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Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 10, 2008, 11:56:29 pm

Okay guys, I'm totally stuck on what to name the planes in my operational fleet, so I'm going to defer to the public here.

NAMC YS11-A500
N200IX-operational
N201IX-operational
N202IX-operational
N203IX-operational

Gulfstream III
N210IX-operational
N211IX-operational
N212IX-(brokered, deliverable June 2nd)
N213IX-operational
N214IX-(brokered, deliverable July 1st)

McDonnell Douglas DC9-40
N050IX-(on order, deliverable June 16th)
N051IX-(on order, deliverable July 9th)

Designation:
N001IX-N049IX: Concorde (planned)
N050IX-N199IX: Mainline fleet
N200IX-N300IX: Regional fleet

Name away.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: specter177 on April 11, 2008, 12:07:13 am

NAMC YS11-A500
N200IX-operational - Spirit of Albany
N201IX-operational - Spirit of Boston
N202IX-operational - Spirit of Hartford
N203IX-operational - Spirit of Providence

Gulfstream III
N210IX-operational - Spirit of Dover
N211IX-operational - Spirit of Augusta
N212IX-(brokered, deliverable June 2nd) - Spirit of Concord
N213IX-operational - Spirit of Montipelier
N214IX-(brokered, deliverable July 1st) - Spirit of Trenton

McDonnell Douglas DC9-40
N050IX-(on order, deliverable June 16th) - Spirit of New York
N051IX-(on order, deliverable July 9th) - Spirit of Chicago

Designation:
N001IX-N049IX: Concorde (planned) - Democratic Countries (first one being Spirit of America)
N050IX-N199IX: Mainline fleet - Major U.S. Cities
N200IX-N300IX: Regional fleet - State Capitals

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: zkvac on April 11, 2008, 12:08:04 am

It gets pretty hard to name them all once you get more than say 30-40 planes :D

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: AirONE on April 11, 2008, 12:09:26 am

I just put my IATA code and the number

ONE-01
ONE-02
ONE-03
etc...

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 11, 2008, 12:12:15 am

Quote from: "specter177"

NAMC YS11-A500
N200IX-operational - Spirit of Albany
N201IX-operational - Spirit of Boston
N202IX-operational - Spirit of Hartford
N203IX-operational - Spirit of Providence

Gulfstream III
N210IX-operational - Spirit of Dover
N211IX-operational - Spirit of Augusta
N212IX-(brokered, deliverable June 2nd) - Spirit of Concord
N213IX-operational - Spirit of Montipelier
N214IX-(brokered, deliverable July 1st) - Spirit of Trenton

McDonnell Douglas DC9-40
N050IX-(on order, deliverable June 16th) - Spirit of New York
N051IX-(on order, deliverable July 9th) - Spirit of Chicago

Designation:
N001IX-N049IX: Concorde (planned) - Democratic Countries (first one being Spirit of America)
N050IX-N199IX: Mainline fleet - Major U.S. Cities
N200IX-N300IX: Regional fleet - State Capitals

I like that idea. Thanks. Maybe I'll go with cities around the world for concorde (starting with L'esprit de Paris)

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: specter177 on April 11, 2008, 12:14:19 am

Your welcome. I'm naming mine all Sci-Fi ship names, the first one of course being the Enterprise.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: Shawa on April 11, 2008, 12:24:27 am

I'm naming mine C-FQXX (XX Being a sequential letter system AA, AB, AC... ) and adding a nickname if i feel for it.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: travismb99 on April 11, 2008, 01:52:45 am

It's not particularly difficult to name 40-50+ planes. Just select sane naming systems for each particular aircraft types.

For example, I'm naming my HS-748s after American rivers. I could have 1,000 HS-748s and still not run out of names.

Fokker Fellowships are Revolutionary War battles. Again, there's plenty of those (even if I have to start getting down to the skirmish level.)

DC-9/B732Advs might be American mountains. MD-80s, American mountain ranges. B722Advs, American lakes/bodies of water. B752s (once we get there), American heroes (Martin Luther King, Jr., Edward Abbey, etc.) B763s, American presidents, perhaps. There's no shortage of naming systems - you just have to get creative.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 11, 2008, 01:58:57 am

Thankfully my naming systems are fleetwide. Of course I may have to go by aircraft type later on, but for now I'm going fleetwide.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: suntoucher on April 11, 2008, 02:47:06 am

Do I smell a Spirit of St. Louis?

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 11, 2008, 02:53:54 am

Quote from: "suntoucher"

Do I smell a Spirit of St. Louis?

Yes you do.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: specter177 on April 11, 2008, 03:16:13 am

Actually, I'm going to do it this way, since I don't want to steal the idea I gave you. ;)

Regional: Greek/Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes (no reason other than they have cool names)

Mainline: Countries around the world.

Special: Star Trek Ships

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: justinm on April 11, 2008, 09:11:39 am

how bout naming them for independence day celebrations of countries. like july 4?

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 11, 2008, 11:54:03 am

Quote from: "justinm"

how bout naming them for independence day celebrations of countries. like july 4?

Interesting....I may do that for Concorde...starting with Independence Day (or I could name them after flags) or maybe after treaties.

The Spirit of Independence Day
The Spirit of Canada Day (july 1st)
The Spirit of Bastille Day (July 14th)
etc. etc.

The Spirit of the Star Spangled Banner
The Spirit of the Tricolore
etc. etc. etc. (this would involve me doing LOTS of research)

The Spirit of the Treaty of Paris
The Spirit of the Treaty of Versailles
The Spirit of the Munich Pact
etc. etc. etc.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: zkvac on April 11, 2008, 12:19:01 pm

Quote from: "travismb99"

It's not particularly difficult to name 40-50+ planes. Just select sane naming systems for each particular aircraft types.

For example, I'm naming my HS-748s after American rivers. I could have 1,000 HS-748s and still not run out of names.

Fokker Fellowships are Revolutionary War battles. Again, there's plenty of those (even if I have to start getting down to the skirmish level.)

DC-9/B732Advs might be American mountains. MD-80s, American mountain ranges. B722Advs, American lakes/bodies of water. B752s (once we get there), American heroes (Martin Luther King, Jr., Edward Abbey, etc.) B763s, American presidents, perhaps. There's no shortage of naming systems - you just have to get creative.

I mean it takes too long to name all your planes. I have other things to worry about :lol:

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: sam051 on April 11, 2008, 12:23:24 pm

Mine is just

TRE-011
TRE-012
TRE-013
etc...

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: EXTspotter on April 11, 2008, 01:57:55 pm

I'm liking the state capitals for regional. 50 state capitals and 100 aircraft. Spirit of Austin #2 :p

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 11, 2008, 02:45:28 pm

Quote from: "EXTspotter"

I'm liking the state capitals for regional. 50 state capitals and 100 aircraft. Spirit of Austin #2 :p

I gave space for 100 aircraft, but I probably won't have more than 50 regional planes lol. And it's North American province/state capitals, which includes Canada, so it's more like 61 or so.

I designated 50 tail numbers for concorde even though I have no intention to own 50 concordes....:P

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: Steeler83 on April 13, 2008, 03:19:56 am

Is there a Spirit of Philadelphia or Spirit of Pittsburgh?

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 13, 2008, 03:20:41 am

Quote from: "Steeler83"

Is there a Spirit of Philadelphia or Spirit of Pittsburgh?

Not yet.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: boilermaker on April 13, 2008, 06:54:59 am

Strippers?

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 13, 2008, 06:56:41 am

Quote from: "boilermaker"

Strippers?

What?

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: Thanks_for_the_upgrade on April 13, 2008, 07:01:11 am

Strippers.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: yourefired on April 13, 2008, 07:10:57 am

What about strippers?

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: Thanks_for_the_upgrade on April 13, 2008, 07:22:13 am

Ask Boilermaker.

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: AndyCAK on April 13, 2008, 04:44:55 pm

As a Beijing based airline, I will be naming all my aircraft after Chinese Foods...

Wonton Express
Fried Rice Express
General Tso's Express
etc

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: travismb99 on April 13, 2008, 07:32:53 pm

Quote from: "zkvac"

I mean it takes too long to name all your planes. I have other things to worry about :lol:

I see it as part of the fun of the game. It's a hell of a lot more fun to research/develop realistic naming/numbering schemes than it is to get into some stupid click-fest fare war.  :lol:

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: boilermaker on April 16, 2008, 12:53:55 am

Quote from: "yourefired"

What about strippers?

Name your planes after strippers. You should enjoy the enjoy the research as well  :P

Title: Independence Air Aircraft naming contest
Post by: Steeler83 on April 16, 2008, 01:50:37 am

Quote from: "AndyCAK"

As a Beijing based airline, I will be naming all my aircraft after Chinese Foods...

Wonton Express
Fried Rice Express
General Tso's Express
etc

Curse you!  I might lose my girlfriend to your airline if she were to fly it.  She loves Chinese food!!!

But so do I :-)