SgtPepper667 wrote...
Koji-san wrote...
CDRSkyShep said...
Yeah, ships and boats have registry numbers, airplanes have tail numbers...it's how they're registered in the government's system. It's almost like a VIN number on a car. For example, my plane's tail/registry number is N787EC, the USS Enterprise's registry (US aircraft carrier) is CVN-65,
OMG Sky you do realize that your plane tail number starts with N7!! It's destiny!

0.o That is amazing, Sky!
I never even realized that.

We usually drop the "N" when saying our tail numbers, because all airplanes in the U.S. have "N" as the first character in their tail numbers...it's what identifies them as a U.S.-registered aircraft. Even then, we only usually give our full tail numbers to the controllers the first time we ever talk to them...all times after that, we're just referred to by the last three characters. (So, most of the time, I'm just called, "Seven-Echo-Charlie" lol. But when I contact a controller for the first time, I say, "DiamondStar Seven-Eight-Seven-Echo-Charlie," and the "N" is dropped, because it's implied. The only times I've ever said, "DiamondStar
November-Seven-Eight-Seven-Echo-Charlie" is when I have contacted center controllers on long cross-country flights, because they deal with more international traffic.)
My ideal tail number would be N7SR2...lol.