[ACARS] Weird tall number

[Bart Hoekstra]

Hi,

> 87-0025 is a C-17A Globemaster III with construtionnumber T-1.
> It's operated by 418th FLTS which is a test unit.
> See http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0453949/L/ for a picture.
> 
> I guess this is the one you're looking for.

>>ACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: 70025A  [ ]  Message label: H1  
>>Block id: 4  Msg no: F02A  Flight id: MCFAMC  []  [USAF]  
>>Message content:-  #M1B/BA 
>>EDWA1MC.AT1.70025A224DB550C458B066B983064B5C208736AB141061D4C75D

I hope you're right. A test aircraft equipped with ACARS could be the 
start of all Globemasters being equipped with ACARS... Now that would be 
interesting. Not for certain of course... The British equipped their RAE 
BAC111 with ACARS, but that was also the only RAF plane ever to be 
catched on ACARS. We'll just have to wait and see.

-- 
Gtx,  Bart.

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