Aircraft Registration [BA2039 LGW-MCO, 23 May 2022]
May 22, 2022, 1:00 pm
#46
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It is showing as a delay on Flightstatus.
ba.com/flightstatus
Knowing LGW there is likely to be some shuffling around of limited aircraft options, so perhaps waiting for another aircraft arriving tomorrow to be reallocated to MCO.
ba.com/flightstatus
Knowing LGW there is likely to be some shuffling around of limited aircraft options, so perhaps waiting for another aircraft arriving tomorrow to be reallocated to MCO.
May 22, 2022, 1:05 pm
#47
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ah ok, I’ve never used flight status before so thanks for sharing that.
May 23, 2022, 12:10 pm
#49
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Is it just me, or does anyone else find this persistent questioning about just one flight from someone who by their own admission(post 39) is ‘passionate about aviation’, and an ‘av geek’(post 34), but who seems unaware of the availability of basic info, somewhat concerning?
May 23, 2022, 12:22 pm
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Is it just me, or does anyone else find this persistent questioning about just one flight from someone who by their own admission(post 39) is ‘passionate about aviation’, and an ‘av geek’(post 34), but who seems unaware of the availability of basic info, somewhat concerning?
May 23, 2022, 1:36 pm
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You are not alone in logging the registrations of aircraft you've flown on. But you simply can't know for sure which aircraft you are flying on until the moment the aircraft lifts off the runway.
May 23, 2022, 1:44 pm
#54
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I think that you have already been told: Only insiders will have access to this information. And there is absolutely no point whatsoever asking for it in advance for your purposes, because (as you have already found out) it can and frequently does change, almost up to the point of departure.
You are not alone in logging the registrations of aircraft you've flown on. But you simply can't know for sure which aircraft you are flying on until the moment the aircraft lifts off the runway.
You are not alone in logging the registrations of aircraft you've flown on. But you simply can't know for sure which aircraft you are flying on until the moment the aircraft lifts off the runway.
May 23, 2022, 4:17 pm
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I honestly don't think it is.
We should all bear in mind that here we have a relatively new member of our flyertalk community who is just overkeen to know the registration number etc. A very enthusiastic AV geek by their own admission so I think we should cut them a little slack.
As for bizarre threads, if you want to see some
I know a website where you can read about people flying from the UK to Budapest to then fly back to the UK, then onwards to Helsinki before stopping in at least 2 USA airports before then heading out to Honolulu. Some of them even do it 3 or 4 times a year! 
(I honestly do enjoy reading about such TP runs, hat tip to those who find them, share them and post their experiences)
Pete
We should all bear in mind that here we have a relatively new member of our flyertalk community who is just overkeen to know the registration number etc. A very enthusiastic AV geek by their own admission so I think we should cut them a little slack.
As for bizarre threads, if you want to see some
I know a website where you can read about people flying from the UK to Budapest to then fly back to the UK, then onwards to Helsinki before stopping in at least 2 USA airports before then heading out to Honolulu. Some of them even do it 3 or 4 times a year! (I honestly do enjoy reading about such TP runs, hat tip to those who find them, share them and post their experiences)
Pete
Last edited by PETER01; May 23, 2022 at 4:23 pm