tail numbers and countries of registration

On 2008-02-28, RdKetchup wrote:
Could I contact you by email for a few questions, like best way to get
there (plane, ferry), motorcycle rentals, possibility of renting an
apartment for the week instead of going to an hotel?

Yes. The reply to mail address is valid, be sure to give your mail a
subject line that stands out so I don't mistake it for spam.

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From the sunny Isle of Man.
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On 2008-02-28, xyzzy wrote:
On Feb 28, 12:08 pm, Dylan Smith wrote:
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From the sunny Isle of Man.

You had me until you said that

Is it really sunny there in the Irish sea? It sure isn't in the nearby
landmasses. I have a friend who lives there and I've never heard him
say it's sunny (windy, yes).

You don't need to be near a large landmass for the sun to come out.

While it might not be as sunny as, say, the California central valley,
in a normal summer we do get plenty of sunshine - generally more
sunshine than the north west UK.

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On Feb 29, 8:41 am, Dylan Smith wrote:
On 2008-02-28, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 28, 12:08 pm, Dylan Smith wrote:
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From the sunny Isle of Man.

You had me until you said that

Is it really sunny there in the Irish sea? It sure isn't in the nearby
landmasses. I have a friend who lives there and I've never heard him
say it's sunny (windy, yes).

You don't need to be near a large landmass for the sun to come out.

While it might not be as sunny as, say, the California central valley,
in a normal summer we do get plenty of sunshine - generally more
sunshine than the north west UK.

Well that's a tough comparison to win

Is this wiki entry incorrect?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geograp...of_Man#Climate

"The Isle of Man is known for its overcast skies and low levels of
sunshine."

I'm really curious about that, not looking to win a contest with you.

On 2008-02-29, xyzzy wrote:
"The Isle of Man is known for its overcast skies and low levels of
sunshine."

I'm really curious about that, not looking to win a contest with you.

Sure, in the winter it's overcast most of the time - ironically, it's
one of the reasons that the palm trees in my garden are viable (I have
four species of palm) - because the overcast winters mean we get very
few frosts. But we get sunshine in the summer, we tend to be under the
same blocking high that the rest of the British Isles is under. Well,
apart from last summer which was awful.

The Isle of Man used to be summer tourist destination for the UK and
Ireland. Cheap flights to the Med put an end to that, though.

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On 2008-02-29, Peter wrote:

Dylan Smith wrote

If you have a Manx based plane you can register it whatever it is, so
long as it has a CofA.

Only if you live there yourself.

That's why I said 'Manx based plane' :-) It's not going to be entirely
convenient to keep your plane in the Isle of Man if you live in
Budapest.

That's quite a "significant" requirement, given the weather there

The weather's perfectly fine, thanyouverymuch. How many bitter icy
frosts has the central UK had this winter? All the people on the Hardy
Tropical forums are whining about all the plants they've lost, and none
of mine have been touched!

One reason people register M-XXXX is that it is perceived to provide
protection from the occassionally threatened moves by EASA (the
European aviation regulator) to kick U.S. registered aircraft off
European soil after 90 days' parking. Whether this will happen is a
separate argument...

EASA should get a clue, and perhaps try to understand why people want to
N reg rather than on their own nations register - and change the
regulations appropriately so that European registrations are desirable
to have. Such as making the instrument rating comparable to the US
instrument rating, and changing some of the inane light plane
maintenance rules so they are like the US ones; many of these
regulations actually ending up making aviation more dangerous because
aircraft owners have to choose between complying with an inane but
expensive regulation and making a worthwhile safety improvement to their
aircraft. The CAA in particular seems to always make rules with the
assumption that aircraft owners have an infinite money supply - just
look at the recent Mode S stupidity.

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Dylan Smith wrote:

While it might not be as sunny as, say, the California central valley,
in a normal summer we do get plenty of sunshine - generally more
sunshine than the north west UK.

I was startled to find after last year's move that the same thing is
true in the Pacific Northwest, here across the pond (and also across the
continent). Last summer my friends from an entire lifetime in the
Midwest kept asking "Tired of the rain yet?"

And I'd answer, "Actually in the summer it hardly ever rains and it's
amazingly beautishshshshSHSHSHSHHH..." because by that point I'd be
surrounded by a crowd of Oregonians shushing me and whispering, "Don't
TELL them! They'll ALL want to move here!"

Ssshhhtella

Peter wrote in
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generally more
sunshine than the north west UK.

Yes but that's true for most places

People who live in the NW UK have done so knowing they will have the
nonstop convenyor belt of frontal weather coming from the U.S. east
coast.

Actually, it forms mid atlantic.



In return for that, they have lower property prices, so lower
mortgages, leaving them with much more disposable income to spend on
their "weekend and night activities" and their holidays


According to them it's because people in the south have screwed them at
every turn!



Bertie

On 2008-03-01, Peter wrote:
There are situations where N-reg are treated badly, e.g. 24 hr or even
5-day pripr permission in some Greek airports, or Turkey, but the same

I was actually thinking of France. While the French won't stop you
taking an N-reg plane there, when you do they will give you hassle over
the paperwork at many airports - checking in pettifoggling detail
especially for things like VAT payment. They don't do that for other
registers. The N-reg people at Ronaldsway who flew to France were eager
to transfer to the M-reg for this reason.

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On Feb 24, 11:13*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

Hey thanks Bertie!

Wil

William Hung wrote in news:684c390a-480b-425f-b8cd-
:

On Feb 24, 11:13*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

Hey thanks Bertie!

Wil


's OK.

Bertie