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In 1908, the United States government purchased its first heavier than air aircraft. The aircraft, a Wright Model A, was used by the aviation section of the United States Army Signal Corps and was issued with serial number 1. Subsequent aircraft were numbered in sequence.
USAF serial numbers since 1921 consist of two numbers (fiscal year and sequence number) joined by a hyphen. This format is often mistaken for a number range by editors, and as such the hyphen is often incorrectly replaced with and en dash per MOS:RANGE , especially by automated or semi-automated editing tools such as AutoWikiBrowser .
Tail number: Description: Related article: A-1310 Lockheed C-130 Hercules: 2015 Indonesia Hercules C-130 crash: A-1314 Lockheed C-130 Hercules: A-1325 Lockheed L-100-30(P) Hercules: 2009 Indonesian Air Force L-100-30(P) crash: A-1334 Lockheed C-130 Hercules: 2016 Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash: A-2703 Fokker F27-400M Friendship
The registration often denotes the aircraft type and maker. Some examples: HB-Axx two-engined aircraft from 5.7 to 15 tons, Aircraft over 15 tons due to shortage of Jxx. HB-Bxx balloons; HB-Cxx single-engined Cessnas under 5.7 tons; HB-Dxx and HB-Kxx other single-engined aircraft under 5.7 tons; HB-Fxx Swiss-produced aircraft like PC-6 and PC-12
PFD with key instrument displays labelled PFD of a Garmin G1000. The details of the display layout on a primary flight display can vary enormously, depending on the aircraft, the aircraft's manufacturer, the specific model of PFD, certain settings chosen by the pilot, and various internal options that are selected by the aircraft's owner (i.e., an airline, in the case of a large airliner).
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Former United States Army Air Force aircraft serial number 41-20124 is a World War II era fully restored Douglas DC-3, owned by a private party and based at Marathon Key, FL. Civil registered as N763A the aircraft has also been operated by the United States Navy with the designation R4D-3 and serial number 05078.