Thanks!

Marc


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When I was learning to fly in '73 the change in
registrations came about. They had run out of CF numbers, having run
through CF-AAA to CF-ZZZ, with some left out for obvious reasons, so
they went to the C- format, starting with C-GXXX, and as older
airplanes were repainted they were converted from CF-ABC to C-FABC.
Ultralights became C-IXXX airplanes.
Some conversions were hilarious, like a 172 not far from he
C-FEAR.

The dash conforms with most of the rest of the world's
formats. Britain is G-XXXX, Germany D-XXXX, and so on. I have a book at
work that lists them all. Some have a single letter prefix, some have
two.

Dan