On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:34:12 GMT, George Patterson
wrote in ::



Larry Dighera wrote:

I see neither Mr. Grumman's (valid) e-mail address nor tail number
there. Can you point either of them out for me?

Tail number is 581. As in "Podunk tower, this is Grumman 581."


In response to e-mail from Grumman-581, I replied:


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Sir:

First, let me say that I agree with your assessment of anonymously
posted articles. Anonymity fosters irresponsibility.

My comments in-line below:


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:22:59 -0000, you wrote
. com:

Larry Dighera wrote:
How do you know it's not: NXX581?

Because XX581 would not fit on my tail with 12" letters?

How am I supposed to know that your aircraft is not large enough to
display the normal 5-character registration number? Where is that
fact stated?

Because I didn't say, Grumman XX581?

As you know, after initial contact, ATC refers to most GA aircraft by
the last three characters of their registration number, so it is
reasonable that you may be only using that part of your registration
number in your e-mail address. It is also possible that Grumman-581
may refer to an aircraft type and not a registration number at all;
after all, it contains no initial 'N' to provide a clue that it is
actually an FAA registration number.

You wouldn't prehaps be an FAA controller, would you?

Nope. I'm just a fellow airman.

Many of them seem to have a problem with the concept of "small plane, small number"
also...

I failed to notice in your articles posted to rec.aviation.piloting
any reference to the fact that you own a small sized aircraft. Are
you able to provide a citation where that information is readily
apparent?

I'm not trying to be difficult, but only pointing out that there is a
bit of ambiguity if not a modicum of presumption in expecting folks to
interpret Grumman-581 as an FAA registration number.


Best regards,
Larry Dighera


PS: I have used my correct e-mail address on Usenet since first
posting articles in 1985. I choose not to grant the e-mail harvesting
'bots the power to coerce me into intentionally introducing errors in
my e-mail address.