P-3 or CP-140?

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Skyhunter wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 11:36 pm Really, who the f*** cares.
Obviously some people do..and you`ve clarified that you`re not one of them. Thanks for sharing.
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When I flew Metros, ATC sometimes called them Merlins, and when I flew 1900s they sometimes called them Super King Airs. In every circumstance, I always filed a complaint directly with the Minister of Transport. :roll:
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Super king air is the marketing name for the 200/300 series. The 1900 is the super duper king air.
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Diadem wrote: Fri May 24, 2019 6:09 pm When I flew Metros, ATC sometimes called them Merlins, and when I flew 1900s they sometimes called them Super King Airs. In every circumstance, I always filed a complaint directly with the Minister of Transport. :roll:
Before they added the type designator "B190", the Beech 1900 was filed as BE02, which caused confusion with the Beech 200.
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The GPH 204A is the military flight planning guide. It details the ICAO flight plan and what to put where. We don’t use RCAF type designators, we use ICAO ones. In 15 years of flying Sea Kings, I only ever entered S61 as the aircraft type. CT156 Harvard II was entered as TEX2, CH148 Cyclone is entered as S92. And so on.
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CH124 Driver wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:36 pm CT156 Harvard II was entered as TEX2...
This made me chuckle. Shouldn't it be PC9? Just kidding...just kidding....
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linecrew wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:37 am
CH124 Driver wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:36 pm CT156 Harvard II was entered as TEX2...
This made me chuckle. Shouldn't it be PC9? Just kidding...just kidding....
If it were a PC9, yes. But it’s not. They’re different with different designators.

https://www.icao.int/publications/DOC86 ... earch.aspx
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CH124 Driver wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:01 pm
linecrew wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:37 am
CH124 Driver wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:36 pm CT156 Harvard II was entered as TEX2...
This made me chuckle. Shouldn't it be PC9? Just kidding...just kidding....
If it were a PC9, yes. But it’s not. They’re different with different designators.

https://www.icao.int/publications/DOC86 ... earch.aspx
True in a sense but it' not always the case. An example is the Russian built Lisunov Li-2, a copy of the DC-3 where no parts are compatible due to the fact that they are all measured in metric, but shares the same ICAO designator of DC-3. The Beech Mk. II (aka Texan II/Harvard II) is essentially a Pilatus PC-9 but has it's own designator.
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I used to be a tech on the aurora and I have flown many time with the aircraft in the us, Canada and internationally. I can’t remember them using the p3 designator in Canada but I heard them use it many times outside Canada. They would use it with their CANFORCE callsign.

Basically, the first aurora was a p3 airframe with the s2 Vikings avionics suite but with the latest bloc II and III avionics, it’s a totally different animal today that has nothing to do with the original.
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