[ACARS] 01-0040 again and Venus 70

[Peter Lewthwaite]

Hi Dick,

See you're still alive ! Hope all is OK.

You scribbled ..... and pondered .....

> Hello all,
> 
> I received another "hit" from this unident. a/c today (it's unidentified
to
> ME, anyway!)
> 
> ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: 01-0040
> Message label: Q0  Block id: 3  Msg. no: M77A
> Flight id: MC0V70
> -------------------------------------[07/01/2003 13:16]
> 
> In the flight i.d, the "0" characters are both "Zeros"
> 
> At 1835z I copied "Venus 70" on 6622kcs with Shanwick.
> Selcal, for those who require it, is QS-AG. With a callsign like "Venus
70"
> on R/T , and "Victor 70" on ACARS, it's got to be one and the same a/c,
> surely?
> 
> Now, all we've got to do is find out what it is :-)

Well, the solution is at hand. Found this which will confirm the id of
Venus 70 and help you tie up the selcal. The aircraft stopped over at
Shannon.
 
> 07-Jan				
> 	O1-0040	C.40		USAF   "Venus 70"

Cheers,

Peter


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> Dick
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