Smallest registration string

[Let'sgoflying!]

I was looking at an airplane with a 2-figure N number, and had thought wow, that’s kind of short (and; wow, I bet that gets a bunch of ‘say agains’) but I don’t see a ‘minimum length’ restriction on the FAA site.

 

[Salty]

There’s a mooney in my area with N3Z

 

[Tantalum]

Would be pretty bad a$$ to have a one number registration

N-1

It exists! https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=1 it's a gov plane

 

[Zeldman]

I have seen RC3 a few times.

 

[Sinistar]

Saw N1C at Flying Cloud a few times (nice plane).

N-1 looks the same as N1 (at least the plane type and serial number)

N1, N11 and N12 belongs to the FAA (stopped looking after that)

N2, N3 belong to Tenax (Aviation Financing?)

N4 seems to be available???

Looks like it has to start with a digit at the 'N' (???)

 

[Greg Bockelman]

Looks like it has to start with a digit at the 'N' (???)

Yes

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Ya, the link says the fed has N1-N99 reserved for their own use.

 

[Sinistar]

But N2 and N3 seem to be private?

 

[N3368K]

I get "say full number" occasionally when I report 4WJ on initial call. I oblige and reply full number is N4WJ.

 

[SkyDog58]

But N2 and N3 seem to be private?

From the registered owner’s website.

Tenax Aerospace, LLC (Tenax) is a privately held, small business that leases special mission aircraft to U.S. Government customers as well as to privately owned commercial businesses. Since 2001, Tenax has leased specially modified fixed and rotary wing aircraft for demanding missions within the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Justice, Department of Agriculture, and within the Intelligence Community. Since then, Tenax has expanded its operations to include executive lift leasing to private companies for charter use. Tenax is a small business headquartered in Madison, Mississippi.

 

[asicer]

Well if you can't have single or double digits, repeating patterns sounds like fun.

"Cessna 111, Podunk tower, number 1 cleared to land, runway 11."

"Cleared to land, number 1, 11, 11111."

 

[cessna182b]

Would be pretty bad a$$ to have a one number registration

N-1

It exists! https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=1 it's a gov plane

N1 visited AVL a few times when I was hanging out there.

Dave

 

[Pilawt]

I shared the traffic pattern the other day with N2A, the Goodyear Blimp, at its namesake airport, KGYR.

 

[asicer]

I shared the traffic pattern the other day with N2A, the Goodyear Blimp, at its namesake airport, KGYR.

So how many 360's and S-turns did you need to do for spacing?

 

[Skip Miller]

How about N1A? The Goodyear blimp "Mayflower".

 

[kgruber]

I liked Dr. Forrest Bird's "Innovator"..............NB1RD

http://www.airbum.com/articles/ArticleBirdPBY.html

 

[Pilawt]

So how many 360's and S-turns did you need to do for spacing?

Here's the blimp's Flightaware track ...

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Well if you can't have single or double digits, repeating patterns sounds like fun.

"Cessna 111, Podunk tower, number 1 cleared to land, runway 11."

"Cleared to land, number 1, 11, 11111."

Hah! This reminds me of when @SkyHog registered N999NN just because he's a pain in the ass.

"Salt Lake Center, November Niner Niner Niner November November requesting flight following"
"November, uh, what was all that tying up my frequency? Forget it. I don't have time for you."

 

[SkyHog]

Hah! This reminds me of when @SkyHog registered N999NN just because he's a pain in the ass.

"Salt Lake Center, November Niner Niner Niner November November requesting flight following"
"November, uh, what was all that tying up my frequency? Forget it. I don't have time for you."

Yep. Someone else has it now.

 

[luvflyin]

I get "say full number" occasionally when I report 4WJ on initial call. I oblige and reply full number is N4WJ.

Try using both type and November when you call them. Like Cessna November 4WJ.

 

[N3368K]

Type is Experimental. Not sure how that helps them understand my number any better. Perhaps controllers should understand I am using full callsign on initial call like I'm supposed to. Most do. Only a few don't. I'll continue and explain to the very few who don't get it.

 

[BillTIZ]

A friends RV is 13EN, she calls it Ben.

 

[ajulian3]

I’m 5HK. I get asked often to say full tail number. “Sure, N5HK” haha.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

I’m 5HK. I get asked often to say full tail number. “Sure, N5HK” haha.

Exactly why I prefer longer ones. The goal is to prevent do-overs, right? Short tail numbers make things worse!