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    Continental Aircraft Numbers

    When you check flight status on Continental.com, it tells you the aircraft # that will be operating your flight. Does this number correlate to any other number, like the N number or the serial number?

    For example, tonight's flight 56 EWR-CDG is to be operated by a 767-400ER, aircraft #57.

    Here is the airfleets.net roster of CO 767s: http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Cont ... e-b767.htm
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: Continental Aircraft Numbers

    The only correlation is that the last three digits of the registration number
    are also the fleet number. If you look at the fleet in general, a sampling
    of the breakdown looks like this: B777= 0XX, B757= 1XX, B735=6XX.
    The 738 fleet is large enough that it spans both the 2XX and 5XX series.

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    Re: Continental Aircraft Numbers

    N66057's fleet number is 057, so I'm assuming there is correlation.

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    Re: Continental Aircraft Numbers

    Quote Originally Posted by Hussman75
    The only correlation is that the last three digits of the registration number
    are also the fleet number. If you look at the fleet in general, a sampling
    of the breakdown looks like this: B777= 0XX, B757= 1XX, B735=6XX.
    The 738 fleet is large enough that it spans both the 2XX and 5XX series.

    hth!
    Spot on! They always use the last 3 digits of the reg for ship #

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    Re: Continental Aircraft Numbers

    Awesome, thanks guys.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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