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'N' numbers
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:46 pm
by Canso42
What is the origin of the letter 'N' prefix in US aircraft registration numbers?
Canso42
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:22 am
by k5083
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:48 am
by mustangdriver
Kind of funny, but a local TV and radio news channel here in Pittsburgh actually kept their original call letters from way back. I think they are the only ones still doing it. They are KDKA.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:09 am
by k5083
Don't know what you mean MD. Don't just about all radio and most TV stations still use their KXXX or WXXX call letters?
August
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:02 am
by Mark Nankivil
Thanks for the article link - always wondered but never sat down to chase all of that info down (if I even could have!).
Enjoy the Day! Mark
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:16 am
by Don Martin
Hi August,
The "K" prefix is now only issued west of the Mighty Mississippi, "W" prefix east of Big Muddy. The early(original) radio stations were allowed to keep their wrong side of the river call signs.
Don
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:23 pm
by Canso42
Hey guys,
I'll go with #5 too. Although the one about the snockered bureaucrats is pretty believeable.
canso42