Aircraft Designations/Names

[Steamy Window]

the ARW has done parachute drops out of them (tha Casa, i mean)

[Goldie fish]

The Casa is a maritime patrol aircraft,and actually made the dauphin redundant,and the USCG has selected them too...

[faughanballagh]

Dammit, mixed up the number with something else. :D

Marine protection-don't you need choppers for that? I mean like drug busts and the like. Unless the CASA also does a paratrooper drop role.

[futurepilot]

what? we don`t. we have casa 235`s and their role is marine protection and several other secondary roles

[faughanballagh]

CASA 212-Now that we ended SAR, why the hell do we still have this thing?

[ForkTailedDevil]

The love for their planes is readily apparent in those last two names:p

Seriously though I think some names need to be dreamt up and officially applied to let the aircraft stand out from other nations.Even Slovenia have decided on Swift for their PC9s.It just feels to me like there isn't much love or caring for thier aircraft:( (small violin plays mournfully in the background)

[Tony Kearns]

Avro 621 Trainer (1930) The Cow (it was underpowered)
Avro 548 Trainer (1926) The Submarine ( it wouldn't climb)
I have seen these quoted in pilots personal logbooks.
Tony K

[Goldie fish]

HS125-700 = Government Jet
Gulfstream G3 = Government jet
Gulfstream GIV = Government Jet
Learjet = Ministerial Aircraft...(small Government jet)
PBN Defender = Garda plane
EC135 = New Garda Heli
AS355 = Pigs that Fly....

[ForkTailedDevil]

Are the PC-9s receiving a designation or name for Irish service? If not anyone got any suggestions? I'd rather have something other than PC-9s to call them.
Actually did the IAC christen any of its planes with anything other than the commercial names?