Something I’ve been coming across lately is the variations in the
Spanish s/n system.
Does anyone know for sure how it goes?
Example for the Buchons I come across: C4K-105 or C.4K-105 or
C4.K.105 etc.
The CASA 2.111 you get: B2-I-37 or B.2I.37 or B2-137 etc.
I saw a photo on Airliners.net that had a tail number showing “B 2.I.108”,
again a different prsentation.
Lastly, the BoB “Heinkel” G-AWHB seems to have three different s/n’s?
Robert Rudhall quotes B2-I-37, British civil register B2-I-57 and
someone else B2-157 or B2-137. The first two are top sources as well
so I don’t know who to go with on this….:confused:
By: zoot horn rollo - 16th January 2009 at 16:39
And you get Casa 212 in the photo-recon role with c/ns that start TR
By: kodak - 16th January 2009 at 15:34
What he said really, but the decimal point is treated as part of the serial. Letters can be combined for dual role, so a 2 seat (okay, combat capable but used for conversion training) Hornet would be a CE.15-??
By: Simon Beck - 16th January 2009 at 06:31
Thanks, that puts things in perspective.
By: contrailjj - 16th January 2009 at 05:07
I’m not sure whether this will help or not… (more current than ‘historic)
From Barry Wheeler’s ‘An Illustrated Guide to Aircraft Markings’ (1986)
Spanish role prefixes
A Attack
C Fighter
D Rescue
E Trainer
H Helicopter
P Patrol
R Reconnaissance
T transport
TK transport-tanker
UD utility
VA V/STOL attack
Z (previously helicopters)
Obviously no ‘B’ in there since the Spanish don’t operate ‘bombers’ anymore, but one can quickly surmise that the CASA 2.111 (based on the numbers you quote) was designated B2 while the specific aircraft item number was 137.
In a more modern sense… McD-D F/A-18A Hornet (EF-18) coded C15-75
C15 is the Role/type designator (so it’s not an F/A-18 but rather a C15) and this particular aircraft happens to be the 75th C15 in the Spanish inventory.
maybe this helps a bit..
James
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January 15, 2009 at 6:05 pm