Logos

[RodBearden]

Thanks Terry - I'm sure their lives were happy, if short.

Here are more deletions of registrations for ICAO codes we've got:
Equatorial Guinea Govt: GGE
3CQQH


Tamir Airways: TMI
4XCLL


Libyan Air Ambulance: LYA
5ADFN


ASECNA: XKX
6VAFW


Star Aviation: DST
7TVNC


Winair: WVZ
9ADWA

Alliance Jet: ALE
9HIAR


Comlux Malta: MLM
9HUEC


Royal Malaysian Air Force: RMF
9MNAA


Berjaya Air: BVT
9MTAN


Execujet Middle East: EJO
A6KAH


Falcon Aviation Svcs: FVS
A6YMA


DC Aviation Al-Futtaim: DCF
A6CBO
A6MBS


And while I'm here, a replacement by special request:
7T-VPG: Government of Algeria

[RodBearden]

Thanks Terry
More:
Qatar Amiri Flight: QAF
A7AAH
A7HHJ
A7HHK
A7HSJ
A7MBK
A7MED

Qatar Executive: QQE
A7MHH

Royal Oman Police: ROP
A40CX

All Points Jet: ALP
B8269

MetroJet: MTJ
BKEY

Air Nimbus: NIM
CSDPV

[RodBearden]

Thanks Terry

Carrying on with the deletions:
Air Partners: SDE CFKBC
CFTLH
CFWRX
CGAXX

Execaire: EXA
CFAWZ
CFBCR
CFFCD
CFTMI
CGBDI
CGCDS
CGDPF
CGDPG
CGFCB
CGHMW
CGIIT
CGJDU
CGKTO
CGNRC
CGPGD
CGWLL

Fast Air: PBR
CFHPB
CFREE
CGFAV

[RodBearden]

Thanks Terry - replacement logo for the National Aerospace Laboratory - NLR (Netherlands) attached, and PH-LAB is deleted, along with the deletions in Reply #6728.

And here are more deletions:
Flightpath: KNT
CFWPF
CFXDB

Image Air: BMG
CFDSH
CFNVT
CFOWK
CFSEP
CFYTZ
CGURJ

Novajet: NOJ
CFXOO
CGTLX

PAL Aerospace: SPR
CFLMW
CGGLR

Starlink Aviation: TLK
CGDCC
CGOAB
CGOHB
CGOHI
CGROG

Anderson Air: ADS
CFABH

Canadian Pacific: CRR
CFCPR

[EK01]

NO.

[Runway 31]

Can I ask why the rush to delete all these aircraft from the database as it was all working well previously.  It was easy for users as all that was required was to download and install the logos from Rods page but now loads are gone and if you want the logo displayed on a club fleet aircraft, users now have to do it themselves for each aircraft.

I cant work out the rationale for this backward step.  A lot of work had went into adding them to the logo database and to get rid of them seems daft to me.  I dont remember any complaints from users about the way it was or even a discussion n the way to go forward, maybe I missed it?

Fortunately current users will have the deleted logos already in the folder but new users will be disadvantaged.  If anyone wants a copy of the logos from before these mass deletions let me know and I can send it on

Alan

[Runway 31]

I had missed that post, thanks but the decision had already been taken and the first deletions were on that post.  While the fleets may well be area specific you dont need to be in that local area to see the aircraft as network users can see these aircraft on their screen wherever they are in the world.

I sincerely hope there is no intention of expanding this area specific policy to other aircraft for example biz jets and military

While users can do it for themselves some users are not very computer literate so it was good that all they had to do previously was download and install and didn't have to bother about doing anything else

Thankfully I have the logo download from before the deletions so all I need to do is add new ones I want.   Nowadays everyone has plenty of storage on their computers so space is not the same issue as it was say 10 years ago

Alan

[RodBearden]

Hi Alan

I think the main point is that there were so many obsolete and logos there, and hardly any new ones. There were also wrong logos (after changes of operator without a registration change). I haven't got the time or inclination to monitor and update the world's general aviation fleet, and no-one ever posts or sends me updates for them, except occasional requests for new ones. As you say, no-one much cares about the disk space that these logos take up, but the wrong'uns are a problem that hardly anyone would notice - probably the worst kind of error. I don't think anyone has ever requested logos for new aircraft joining clubs, schools or companies for which we already have a logo, so there are hardly any new fleet aircract registrations represented since the original logos were done, often many years ago.

I'm happy to create and update the logos for operators, but keeping logos for individual registrations up to date is too large a job. Of course I too have copies of all the zips I've posted on my downloads page over the last few years, and users are welcome to contact me for old versions (the most recent pre-purge one was dated 22 February this year).

No-one has to implement these deletions, and installing new All Logos zips won't delete anything at all if users just use copy and paste, replacing existing files and adding the new ones to keep up to date. (Some of the oldest ones may still be in the software install package.)

As for military aircraft, we have very few individual registration logos (except for exceptionally interesting, usually historic, ones such as some BBMF aircraft), and mission codes (and ICAO codes) are safe!

[Runway 31]

No worries Rod, thanks for the explanation and rationale behind the decision filling in details left out of the previous post and it makes sense to me now.  I understand your concern for keeping them up to date and appreciate how large a job it is and the time it takes.  As stated it doesn't affect me as I don't download the packages only taking them off this page as you add them in or update them

Regarding military I was thinking about for example the Colombian Air Force but one logo does them all

Alan

[RodBearden]

Moving on to Canadian deletions:

Seneca: BZQ
CFDTS

Summit Air: SUT
CFPSH

Irving: KCE
CFRKI

Chartright: HRT
CFXGO

FlightExec: FEX
CFXXU

Pacific Sky: LVW
CGDTB

MAGNA: MGR
CGMGX

RCMP: SST
CGMPB

Pratt & Whitney Canada: PWC
CGPAW

ACASS: SON
CGQPA

Ornge: PUL
CGRXM

Suncor: JSN
CGSUN

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum: CWH
CGVRA

[RodBearden]

And German deletions:
Aeroways: MCK
DCBAY
DCIAO
OEFIX

Aerowest: AWH
DCAPB
DCARO
DCAWB
DCAWK
DCAWN
DCAWO
DCAWR
DCAWX
DIAWG

Air Independence: DLY
DAAAX
DAAAY
DATMJ
DAWBF
DFORH
OEITH

Heron Aviation: HRN
DAHRT

Spree Flug: SFG
DCLIF

Air Alliance: AYY
DCMOR

Liebherr: LHB
DILAT

[RodBearden]

In the last few days we've seen both Portugal and Spain Air Forces using the LINCE callsign for VIP flights, so I've done a combined logo for them:

LINCE - Portuguese Air Force and Spanish Air Force VIP flights

[RodBearden]

And in the world of airlines, TAAG Angola are doing a rebrand so here's their new logo:

DTA - TAAG Angola

[RodBearden]

Some brand new ICAO codes:

AAO - Alpha Aviation (Czechia)
BMA - BermudAir
EMO- Skyemotion (Austria)
PVR - Priv'Air (France)

[RodBearden]

Thanks Terry - that's done and here's the modified D008.dat file for those who want it.