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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: tyketto on July 09, 2010, 04:22:10 AM
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Anyone happen to catch anything from Queen Elizabeth's trip to the UN and NYC? I can only assume that she flew into KJFK, and from the thread over at FlightAware, it appears that she flies commercial.
However, according to the 7340.2A, if the Queen is onboard a chartered aircraft, the callsign used wouldn't be the commercial company, but SparrowHawk, and KittyHawk, if using military aircraft.
She was in NYC for a little over 5 hours on 6 July.
BL.
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Before the days of the LCY-JFK route, she used to fly on Speedbird 1.
Not sure now though.
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Royal Flight Callsigns
4.4.1 The flight plan aircraft identification and the radiotelephony designators for flights flown in aircraft of No. 32 (The Royal)
Squadron, the Queen’s Helicopter Flight (TQHF) or in civilian chartered aircraft are as follows:
(a) Royal Flights. Royal flight callsigns are as follows:
(i) No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron (See note). The 3-letter operator designator KRF followed by an identification number
and the letter R, eg KRF 1R, and the radiotelephony callsign ‘KITTYHAWK’ followed by an identification number and
the letter R.
(ii) TQHF. The 3-letter designator TQF followed by an identification number and the letter R, eg TQF 1R, and the
radiotelephony callsign ‘RAINBOW’ followed by an identification number and the letter R.
(iii) Civilian Chartered Aircraft. The 3-letter designator KRH followed by an identification number and the letter R, eg
KRH 1R, and the radiotelephony callsign ‘SPARROWHAWK’ followed by an identification number and the letter R.