absolute beginner in dire straits

[Robbie Robertson 978218]

hi i think i got everything i need but whats my callsign or how do i find out

cheers

[Jo Keeler 892070]

Should be in the PRC.... http://www.vatsim.net/prc

[Lennart Vedin]

Your call signal is what you desire to be for each flight, you may use same or chage for different flights.

 

Some tip:

1. For technical reason, dont use space or strange character in the callsignal. Use typical capital letter, optional dash, and digits.

2. Use callsign similar to real life. Example like for the airline you fly for.

 

Use ServInfo http://www.avsim.com/hangar/utils/servinfo for many reason, but you can also see other aircraft chose of callsign.

[Domingos Nunes 959014]

You may use any combination of letters and digits (up to eight, I think). This can be a personnal code, that you use all the time or, if you fly for a Virtual company, you will usually use the flight number as callsign. Be aware that the letters in this case are frequently "translated" somehow. Examples:

 

Flight Number Callsign

 

SAS123 Scandinavian 123

TAP123 Air Portugal 123

BAW123 Speedbird 123

 

This last one is the callsign for British Airways.

 

I hope this helps!

 

Regards,

 

Domingos

[Wycliffe Barrett]

Robbie

 

When you choose your callsign can I suggest that if your using a personal one that you choose something that you can say easily.

 

Dont forget that when you use a callsign that it will be in the phonetic alphabet.

 

As a controller I have seen some call signs and you think "Good Grief"

 

I saw one the other evening which was huge with numbers aswell. I cant remember it now thankfully, the guy didn't fly through my airspace. Also if your flying in the UK you will have to refix your callsign with a G

 

GWICK is my own personal Callsign.

 

GAM145 is one that I like to hear as it is so easy to readback as is GDAVE

 

So there you have it, if you want an airline callsign you cn find any number on the net via Google and doing a search for ICAO codes.

 

Sometimes if you choose a long callsign the controller will shotern it anyway so

 

ROBBIE123 could get shortened to Romeo 123 as opposed to Romeo Oscar Bravo Bravo India Echo 123

 

 

Happy Flying

[Trent Hopkinson]

American callsigns:

N123AB "One Two Three Alpha Bravo"

AAL123 "American 123"

UAL123 "United 123"

DAL123 "Delta 123"

JBU123 "Jet Blue 123"

 

etc

 

British Callsigns

GABCD "Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta"

BAW123 "Speedbird 123"

EZY123 "Easyjet 123"

VIR123 "Virgin 123"

 

I forget what Britannia and the TUI one is.

 

Australian Callsigns

VHABC "Alpha Bravo Charlie"

QFA123 "Qantas 123"

VOZ123 "Virgin 123"

 

Remember it's a good idea to fly a realistic callsign for your aircraft. British Airways don't fly Cessna C172's or F/A-18 Hornets, and alternitavley usually Boeing 767's operating p[Mod - Happy Thoughts]enger flights are owned by an airline.

 

General Aviation (Lear Jets, Cessnas, Helicopters, etc) usually use the "Registration" which is the N123AB or GABCD or VHABC kind of thing. Airline Flights should use their own company callign, even when flying maintenence/repositioning flights without p[Mod - Happy Thoughts]engers. You can either make up the callsign, or you can go to the website for the airline you want to fly as and see if they have any flights between the cities you are flying between and choose one of those.