CF-xxx vs. C-Fxxx

Hi,

Any Canadians out there know why older aircraft have a CF prefix while it
seems all newer registrations are CF- ?

"Marc CYBW" wrote in message
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Any Canadians out there know why older aircraft have a CF prefix while it
seems all newer registrations are CF- ?

What's the difference?

Oops

The old are CF-xxx
The newer ones are C-Fxxx (The hyphen is between the C and F (or C and G in
some cases, as in C-GMTF)

Marc



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"Marc CYBW" wrote in message
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Any Canadians out there know why older aircraft have a CF prefix while it
seems all newer registrations are CF- ?

What's the difference?

"Marc CYBW" wrote in message
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Oops

The old are CF-xxx
The newer ones are C-Fxxx (The hyphen is between the C and F (or C and G
in some cases, as in C-GMTF)


Still doesn't look like a significant difference to me. Why bother with the
hyphen at all?

When I was learning to fly in '73 the change in
registrations came about. They had run out of CF numbers, having run
through CF-AAA to CF-ZZZ, with some left out for obvious reasons, so
they went to the C- format, starting with C-GXXX, and as older
airplanes were repainted they were converted from CF-ABC to C-FABC.
Ultralights became C-IXXX airplanes.
Some conversions were hilarious, like a 172 not far from he
C-FEAR.

The dash conforms with most of the rest of the world's
formats. Britain is G-XXXX, Germany D-XXXX, and so on. I have a book at
work that lists them all. Some have a single letter prefix, some have
two.

Dan

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When I was learning to fly in '73 the change in registrations came about.
They had run out of CF numbers, having run through CF-AAA to CF-ZZZ,
with some left out for obvious reasons, so they went to the C- format,
starting with C-GXXX, and as older airplanes were repainted they were
converted from CF-ABC to C-FABC.


They had run out of numbers?

Thanks!

Marc


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When I was learning to fly in '73 the change in
registrations came about. They had run out of CF numbers, having run
through CF-AAA to CF-ZZZ, with some left out for obvious reasons, so
they went to the C- format, starting with C-GXXX, and as older
airplanes were repainted they were converted from CF-ABC to C-FABC.
Ultralights became C-IXXX airplanes.
Some conversions were hilarious, like a 172 not far from he
C-FEAR.

The dash conforms with most of the rest of the world's
formats. Britain is G-XXXX, Germany D-XXXX, and so on. I have a book at
work that lists them all. Some have a single letter prefix, some have
two.

Dan

wrote:
When I was learning to fly in '73 the change in
registrations came about. They had run out of CF numbers, having run
through CF-AAA to CF-ZZZ, with some left out for obvious reasons, so
they went to the C- format, starting with C-GXXX, and as older
airplanes were repainted they were converted from CF-ABC to C-FABC.

So, as older planes are repainted, they'll run out of numbers again. Sort of
defeats the avowed purpose of changing the scheme.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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So, as older planes are repainted, they'll run out of numbers again. Sort
of defeats the avowed purpose of changing the scheme.


What numbers?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote

They had run out of numbers?

Steven, did you just make a funny? I didn't know you had it in you! g

Still, you should put a g or :-) or something, just so that the unknowing
don't think that you are ignorant or something. ;-)
--
Jim in NC