When you select an aircraft to fly, there are 2 important fields, namely:
TAIL (REGISTRATION) NUMBER
and below that...
FLIGHT NUMBER
If the flight number is left at the default value of 0, then the tail
(registration) number is used for ATC communications.
Keep in mind, that the TAIL/REGISTRATION is alhpa/numeric, and the leading
alpha character(s) denotes the country where the aircraft is registered
i.e., it's birth place! e.g., all Canadian arcraft's registration numbers
start with the letter C. All USA aircraft start with the letter N... Why
N? --- I have no idea.
The FLIGHT number is numeric only; typically 2-4 digits.
I hope this helps.
r
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Puzzuoli, Al <alpuzz@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Sometimes after I go through the steps to create a flight, and then
actually try to fly that flight, IYP will inform me that my flight has no
flight number, and the tail number will be used instead. Other times, I do
get assigned a flight number. I’m not sure what the difference is. In the
cases where I’m not getting a flight number, does that mean I’ve done
something incorrectly?
Thanks,
Al
