*What* do you Name Your Planes?

[travismb99]

I forgot to mention that I put simulated regs on my aircraft too.

The number series are forms of NxxxDA or NxxxAK, and each fleet type gets its own numbering subset.

N100DA is always my first aircraft; two-number planes are generally stop-gap types to be leased/sold as soon as economically possible, and three-number aircraft are part of the permanent fleet.

[Vamerica]

I have only named tree of mine...

Firsty

Big Red

Big Bro

[jameswyhk]

Wait! I am going to name on of my aircraft after Ms Teresa Tang.

[czhang]

I do the second most boring thing after reg codes

Spirit of XXX

My BAe-146 is called Spirit of San Francisco
and my leased out Beaver is called Spirit of the Mountains
and my next plane will be Spirit of the Pacific

[Coll_alliance]

I used to do Pan Am style but now I go by country and aircraft.

E.g. BAe-146 = A6-FAA - Country designator-F (initial for my airline) A (Designator for BAE 146 as it was the first type in my fleet) A (the first bae 146)

ANother example.

EMB-110P2A  A6-FBA. Thus it is from FL350, it is type B (in this case an EMB-110) and the first one.

(THis is how Air NZ Does it - same with most other airlines I think)

[Steeler83]

Right now, my aircraft aren't named, but I think I might have an idea.  I have decided to name my aircraft after geograhical points of interest throughout PA and the Northeast.  (Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, Youghiogheny, Susquehanna, Mt. Davis, Tuscarora, Hudson, Seneca.

I might even give them a theme based on base location as well.

[thecoffeecake]

My 2 planes are named Espirit de Quebec and Explorateur de Saint-Laurent. If you cant tell its Spirit of Quebec and St Lawrence Explorer

[ealvarez]

i do mine with IATA and aircraft numberd in order. DF-001, DF-002 etc... etc...

[Emirates]

QAT-001, QAT-002 etc

[seafly4fun]

I haven't named any of my planes this round but last round I named them after Madonna related things, like albums, singles, tours and family members  :oops: My airline is even named after her

[Steeler83]

I am naming my BGA Link fleet (Shorts 360s) after regional names/afiliations of the Northeast (Pittsburgh based), and my DC based aircraft are named after senators and state governors.  Fokker and DC9 aircraft will be named after first ladies (DC) or physical landmarks in the region (PIT), and Boeing and L-1011s will be named after fmr presidents (DC) as well as more landmarks (PIT).

[airplane2011@msn.com]

It depends.  If they are aircraft I'm selling or leasing through Midwest Aircraft Sales, they are named "Midwest Aircraft Sales".   If they are in my airline's fleet, I name them after what city gives me the most DOP such as "Spirit Of Seattle".

[Steeler83]

I am actually giving my somewhat of an IATA-type name:  BGA-1201 (737s) BGA-1101/1151 (DC-9s) etc...

[EXTspotter]

Mine is easy:

Choose a starting registration (My 146 was G-FBPA)

Change one of the letters for a new type (My next type, F27-500s became G-FBQA/B/C...)

I am selling all my aircraft apart from the F27s, leaving my fleet as:
G-FBQA
G-FBQB
G-FBQC
G-FBQD
G-FBQE
G-FBQF

I then bought Dornier 3 DO-28 D2s which got the regs:
G-FBRA
G-FBRB
G-FBRC
These are now up for sale.

I also run a small broker business, which has 2 aircraft on order at the moment:

G-FBSA (727-100 bound for Asian Express)
G-FBTA (F28-3000 bound for Denali)

The letter for these depends on the customer, rather than the type.

[Seattle]

I name mine after my destination cities, not airports.