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Nov 9, 2003 | 6:57 pm

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On a related topic, I noticed several HP planes today and their designators ended with "AW" insted of "HP". Everyone else I've paid any attention to (AA, AS, UA) uses their code. Anyone know why HP doesn't? Maybe because it's not related to their actual name?

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