[ACARS] Alphanumeric Callsigns

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:48:18 +0100

Smokey Behr wrote:

> Could they be using tail numbers instead of flight numbers? That's
> what it sounds like. 
> 
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:41:54 +0200, "Andreas Schmidt"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>In the last 15 minutes around 7 lh-aircraft landed at DUS using 
>>strange flight-numbers.
>>
>>Instead of "Lufthansa" and flight number they used (on the radio):
>>
>>Lufthansa 14 Zulu
>>Lufthansa 70 Zulu
>>Lufthansa 4 Tango
>>Lufthsnsa 7 Zulu Delta
>>Lufthansa 9 X-Ray Hotel
>>and so on.
> 
> 

No, they are definately flight numbers. I picked up another one off VHF 
this morning.

LH5950 EDDM-EGBB DLH3LM

rgds

Kevin