CF-xxx vs. C-Fxxx

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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The United States Of.


That's not the case. Where did you get your information?



But not all. People still call their plane registration 'their N-number'
when it's something like N23AD even though the last two characters are
letters.


You still don't understand. Every US registration has numbers, that's why
they call them N-numbers.

On 2005-10-11, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
But not all. People still call their plane registration 'their N-number'
when it's something like N23AD even though the last two characters are
letters.

You still don't understand. Every US registration has numbers, that's why
they call them N-numbers.

So which base are they in? And if they aren't base 10, why can't we call
Canadian registrations C-numbers?

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You still don't understand. Every US registration has numbers, that's why
they call them N-numbers.

Don't confuse "contains" with "is".

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Dylan Smith wrote:

US
plane registrations are colloquially known as 'N numbers' because they are
predominantly numbers. Many are exclusively numbers.

But not all. People still call their plane registration 'their N-number'
when it's something like N23AD even though the last two characters are
letters.

N-numbers, tail numbers, or (for cars) license plate numbers. For that
matter, driver's license number. It seems that most identification
codes, whether they be purely numeric or alphanumeric are referred to as
"numbers". Therefore, letters are numbers when they are part of an
identification code, et al.


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