A unique registration number (or "tail-number") for an aircraft - similar to a car's license plate.
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How to determine the aircraft tail number on a particular flight?
How can one determine the registration number (i.e. N123AA) of the aircraft used on a particular flight, having the date, airline, flight number and city pair to start with?
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How come some aircraft have really cool registration numbers?
I've seen registration numbers like
D-ICEY - A Cessna Citation owned by a German company that produces frozen foods
G-FILM - An Alouette II helicopter used in some movies and TV series for the flying sequences
and Aviation Humor, for example,…
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Why can't I find a tail number in the FAA registry?
I'm reviewing my pilot logbook in preparation to move everything over to my EFB logbook. As part of that process, I have been looking up the various aircraft I've flown in the FAA registry to get details about those aircraft to make my log complete…
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What is the registration number of the 10,000th Airbus?
Recently, Airbus delivered its 10,000th aircraft (an A350 to Singapore Airlines). What is its registration number?
I understand the registration number is specific to the airline, and has nothing to do with the manufacturer.
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Different planes with same registration? How is it possible?
I've found a strange thing on fr24: a plane with a B757 icon, but on the photo was a B737.
After a short search I see, both can be true.
There is/was a plane B757, owned by DHL and a B737 owned by Austrian Airlines with registration number…
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What is the exact process to request an N-Number change while registering a purchased aircraft?
I just purchased an aircraft and have the Bill of Sale form signed by the seller. I understand that I need to submit the bill of sale (AC 8050-2) along with AC 8050-1 form to complete the registration.
The seller of the aircraft wants to keep the N…
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Who owns B- registration? China or Taiwan?
Aircraft registration is unique to each aircraft. Each one begins with country code follow by numbers or characters. However wikipedia says that Taiwan and China both use prefix B. So who actually own the right to use prefix B? If two of them do not…
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Why do countries place limits on what foreign-registered aircraft can do?
Just read in local news Israeli regulator is giving a hard time on a company operating regularly out of Israel a plane with foreign (US) registration.
The company wants US registration to get better freedom to fly to various countries. This I…
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What’s the difference between a tail number and a Manufacturer's Serial Number?
What’s the difference between a tail number and a Manufacturer's Serial Number (MSN)? How and when are they generated?
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How to locate the owner of a 5' styrofoam wing found in a field?
I found a 4-5' styrofoam wing in eastern Montana in a field. It has what looks like a registration number on it. How can I trace that number to try to return it?
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How can I get 8050-3 Registration amended?
How can I get 8050-3 Registration amended? Box 2 (Aircraft Manufacturer and Model) on 8050-1 Application shows 'MylastName, MyFirstName' and RV 9A as the Model. When I got my 8050-3 Registration back, the box 'Manufacturer and Manufacturer's…
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Does North Korea's aircraft registration prefix allow for only 500 aircraft?
In the Wikipedia page about aircraft registration prefixes, we can see that North Korea has P-500 to P-999. Does that mean that it’s only allowed 500 planes? What happens when the registry is all used?
(Oddly enough, I visited that Wikipedia page…
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Can a registration number be reused indefinitely?
This answer highlights the fact that some registration numbers can be reused (here F-WZFD as a temporary registration number for newly built aircraft and 9V-SMF for a commercial airliner). This made me wonder how many times registration numbers can…
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Crimes committed on board
I know a similar question was asked here before, but there is a difference:
Let's say person X is on a flight from Pakistan to Canada on PIA (national carrier of Pakistan). The aircraft lands at, say, Toronto Pearson Airport.
From what I gather…
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What is a registration mark or number?
Does every single aircraft have a unique registration mark or number? If, for example, 2000 Boeing 777 units were produced, do they have their own registration number? And how is that registration number regulated? Who keeps the number? What is that…
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