On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:18:53 +0000, Netko <Someone.not@this.address>
wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 04:55:00 +0000, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote
>(in article <b2q27a5bv9sfls7qk6m58r17so6dr3m4o1@4ax.com>):
>
>> FAA regs on aircraft registration
>
>A fascinating read. Hmm, is 'fascinating' the word I'm looking for?
>
>I hadn't realised before that the N number need only be displayed on the
>fuselage sides (or vertical tail). In the UK (last time I had reason to check
>- which doesn't happen very often), the registration also has to appear on
>the lower wing surfaces in letters at least 50cm high. That's about 20
>inches for unreconstructed anglophones.
It used to be that way in the US a few decades back. I wish it still
were - sometimes getting registrations off of airplane photographs
when the plane is in the air is a bit difficult. No problem with most
non-US airlines I see going into SEA that carry theirs under the
wings.
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