Database up to date?

Ztex

I have noticed an ever increasing number of registration numbers that are either not in the database or are not up to date when I try to upload them.

I currently have 31 photos of currently flying US civilian registered aircraft that, I have photographed in the past 2 months, in my workshop, that are not in the database.

Is the DB still auto updated from the FAA info or has that changed?

Zane the Curious.

MalcolmClarke

Hello Zane the Curious.

No, the auto download from the FAA database was abandoned by Ken some many moons ago.

If this gives rise to any problems, please give us a shout.

Malcolm the Helpful (hopefully!)

Ztex

Malcolm,

OK, that makes sense. Most of the ones that I run into are fairly recent registrations or recently changed. Although today I had one that was a 2008 reg.

It it just a bit time consuming to have to enter the data manually. Doable but just a little aggravating.

Thanks,

Zane

gbmax

Zane the Curious,

I did registered several aircrafts that I took photos but aircraft wasn't registered yet, most reliable source to get data, I think, is http://www.airfleets.net/home/

Just make sure to enter right info in right fields that are mandatory.

And just to make sure, I did check on the forum if I did enter everything right.

Ztex

For US registered stuff , I get it from the horses mouth, so to speak.

Other countries are not as easy.

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=238LN

gbmax

I don't understand what the problem is, starting with OP...

If you want to upload a photo of an aircraft that's isn't registered yet, you could either ask someone on here to register that aircraft or register it yourself by finding correct data..it's not hard.

To find other countries based aircraft are as easy as US based ones...

Whining and complaining on here won't help...

I do find everything I need because it's my hobby...And I don't want to bother everytime mods or admin...

When I do, I want to make sure all data I did enter is correct

ChrisHall

The updating of the database is an ongoing task for the admin team, I check new airliner deliveries everyday and add them to the DB. For the UK register, GINFO has a weekly "whats new" page that I also use.

There are many places on the internet to find aircraft details, but if you are adding a new profile for an aircraft that has been reregistered, please make sure you use the "link" feature.

For Airliners I use http://www.planespotters.net/LatestDeliveries

For BizJets I use either http://rzjets.net/aircraft/ or http://www.airframes.org

For Helicopters http://www.rotorspot.nl/index.htm

An other option is to search the official Civil Aviation Authority for a particular country

Canada http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/quicksearch.asp

France http://www.immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html

Ireland http://www.flyinginireland.com/aircraftsearch.html

New Zealand http://www.caa.govt.nz/script/AirReg2.asp?From_Month=1&From_Year=1990%20&To_Month=1&To_Year=2004

Swiss http://www.bazl.admin.ch/experten/luftfahrzeuge/luftfahrzeugregister/index.html?lang=en

plus many more that I have bookmarked.

If you are having difficulty finding details for a registration number, you can always post in the forum

regards

Chris

Admin team

MalcolmClarke

gbmax

Please calm down a little please!

Ztec was in no way " Whining and complaining" as you put it. He is a respected member of our community and only expressed surprise that auto downloads from the FAA database had been discontinued.

I personally am occasionally disappointed that members/visitors do not take greater care to ensure that, not only do they raise an appropriate profile when required but to also complete it as we expect them to do.

Chris's listings of information sources is therefore timely.

Also, please bear in mind that the objectives of the Admin team is not only to maintain the integrity of the database but also to provide assistance in respect of anything relating to aviation and the Airport-Data website.

Malcolm.

Airport-Data

Zane and all,

The reason to drop FAA auto update is that FAA data is not consistent. Many times the script caused large amount of duplicates, only because one field in the data has changed slightly.

So after careful consideration, I decided to drop the import script. It led to more work than help.

Ken

Ztex

Malcolm,

Thanks for your kind words of support. : : : I was feeling more like a beer than wine...but that's jut me...hehehe

Chris,

Thanks for the links.. I did not have a couple of them

Here's another one that I use ( among the many )

http://www.aerotransport.org/

I greatly appreciate the work that the admins do here on A-D. It cannot be easy to keep up with the massive amount of data.

I do try very hard to make sure my manually added data is correct.

I too am amazed at the complete lack of care taken by some who manually enter data.

It's McDonnell Douglas... not Macdonel or McDonald or McDonnel etc. etc. lol

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Thanks guys! you're doing a great job!

"Respected member of the community" huh? My wife might disagree! HA! :