Odd callsigns...revisited

[starchkr]

Ok, i know we had a thread about this not too long ago, but i have a couple i want to see if anybody knows.

"Beach Ball"... heard monday while leaving HOU

"Triple Dog"... Heard today while leaving HOU


Any clues?

 

[SSDD]

Key Lime?

 

[FreightGuyNTX]

Beech Ball is a charter company out of Del Rio Texas, can't remember the exact name of it, but they fly cargo in twin Beeches, and 402s, And the other one I think you may be referring to is Turbo Dog, based in Fort Wayne Indiana, again can't remember the company name, but they have Lears, and I'm not sure what else.
I guess I didn't quite answer the two very well, but maybe someone else could fill in some more blanks.

 

[Zarathustra]

Who is "Kansas"?

 

[SentryIP]

Call Sign

Zarathustra,

"Kansa" call sign is for one of the Kansas Air National Guard squadrons flying the KC-135R. Fly safe.

 

[Freight Dog]

callsign Kansas was also RTA

 

[airnik]

Kansas

I thought that Kansas was one of the charter ops out of Kansas City. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe they flew Citations.

 

[SDdriver]

Yeah "Kansas" was Ratheon travel air. Hope I spelled that right.

What was ASA's old call sign? I can't remember?

 

[Ted Striker]

ASA

ASA's old callsign was ACEY. Now it is Candler, which means nothing unless you are from ATL. Asa Candler and the Candler family owned the land that Hartsfield sits on now. They were also big money in that area and had something to do with Coke also. We had to change the callsign when we started flying west. There is an ANG or Guard unit out in New Mexico (I think) that is the Acey callsign. Evidently they are older than we are. FYI, I have never ever heard them on the radio.

 

[hyper]

How bout "Nightship"?

 

[SDdriver]

I am almost positive that Nightship is Martinaire flying caravans.

If I am wrong please correct me. I have heard that one a lot.

 

[BoxFlyr]

"nightship" is mid-atlantic freight flying caravans

 

[SDdriver]

Sorry, I was close, I thought it was one of them. Thanks.

 

[Fr8Dog]

Hey FreightGuyNTX, Turbo Dog is Air Cargo Express out of Fort Wayne like you said. One of their pilots told me that the owner was from Louisana and there was a beer down there called Turbo Dog so thats how they got their call sign.

 

[Vandal]

I remember "Snoopy One" reporting in on miami center a few months ago...was the metlife blimp.

 

[Birddog]

Heard the callsign "Billboard" over in Michigan this week. I assumed it was some blimp. Out in Moline, I have heard John Deere Citations using, cleverly enough, "Deer XX"

 

[propilot]

Does anyone know what an IFTA is? Heard in various parts of CA.

 

[charterpuke]

IFTA is International Flight Training Academy (All Nippon) out of Bakersfield, CA (BFL). They train All Nippon ab-initio Japanese students (future 747 drivers) in Barrons and Bonanzas.

 

[Cardinal]

"Georgia" or "Georgian"? I hear them alot down towards Boston, but never seen em.

 

[Smoking Man]

Georgian is a BE-1900 operator out of Canada, (Toronto??) I had them follow us into SDF, Lousville last month, they are Painted in Air Alliance, or Air Nova, colors.


Smoking Man