very bad form to use a male name. To call a boat "Tony" or "Gordon" for example would not be done, even if it is driven by gusts of air or belches foul smelling fumes.

Sorry, have I gone off on one again?

Yes[V]

[:I]Sorry, but someone did mention boats![:I]

Originally posted by djuluvmee
http://www.jethros.i12.com/fleets/fleet ... lantic.htm

GVHIP seems to have been taken off the fleet list now and replaced with GVRED due to be delivered in October 2006

Probably because someone in ops went "Hang on a mo... We already have an 'IP' - G-VLIP 'Hot Lips' - that'll have to be changed". I did point this out on this board about, ooh... 6 months ago...

Commonly in the UK, the company refers to it's aircraft by the by the phonetic spelling of the last two letters of it's registration - so G-VLIP becomes known as "India Papa".

In the US, they often use what they call "Nose numbers" or "Fin numbers" - depending whether the airline puts them on the nose or the fin, oddly enough. Those are unique within that airline's fleet.

Mike

Originally posted by mike-smashing
Probably because someone in ops went "Hang on a mo... We already have an 'IP' - G-VLIP 'Hot Lips' - that'll have to be changed". I did point this out on this board about, ooh... 6 months ago...

Commonly in the UK, the company refers to it's aircraft by the by the phonetic spelling of the last two letters of it's registration - so G-VLIP becomes known as "India Papa".

In the US, they often use what they call "Nose numbers" or "Fin numbers" - depending whether the airline puts them on the nose or the fin, oddly enough. Those are unique within that airline's fleet.

Mike

Hope you don't mind, but I sort of quoted you on that on the Virgin Atlantic Wikipedia page.