On 2008-08-20 03:55:17 -0700, said:

Go to

http://www.abc15.com/news/local/stor...a-a36f2e485255

It's

a story, with photo, of a Secret Service airplane that forced landed.
Notice the N number; appears to be N6208.

Then look that up in the FAA data base.

http://registry.faa.gov/

"N6208 is not Assigned/Reserved."

I tried N620B, in case that's a "B" instead of an "8.". No Joy. (Different
make. Unless they're lying.)

Hmm... is this like Area 51? If we don't record it, then it doesn't really
exist?

Maybe you should make up your own N number. When it doesn't track anywhere,
just say you work for the government. (If you're a taxpayer, that's true.)

I wonder how this tracking stuff works when there's an FAA violation or when
Airport Management tries to hit you for an overnight fee?

Must be nice, being invisible.

Air America used to put bogus tail numbers (and even serial numbers) on
their planes, but sometimes they were building planes from scratch
using spare parts. IIRC Pilatus even sued them for it.
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