P-51D 44-63864 " Twilight Tear " - FAA Decision

[51fixer]

Can someone refresh my memory regarding what this is all about? Is this a question of who owns the FAA registration number for a particular pile of parts or an Anorak opinion of which aiplane has the greater mass of parts original to a specific wartime aircraft?

Why does any of this this matter?

It matters because the owners of the airplanes involved have made quite a big deal about that particular airframe's combat history.

Will the FAA let two planes of the same type be registered using the same serial number?

No, if they are both registered in the US.

Rich

[Jack Cook]

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11851

[paulmcmillan]

So the $64,000 question is..

Who is eating these in celebration?



and who is shreading one of these

[bdk]

Why does any of this this matter?

It matters because the owners of the airplanes involved have made quite a big deal about that particular airframe's combat history.

So has something necessarily nefarious occurred, or is this a matter of two different countries having different ways of recognizing and registering aircraft?

If the UK allows adaopting the serial number of a major component as an identification of the restored/rebuilt airframe (do they?), and the US registration also recognized that serial number as belonging to another aircraft, now that both aircraft are in the USA I guess that either the FAA or a court action needs to make the call. I think the FAA typically defers to the courts in these matters when they are challenged.

[Django]

Is this still a secret?