CF-xxx vs. C-Fxxx

"George Patterson" wrote

So, as older planes are repainted, they'll run out of numbers again. Sort
of
defeats the avowed purpose of changing the scheme.

Not really. By having another letter, you get 25 times the number of
possible combinations. That should last for a while.
--
Jim in NC

On 2005-10-06, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
What numbers?

A-Z of course. Letters can be numbers, too. I often need to count from
0-F instead of 0-9.

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Not really. By having another letter, you get 25 times the number of
possible combinations. That should last for a while.

Actually, they have C-Fxxx C-Gxxx C-Ixxx (for ultralights). This gives three
times more combinations. While other letter combinations are available, some
are already in use (countries such as Chile CC, Cuba CU, Nauru C2, Morocco
CN, Mozambique C9, Uruguay Cx). See
http://www.lentoturvallisuushallinto...rcraftnational for a list (note
that Canada is missing the CG... probably a typo).

(note
that Canada is missing the CG... probably a typo).

Not a typo. It lists C and CF as prefixes. C is the current style, and
CF the old style still on many airplanes. It gets converted to C-FXXX
upon repaint. There are no CG-XXX airplanes.
A related funny: Four of five years ago we were flying a 180 to
Tucson, via Salt Lake. Here's how the conversation went:
Us: "Salt Lake Terminal, Canadian Cessna 180 Charlie Foxtrot India
Alpha Charlie 15 miles North at 7500, Southbound for Provo."
Them: "Canadian 180 Charlia Indie Alph...." Click.
Them: "Canadian 180 Charlie Alphia Ind..." Click.
Them: "Canadian 180 Charlia Alphia..." Click.
Them: (laughter in background): "Canadian 180, stay east of the
highway."

Dan


Dan

There are no CG-XXX airplanes.

I beg to differ, as I currently fly a C-Gxxx plane.

You can also search the database at the TC site
http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activep...e.asp?x_lang=e
for available marks, and see that there are plenty of C-G availble.

"Morgans" wrote in message
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Steven, did you just make a funny? I didn't know you had it in you! g

Still, you should put a g or :-) or something, just so that the
unknowing
don't think that you are ignorant or something. ;-)


It's not much of a funny if you have to tell people when to laugh.

"Morgans" wrote in message
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Not really. By having another letter, you get 25 times the number of
possible combinations. That should last for a while.


Does Canada use a 25 letter alphabet? Which one got canned?

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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A-Z of course. Letters can be numbers, too. I often need to count from
0-F instead of 0-9.


When are letters numbers?

When you count in hexadecimal. The hexadecimal digits are 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 A B C D E F

Jim


"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
nk.net...

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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A-Z of course. Letters can be numbers, too. I often need to count from
0-F instead of 0-9.


When are letters numbers?

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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When you count in hexadecimal. The hexadecimal digits are 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 A B C D E F


When did Canada begin using hexadecimal for aircraft registrations?