Cool feature!, there were 2 people on my MAD-JFK flight on Jan.3.2010! Last week!

and one on Jun.28.2007

That is very cool. I got 7 hits dating back to 1991.

I have 40 hits and I found out, that the FT user airoli was on the same OS BKK-VIE flight. Great tool ! ^

I've been checking it out for a long time, and it's a great tool to find out more about the aircraft type, the registration, etc. In my case the search brings 32 results... but 24 of these are my children's flights. :D

Thanks I hadn't spotted that. Unfortunately requires flight numbers to be entered, which I haven't. I'm not going back through about 1700 records to add flight numbers.

As I look at different participants' categorization of flights, it is clear that this exercise runs the gamut from those who are very thorough (737-200, 737-300, etc.) to those who are less so.

My goal is just to be consistent, but I don't have a good enough grasp of airplanes to know whether I am accomplishing this as I move from one airline manufacturer to another. I'm looking for opinions from those who can shed some light on the subject.

For instance, if I choose just to list a 737 as one type of aircraft, should I list an MD-81, MD-82, MD-83, MD-88, and an MD-90 as 5 additional aircraft OR rather lump all of these or most of them (MD-90 possibly unique?) into a general category of MD-80's? Should 717's get their own unique category or be grouped with one of the MD-XX categories? What about Embraer 135's and Embraer 145's? CRJ100's and CRJ200's?

I understand that this probably boils down to a matter of personal preference, but I would like to make an informed decision. To put it into automobile terms, I want to avoid a situation where I have mindless classifications such as Ford, General Motors, Honda Accord LX Coupe, Honda Accord EX Sedan, Toyota Camry, Toyota Corolla, etc. Any insight on the matter would be greatly appreciated!

My rule of thumb is that if the airline makes a distinction (e.g., 763 vs 762 on AA), then I make that same distinction in recording the aircraft. I use the generic model numbers (763-200) instead of the airline-specific ones (763-223), though, so the same models flown by different airlines will group together.

Wow, that is a neat feature, not very accurate though.

I see ansett flew QF6, except he flew it from FRA-SIN whereas I flew it SIN-SYD. Not exactly the same flight, even though we were essentially on the same plane.


Its cool to see that mjlhou was on my YUL-IAD return and probably saw me waiting in line or boarding the plane... as my sister and I were probably the last to board.


All in all 3 hits, pretty cool... although I'd prefer to know this info ahead of time so I can possibly meet the FlyerTalker at the airport at least for a quick hello and introduction prior to boarding.


--Russ

^^^cool

It is totally a matter of personal preference. My practice is to make the distinctions based on what flightaware.com records the flight as being - which is fairly specific. So, for example, a 737-300 is certainly different from a 737-900 but likewise, a MD-82 is recorded as different from an MD-83. I can't say why I do it this way other than that it makes sense to me and if I started combining, I wouldn't see any logical place to stop other than very broad categories (i.e. Boeing 737 series would all be one category, Airbus 318/319/320/321 would all be one category, and possibly even all the CRJ's (100/200/700/900) would be one category too) and I don't think that provides enough distinction for me because a flight on a CRJ-100 is a very different experience than a flight on a CRJ-900. Likewise if I were on a 737-200 today I would be pretty unhappy but a 2nd generation 737 is a nice modern plane.

I have seen people who do keep track in very broad categories - I think I have seen other's flightmemories with "Canadair" and "Airbus" as plane types - and all I can say is, to each his/her own.

I like the "find other members" feature. Alas, I have no matches on my 325 flights :(

I noticed that the "show all flights taken in the last 24h" page still showed an amount of traffic around Europe over the past few days. How does that happen, is it people entering flight in advance?

Yes. According to flightmemory, I flew LHR-FRA on Thursday afternoon.

I'll delete it as soon as my next trips are booked. I always enter flights in advance (at time of booking), so that I can have a statistics forecast. Also it's kind of nice to get my Facebook updated with "just landed at XYZ with Airline", even tho this is usually wrong due to various delays...

Another advantage is that you could (theoretically) find other members who WILL BE on your upcoming flights, rather than who has been on a flight with you.

I also enter mine as soon as booked, mainly to keep track of my plans. Sometimes I think it's the only way I can remember where I'm going, and what I've already booked and still need to book!

I have been using this site since 2006. Who cares if in English or German?? Not me, it is a wonderful tracking tool.