[ACARS] New over The Netherlands (Another strange one, and my 3rd Beluga)

Sat May 30 05:57:04 EDT 2009

Dick,

>> 08:50 F-GDKK  * AFR173   ???? 1)

> I'm confused as why you concluded it is f-gFkk? Is it because it is only one character different from a real A320?
> (tying to learn here).
> Anyway I logged the same message with just one minor difference which is the flightnumer being AF1734 instead of AF173. Strange as 
> all other messages I logged mentioned AF173, just like yours.

Yes, just an educated guess. And a good one, I received this from John Snel:

LIBHOMERADAR heeft inderdaad de F-GFKK gespot op de AFR173

Contacted [UTC] Callsign Flightnumber Routing Registration Operator Type
2009/05/28 11:09 AFR173 AF0173 HAN-BKK-CDG F-GFKK Air France A320

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Gtx,

Bart Hoekstra
http://members.tele2.nl/bart.hoekstra/