Simviation Forum - Aircraft Registration Numbers

Reply #15 - May 26^th, 2010 at 5:15am

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In Australia we use the VH- prefix followed by 3 random letters. VH-MAB for example. Which leaves 17,576 possible combinations to be shared by GA, commercial liners, helicopters, ballons, recreational and gliders. Luckily we can re-use old registrations here. And as of September 2009, there were 12,477 aircraft on the Australian Civil Aircraft Register. Wink

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Reply #16 - May 26^th, 2010 at 9:40am

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Fozzer wrote on May 25^th, 2010 at 10:55am:

G = United Kingdom (England)... Wink

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Often to their dismay, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, along with England, comprise the United Kingdom

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Reply #17 - May 26^th, 2010 at 11:33am

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Hagar wrote on May 25^th, 2010 at 12:45pm:

G-BPLF was allocated to a hot-air balloon in 1989 & cancelled in 2001. British registration letters cannot be re-allocated.

I've just noticed this....... Rather apt that Paul's registration was for a HOT AIR balloon Wink

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Reply #18 - May 26^th, 2010 at 12:21pm

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Tyler012 wrote on May 25^th, 2010 at 8:03pm:

Hagar wrote on May 25^th, 2010 at 4:54pm:

I'm no mathematician & have no idea of the number of possible permutations in a 4-letter registration. Perhaps some clever clogs can work it out. (The letter Q is not used in UK registrations.)

There are approximately 1,679,616 combinations that can be used in 4 unit registrations with 26 letters and 10 numbers, including Q. There are 1,500,625 without Q.

Sorry, my genious is showing Roll Eyes

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In a standard 5 unit registration excluding "N" there are only 658,008. wierd huh? Grin

In Britain, the registration is four units, composing of 25 different letters. The number for the US is low, considering the number can be between 1-5 units, using all numerals, and the last two are optionally letters. I would think the number of possibilities would be very large.

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Reply #19 - May 26^th, 2010 at 3:36pm

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I picked my reg # from an old license plate on my pick-up truck 2CW- 432 and just change the 2 to an N, NCW432.

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Reply #20 - May 26^th, 2010 at 6:20pm

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Ang2dogs wrote on May 26^th, 2010 at 3:36pm:

I picked my reg # from an old license plate on my pick-up truck 2CW- 432 and just change the 2 to an N, NCW432.

US Registries only allow for letters at the end of the number, such as N432CW.

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Reply #21 - May 27^th, 2010 at 8:06am

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From the FAA website:
I little history of the N number in the US. Brief mention of G, as well as M and B for the UK.

http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registr...

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Reply #22 - May 28^th, 2010 at 1:39pm

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DaveSims wrote on May 26^th, 2010 at 6:20pm:

Ang2dogs wrote on May 26^th, 2010 at 3:36pm:

I picked my reg # from an old license plate on my pick-up truck 2CW- 432 and just change the 2 to an N, NCW432.

US Registries only allow for letters at the end of the number, such as N432CW.

Your right on Davy. When I was looking for a tail#, I was looking for one that I can rember and hear easy when ATC called and I 1st went with N432CW, but one day I googled that reg and found out it belong to a Beech 400A. So as not to piss anyone off by using that # when on multiplayer, and to be sure I was the only one to have it I changed it back to the lic plate #. But now according to
Al_Fallujah's post regarding http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registr... I could change my tail# to NC432W, but that belongs to a glider, so now just to try and be "as real as I can get" I'm doing a search for the latest US GenAv tail #, than I'll make a tail# that won't be used untill at least 10 years into the future Grin

, anyways here's a site I think you's guys might like to check out http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/home.htm.

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Reply #23 - May 28^th, 2010 at 9:33pm

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Here's an interesting article - especially for US registrations. www.aahs-online.org/articles/N-number.htm

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Reply #24 - May 29^th, 2010 at 12:43pm

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I must say, this is one of the most informative post for commercial and private.

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