User talk:EuroSprinter

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[edit] DC-10

Just to say you have done a good job with DC-10 list, I dont have a problem with the list but it does appear to list a number of operators that have only wet-leased or charted aircraft. My query is that I believe the RAF did not operate a DC-10, one may have been chartered to take troops to Iraq but that is not the same as Operated. A comparable example is that the RAF is not listed as operating the Boeing 747 but the flights to the Falkland Islands are operated by chartered 747s using RAF callsigns, nobody would consider that they are RAF operated. MilborneOne 15:33, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Still not convinced that 47908 was actually operated by the RAF, as it remained Belgian registered it presumably flew with a Belgian-licenced crew. I suspect that it operated troop charters for the UK MoD which is not the same as being RAF operated. All the references so far have only been hobbist secondary references, really need to find a primary reference to what the aircraft was doing. I have added Leased as a comprise until I can find a primary source. MilborneOne 15:55, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment. I've changed the sentence to give it a broader meaning rather than just "operators". I've decided to use that word (operator) following what I've seen on other articles. --EuroSprinter 16:28, 10 November 2007 (UTC)