tail numbers and countries of registration

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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On Feb 24, 8:13 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote in news:f4fc54a9-f63e-480c-86f5-
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If a plane had a tail that was YV-3???. What country is it registered
in? Is there a site that shows which country gets what leading tail
characters, N=US, F=France, C=Canada...etc.

Wil

Found one

http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04fs/data/FSICAO.htm

A sim site!

Barf!

Anyhow, it's Venezuala.

Bertie


The other day I saw a new Citation Mustang parked at the airport. The
seats still had the plastic on them. The number was "OK", which
apparently is Czech Republic.
My home field in California doesn't have a "K" number. When I fly
direct to Canada I have to tell them I'm actually departing from a
different airport just to make their computer happy.

-Robert

One of the newest tail number prefixes is M which stands for the Isle of Man
Useful for personalised tail numbers like M-IKEY

"akjcbkJA" wrote in
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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. On Feb 24, 8:13 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote in
news:f4fc54a9-f63e-480c-86f5-
:

If a plane had a tail that was YV-3???. What country is it
registered in? Is there a site that shows which country gets what
leading tail characters, N=US, F=France, C=Canada...etc.

Wil

Found one

http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04fs/data/FSICAO.htm

A sim site!

Barf!

Anyhow, it's Venezuala.

Bertie


The other day I saw a new Citation Mustang parked at the airport. The
seats still had the plastic on them. The number was "OK", which
apparently is Czech Republic.
My home field in California doesn't have a "K" number. When I fly
direct to Canada I have to tell them I'm actually departing from a
different airport just to make their computer happy.

-Robert

One of the newest tail number prefixes is M which stands for the Isle
of Man Useful for personalised tail numbers like M-IKEY


Really? They got a divorce?
That had to be the quietest war of independence in history!


Bertie

On Feb 25, 2:33 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"akjcbkJA" wrote :



"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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. On Feb 24, 8:13 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote in
news:f4fc54a9-f63e-480c-86f5-
:

If a plane had a tail that was YV-3???. What country is it
registered in? Is there a site that shows which country gets what
leading tail characters, N=US, F=France, C=Canada...etc.

Wil

Found one

http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04fs/data/FSICAO.htm

A sim site!

Barf!

Anyhow, it's Venezuala.

Bertie

The other day I saw a new Citation Mustang parked at the airport. The
seats still had the plastic on them. The number was "OK", which
apparently is Czech Republic.
My home field in California doesn't have a "K" number. When I fly
direct to Canada I have to tell them I'm actually departing from a
different airport just to make their computer happy.

-Robert

One of the newest tail number prefixes is M which stands for the Isle
of Man Useful for personalised tail numbers like M-IKEY

Really? They got a divorce?
That had to be the quietest war of independence in history!

No, they're still together.

xyzzy wrote in
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On Feb 25, 2:33 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"akjcbkJA" wrote
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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. On Feb 24, 8:13 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote in
news:f4fc54a9-f63e-480c-86f5-
:

If a plane had a tail that was YV-3???. What country is it
registered in? Is there a site that shows which country gets
what leading tail characters, N=US, F=France, C=Canada...etc.

Wil

Found one

http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04fs/data/FSICAO.htm

A sim site!

Barf!

Anyhow, it's Venezuala.

Bertie

The other day I saw a new Citation Mustang parked at the airport.
The seats still had the plastic on them. The number was "OK", which
apparently is Czech Republic.
My home field in California doesn't have a "K" number. When I fly
direct to Canada I have to tell them I'm actually departing from a
different airport just to make their computer happy.

-Robert

One of the newest tail number prefixes is M which stands for the
Isle of Man Useful for personalised tail numbers like M-IKEY

Really? They got a divorce?
That had to be the quietest war of independence in history!

No, they're still together.

OK, but why the seperate reg?

Bertie

On Feb 26, 12:40*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

OK, but why the seperate reg?

Bertie

Like Alaska?

-Robert

On Feb 26, 4:40 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
xyzzy wrote :



On Feb 25, 2:33 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"akjcbkJA" wrote
:

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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. On Feb 24, 8:13 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote in
news:f4fc54a9-f63e-480c-86f5-
:

If a plane had a tail that was YV-3???. What country is it
registered in? Is there a site that shows which country gets
what leading tail characters, N=US, F=France, C=Canada...etc.

Wil

Found one

http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04fs/data/FSICAO.htm

A sim site!

Barf!

Anyhow, it's Venezuala.

Bertie

The other day I saw a new Citation Mustang parked at the airport.
The seats still had the plastic on them. The number was "OK", which
apparently is Czech Republic.
My home field in California doesn't have a "K" number. When I fly
direct to Canada I have to tell them I'm actually departing from a
different airport just to make their computer happy.

-Robert

One of the newest tail number prefixes is M which stands for the
Isle of Man Useful for personalised tail numbers like M-IKEY

Really? They got a divorce?
That had to be the quietest war of independence in history!

No, they're still together.

OK, but why the seperate reg?

Bertie

Looks like a continuation of one of IoM's key industries -- providing
tax shelters for wealthy people:

http://iomblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/...-registry.html

Geared toward private jets, fees promised to be lower than Europe,
more "user-friendly", etc.

xyzzy wrote in
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On Feb 26, 4:40 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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On Feb 25, 2:33 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"akjcbkJA" wrote
:

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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. On Feb 24, 8:13 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote in
news:f4fc54a9-f63e-480c-86f5-
:

If a plane had a tail that was YV-3???. What country is it
registered in? Is there a site that shows which country gets
what leading tail characters, N=US, F=France, C=Canada...etc.

Wil

Found one

http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04fs/data/FSICAO.htm

A sim site!

Barf!

Anyhow, it's Venezuala.

Bertie

The other day I saw a new Citation Mustang parked at the
airport. The seats still had the plastic on them. The number was
"OK", which apparently is Czech Republic.
My home field in California doesn't have a "K" number. When I
fly direct to Canada I have to tell them I'm actually departing
from a different airport just to make their computer happy.

-Robert

One of the newest tail number prefixes is M which stands for the
Isle of Man Useful for personalised tail numbers like M-IKEY

Really? They got a divorce?
That had to be the quietest war of independence in history!

No, they're still together.

OK, but why the seperate reg?

Bertie

Looks like a continuation of one of IoM's key industries -- providing
tax shelters for wealthy people:

http://iomblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/...-new-aircraft-
registry.
html

Geared toward private jets, fees promised to be lower than Europe,
more "user-friendly", etc.


A-ha.. I'd say there would be a market for that. Private flying is nutso
expensive in Europe.
They have another cool rule. No speed limits except in towns.
Nutcase bikers form all over converge on the place just to drive as fast
as they can.
As long as they can.


Bertie

On 2008-02-27, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
A-ha.. I'd say there would be a market for that. Private flying is nutso
expensive in Europe.

The other reason is that the N-reg is falling out of favour: aircraft
with the N reg are finding themselves unwelcome in more places these
days, especially in Africa and the middle East. So jet owners not US
based but who used the N reg are starting to convert.

If you have a Manx based plane you can register it whatever it is, so
long as it has a CofA. I went to the meeting they had at Ronaldsway. I
had to pinch myself to convince myself I wasn't dreaming - aviation
regulators who were actually trying to make things easier, and make
things happen, and make things less expensive. For example, *ALL* of my
FAA ratings are valid in M-reg planes, all I have to do is fill out a
form and that's it. In Europe, at most your basic day VFR PPL is all
you'll get from a foreign license (UK and Eire), and most of Europe not
even that - you have to take a bunch of tests to validate a foreign
license. The guy who was in charge of airworthiness and maintenance was
extremely enthusiastic - not some bureaucrat, but someone who loved
aviation, breathed aviation, understood things like wooden planes and
the like. What a refreshing change!

As for independence, the Isle of Man has quite a bit of it already - I
have a Manx passport, for instance. We raise our own taxes, make our own
legislation etc., print our own banknotes, but it's still British territory.

They have another cool rule. No speed limits except in towns.
Nutcase bikers form all over converge on the place just to drive as fast
as they can.

Don't forget the Isle of Man TT. My Dad still races sidecars in that. A
37 3/4 mile long race circuit, with races from 3 to 6 laps. Also, the
Isle of Man Grand Prix (same circuit), the Southern 100 (on the Billown
circuit in the south, 4 and a bit miles per lap) and the Jurby Road Race
in the north.

Last year was the 100th anniversary of the TT races, we got something
like 25000 bikes come over, and something like 50,000 visitors (our
normal population is 80,000).

--
From the sunny Isle of Man.
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