No Offence To The Owner, But...

[oldyellr]

I just read through this whole thread (started in 2005!) and it amazes me that aviation registrations don't have the same kind of nanny policing that car registrations do in Ontario. It seems they have a whole team of government funded psychologists vetting custom license plate applications to screen out any possible sexual, political, religious or racial connotations. If that were the case with aircraft registrations, I wonder how many would be banned?

Anyway, my question is, how are aircraft registrations assigned? Can you request them for a price? Do they get sold by owners for big bucks, like car registrations are in the UK?

[Rowdy]

How they ended up next to each other like this..



...is sheer awesomeness

[AaronP]

C-FEAR, C-172...I imported it for a customer in Regina 1974-75. It was interesting getting the paper work sorted out.

Was it this 172?

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=74408

[SheriffPatGarrett]

Checked with my old log books and yes, it was a turbo-beaver based
at Toronto Island and it had the tail number CF-UCK in the sixties...
When the owner hiring me told me first, I had a chill...for a moment, thought the whole think
was a joke, but realized the old General was such a Victorian Puritan that
he never saw or noticed the letters. The other real odd thing was he had the Hertz(Ford) Rent a car dealership
but used only GM products...seem that the GM board was loaded with fellow Generals of the
north Africa campaign...they even sent a company DC-8 one day from Detroit with a box of steaks
to North Bay for a party at his fishing lodge nearby!

Ah! Another funny tail:







Garth Wallace's book about Derry Air:



Then you have:
http://functioningalcoholic.wordpress.com/page/3/

"Dempsey flies to Derry and chauffeur drives 250km to meet him" - Page 15

What currency is pink like that? Zeuros?

[Rowdy]

C-FCUK is right here at YVRs south side...

[Beefitarian]

I like that paint scheme.

[Mariquita]

Dornier Seastar D-ICKS

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... D-ICKS.jpg

Mari

[ctmorawetz]

I've read through this whole thing and didn't see this one.

Cessna 170, based at CYOO with the registration CF-HER (spaced intentionally)

[crazy_aviator]

Was just told today that the plane i own C-FTFA , reg was sought for because the owner couldnt remember the ident whenever someone asked, therefore he named his next plane THAT F------ Aircraft,,,

[FlyGy]

What do you think of the 310 Terry? I'd considered a 421 when I was looking for a multi engine family wagon but decided that it was more plane than I needed, then the 310 caught my eye.

[FlyGy]

C-FAST PA-18-150
C-FACE SGU 2-22E
C-FORT Fleet 60K at the HWM
C-FLAP DHC-3
C-FLOP Bowers Flybaby
C-FLIT C-170
C-FUEL C-150
C-FLUF Avid Heavy Hauler
C-FOAM Pelican Club PL

I could go on, but I have a life to live.

[careerpilot?]

Seneca in CYQG

C-FEES...........................if your really slow try saying it backwards and hopefully you get it.Well not exactly backwards,mix it up a little FFS

She is at YBR now. Did my multi rating in her... Renting her this weekend in fact.

Never put that together, but now I see it! She runs great, but the avionics are glitchy... Don't want to insult her any more lest she get me back this weekend!

[Jack In The Box]

I actually met the owner once and saw that plane. He told me he named it after his ex wife

Surprised no one has mentioned C-180 FUKC in ZBB yet.

My call sign on Vatsim was always C-FAIL. Never got old!

[FlyGy]

[cncpc]

Kieran O'Connor had an ex Canadian Seneca at Weston Airfield west of Dublin a few years back. It's reg was EI-EIO.

[ea306]

Just opened up the link at the beginning of this thread. Had to laugh.... I used to rent C-GSEX in CYXD back in 1985 for a few days at a time from its then owner.

Came home with the keys in my hand and told my then new bride that I had found the key to GSEX..

[GyvAir]

Never too late to resurrect a sleeping thread when new fodder comes along, right?
Was looking for a visual to help explain the acronym to someone just now.

[Spandau]

Bradley Air used to have DHC-6 CF-ASS in YRB. Not sure where it went.

[boogs82]

Never too late to resurrect a sleeping thread when new fodder comes along, right?
Was looking for a visual to help explain the acronym to someone just now.

Canadian Forces Military Police

[black hole]

I used to own a J 3 cub Reg FGAY and it sat right next to a Champ Reg FERI.

BTW: working for Superior Airways back in 73; I painted the registration on Beech 18 C-FCUK. Porky told me to make sure I got it right!!!

BH