Who uses this plane?

[Dylan Smith]

On my fuel stop on the way to PJY, I spotted this Beech 1900:

http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-Pages/Image2.html

It has a 'United States of America' logo (a bit like the B747 that gets
used for Air Force One) but it has *no* N number indicating it's not a
civilian plane. It was a Pine Bluff, AR. on Friday. It looked like
whoever was travelling on it was at least going to play golf on their
trip. There were no NOTAMs or TFRs surrounding the aircraft so I'm
assuming whoever it/they were was not someone in the upper echelons of
government, but high enough to get ferried arround in an official United
States of America aircraft.

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[john smith]

In article >,
Dylan Smith > wrote:

> http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-Pages/Image2.
> html

Black and gold trim... looks like the United States Army.
B1900 is possibly an upgrade from the Sweringen Sewer Pipe.

[Skywise]

Dylan Smith > wrote in
:

> On my fuel stop on the way to PJY, I spotted this Beech 1900:
>
> http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-
Pages/Image2.html
<Snipola>

Flight aware came up with this...

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N60112

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[Jim Logajan]

Skywise > wrote:
> Dylan Smith > wrote in
> :
>
>> On my fuel stop on the way to PJY, I spotted this Beech 1900:
>>
>> http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-Pages/Image2.html
> <Snipola>
>
> Flight aware came up with this...
>
> http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N60112

Which sounds plausible, but the description in the FAA registry for that N
number yields a description that describes a single engine plane:

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=60112

[Adam Volcek]

Unfortunately the 60112 is the military designation for public aircraft (IE
Military). It is not a registration N-number.

Adam Volcek

"Jim Logajan" > wrote in message
...
> Skywise > wrote:
>> Dylan Smith > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> On my fuel stop on the way to PJY, I spotted this Beech 1900:
>>>
>>> http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-Pages/Image2.html
>> <Snipola>
>>
>> Flight aware came up with this...
>>
>> http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N60112
>
> Which sounds plausible, but the description in the FAA registry for that N
> number yields a description that describes a single engine plane:
>
> http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=60112

[Skywise]

"Adam Volcek" > wrote in news:4Lscg.72408$IZ2.47037
@dukeread07:

> Unfortunately the 60112 is the military designation for public aircraft (IE
> Military). It is not a registration N-number.
>
> Adam Volcek

True enough. But the aircraft type that comes up on FlightAware is
the same type of plane. That is at odds with the N number in the
FAA database. There's probably a different prefix used. For example,
the WB-57 I was tracking a couple months ago was "NASA928" even
though all that's on the tail is "928".

Brian
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[muff528]

Just curious --
Does the military still use the year the a/c was ordered as the first two
digits of the tail number?.. as in "1960" in this example (or maybe just the
first digit? as in "nineteen something-ty six")....followed by a serial
number? (This plane looks too young to be 1960.)
Tony P.

"Adam Volcek" > wrote in message
news:4Lscg.72408$IZ2.47037@dukeread07...
> Unfortunately the 60112 is the military designation for public aircraft
> (IE
> Military). It is not a registration N-number.
>
> Adam Volcek
>
> "Jim Logajan" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Skywise > wrote:
>>> Dylan Smith > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> On my fuel stop on the way to PJY, I spotted this Beech 1900:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-Pages/Image2.html
>>> <Snipola>
>>>
>>> Flight aware came up with this...
>>>
>>> http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N60112
>>
>> Which sounds plausible, but the description in the FAA registry for that
>> N
>> number yields a description that describes a single engine plane:
>>
>> http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=60112
>
>

[BTIZ]

"6" could/would be the last digit in the year of manufacture, and "0112" the
last part of the serial number to keep the digits to "5", it is a military
aircraft, and you can be assured that when flying it uses a SAM or other
"callsign", plus it's flight number and not it's "registration" number

BT


"muff528" > wrote in message
news:P2tcg.7213$kR6.2222@trnddc05...
> Just curious --
> Does the military still use the year the a/c was ordered as the first two
> digits of the tail number?.. as in "1960" in this example (or maybe just
> the first digit? as in "nineteen something-ty six")....followed by a
> serial number? (This plane looks too young to be 1960.)
> Tony P.
>
> "Adam Volcek" > wrote in message
> news:4Lscg.72408$IZ2.47037@dukeread07...
>> Unfortunately the 60112 is the military designation for public aircraft
>> (IE
>> Military). It is not a registration N-number.
>>
>> Adam Volcek
>>
>> "Jim Logajan" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Skywise > wrote:
>>>> Dylan Smith > wrote in
>>>> :
>>>>
>>>>> On my fuel stop on the way to PJY, I spotted this Beech 1900:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-Pages/Image2.html
>>>> <Snipola>
>>>>
>>>> Flight aware came up with this...
>>>>
>>>> http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N60112
>>>
>>> Which sounds plausible, but the description in the FAA registry for that
>>> N
>>> number yields a description that describes a single engine plane:
>>>
>>> http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=60112
>>
>>
>
>

[Gig 601XL Builder]

"Skywise" > wrote in message
...
> Dylan Smith > wrote in
> :
>
>> On my fuel stop on the way to PJY, I spotted this Beech 1900:
>>
>> http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-
> Pages/Image2.html
> <Snipola>
>
> Flight aware came up with this...
>
> http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N60112
>
> Brian
> --


Probably some 3 star General. There is a military installation in Pine Bluff

Military flight aren't listed on flight aware normally.


Database is screwed up

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=60112

[Ron Natalie]

Dylan Smith wrote:
> On my fuel stop on the way to PJY, I spotted this Beech 1900:
>
> http://www.alioth.net/pics/Pinckneyville-2006/Pinckneyville-2006-Pages/Image2.html
> \
The C-12J is the militarized 1900. It's used for transport and some
flight testing.