r/flightradar24 • u/Purple-Direction7775 • 1d ago

Wtf?

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u/Regular-Cricket-4613 1d ago edited 8h ago

Probably a newer jet which got a registration that used to belong to a Cessna 172, and FlightRadar24's tail number source still had the old data and hasn't displayed an update yet for the new registration of that tail number.

I've seen this happen on FR24 a few times before. Not too uncommon actually.

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u/opteryx5 1d ago

Thanks, was curious about the actual explanation.

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u/dellenwood 1d ago

Same, had to scroll a bit to get to this, thank you!

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u/Limp_Mobile3105 20h ago

I muttered “someone must actually have a clue…” as I was scrolling 🤣😂

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u/xdubyagx 8h ago

I was singing cake, thinking that and scrolling.

Good times

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u/Regular-Cricket-4613 1d ago

No problem :)

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u/yougotthesilver 19h ago

What you don't like a million stupid jokes?

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u/Intergalatic_Baker 1d ago

Hell, we had a wrecked plane with no wings attached to the front, saying it was flying 46,000ft over the Atlantic. We all had a chuckle and all agreed that someone should get a snap of it set up, you know…

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u/Mountain_Bag_2095 15h ago

Interesting, which countries recycle tail numbers? I’m pretty sure the CAA here in the U.K. don’t recycle them.

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u/C4-621-Raven 14h ago

I know the US and Canada definitely do reuse them. In the US it costs some token fee like $10 a year to reserve an N number, some people hold on to vanity registrations and try to sell them at a marked up price.