Quote from Hangar45 Admin on December 13, 2017, 6:49 am

(Original thread started on 09-21-12 by Ron Rollo)

This is something that I have been thinking about for at least three years now and I have finally came up with my Aircraft Registration Number. N445LT

 

You may or may not know much about a registration number or tail number but basically, it is like a tag number for an aircraft. In North America, we call them "N" numbers. Other countries obviously call it something else. To learn more about Aircraft Registration Numbers go to this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-number

 

For you fellas in the USA, you can actually register your N number with the FAA. I registered mine, well, actually reserved it at this point. They say it takes up to three weeks for it to register. At that point, I am not sure if they will give me the opportunity to register the number to the sim or not. But at the very least, N445LT is registered to me with the FAA and now no one else can use it. Pretty cool I think!

 

Here is the FAA site that you can check to see if your N number that you have in mind is available. It's only $10 to reserve the number. And for a U.S. government site, it was a very simple process:

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/nnav_inquiry.aspx

 

Now that I have my very own N-Number, I went ahead and made the call sign plate that sits between the two RMU's. Here are a few photos of what I made:

(I have four extra blanks in case anyone wants one made up)

 

Here is where they are mounted in the flightdeck between the two RMUs:

 

I had one made for my Server Computer, why not:

 

If anyone is interested in one or two of these, just email me. I'm listing them at $15 each.  They are made on .25" Acrylic plastic, Laser engraved and have a peel and stick on the backside for easy mounting.

 

(Posted by Mark L. on 09-22-12)

I wouldn't have thought that you could reserve/register a number without having a aircraft. Cool thing to know and do if taking it to that level.

 

I was just talking to a friend of mine the other day that wanted to register N245ET and couldn't find an actual aircraft that had it and was all upset as it was special to him to get that number.

 

(Posted by Eric Tomlin on 09-22-12)

The reason the FAA allows it is because you may have an aircraft being built and need/desire a special number even though it's not actually in existence yet. From what I have read you need only renew the number each year for $10 to keep it reserved.

 

(Posted by Alan Norris on 09-22-12)

What is the width of that plate? There are some very slight variations in RMU placements. I measured mine and the gap is barely 0.75”.

 

(Posted by Ron Rollo on 09-22-12)

The plate that I have designed is .5" X 2.875". It is pretty close to the ones that it looks like. While doing my research, I noticed that there are a couple different ways to display this. Most of them are printed on a sticker of some sort.

 

I was telling my wife about this and she says the N-Number really means Nerd-Number!

 

(Posted by Manfred on 12-27-12)

Looks like in Australia you actually need a real plane:

http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD::pc=PC_90240

 

(Posted by Ronald Pater on 12-28-12)

Ron, in case you have a blank left and when you find yourself some time, would you make me a call sign plate with registration number PH-RPR? In the Netherlands aircraft registration numbers have a dash, so if possible:

 

P

H

-

R

P

R