Thunderbirds serial numbers ?

FALCON16 · by **FALCON16** » 26 Dec 2018, 17:50

Hello,
I have just seen the XMAS - NY video from the "Thunderbirds".
https://www.facebook.com/AFThunderbirds ... EwNDgxODM/
Noted that they have 9 F-16's in demo colors, 7x F-16C & 2x F-16D.
!!! The newest "member" is F-16D is 91-0467.

According to my records, the following serials are now in ADS colors:
91-0392, 91-0467, 91-0479, 92-3880, 92-3881, 92-3888, 92-3896, 92-3898, 92-3908.
Anybody that can cfm this serials are correct?

What about 91-0478 F-16D that was seen in partial ADS colors/

Grtz
Dirk

Boman · by **Boman** » 26 Dec 2018, 18:25

Go to the Aircraft Database and type inn ADS as search criteria, and you will get all the Vipers that ever flew with the Thunderbirds.
91-0478 was not one of them.

FALCON16 · by **FALCON16** » 06 Jan 2019, 10:09

Hi Niels,
Tks for reply.
Unfortunately this list seems not to be correct or actual updated.
92-3880 is mentioned as w/o, in fact this is 91-0413
91-0467 is not listed as ADS
91-0478 was or is also an ADS F-16 (see pic)
Grtz
Dirk

Boman · by **Boman** » 06 Jan 2019, 12:27

The registry is only as good as the input given to it. If no-one have reported that 91-0467 now is with the ADS, then who's to know?

As for 91-0478, I believe this is a mix-up/misread of 91-0479.

Scramble.nl has both 91-0413 and 92-3880 listed as written off April 4th 2018, so also JoeBaugher's page so also this registry. Correct aircraft for the April 4th 2018 mishap is 91-0413 as per AIB report:
https://www.acc.af.mil/Portals/92/AIB/1 ... 132501-787

92-3890 was written off June 2, 2016 as noted by both this registry and Scramble, however not by JoeBaugher's page.
http://www.airforcemag.com/AircraftAcci ... County.pdf

From this, it should be clear that 92-3880 still flies with the ADS.

If there is errors in the database, we who may know need to send update requests to have it corrected. Otherwise the error stays.

Bjorn · by **Bjorn** » 06 Jan 2019, 18:22

Hi Niels and Dirk,

T-birds history indeed isn't very straight forward. To clarify a bit. 92-3880 was a mistake by me. It was indeed 91-0413 that crashed and we have it as such, but I forgot to delete the 92-3880 entry. So this one is still flying with the T-birds which is also backed by pictures.

About the status of both 91-0467 and 91-0478. We weren't aware that the first one was included, but the FB movie clearly has it (so I already added this to our DB). The status of the latter is still unknown, but with 467 having entered the game I presume this bird was indeed merely a short termed stopgap.

Greets,