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This list is only of aircraft that have an article, indexed by aircraft registration "tail number" (civil registration or military serial number). The list includes aircraft that are notable either as an individual aircraft or have been involved in a notable accident or incident or are linked to a person notable enough to have a stand-alone Wikipedia article.
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
A Van's Aircraft RV-7 displaying registration G-KELS. The G prefix denotes a civil aircraft registered in the United Kingdom. Geographic map of registration prefixes. An aircraft registration is a code unique to a single aircraft, required by international convention to be marked on the exterior of every civil aircraft.
The plane was a Beech V35, tail number N47WT. It was built in 1966 and last registered in January in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to records kept by the Federal Aviation Administration.
In the United States, all military aircraft display a serial number to identify individual aircraft. These numbers are located on the aircraft tail, so they are sometimes referred to unofficially as "tail numbers". On the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber, lacking a tail, the number appears on the nose gear door. Individual agencies have each ...
The aircraft had been travelling from Nantes, France, to Cardiff, Wales. The wreckage of the aircraft was found thirteen days later. [77] Sala's remains were recovered on 7 February. [78] April 22 – The sole Northrop N-9MB was destroyed shortly after takeoff when it crashed into a prison yard in Norco, California, killing the pilot. [79]
As of August 1948, tail codes were no longer assigned to aircraft carriers but rather to carrier air groups, which in December 1963 were re-designated as carrier air wings. U.S. Navy carrier-based squadrons that deploy as whole units, like fighter and attack squadrons, use their parent carrier air wing tail codes; these types of squadrons are ...
Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung (1930) - 2 or 3 seat touring plane and reconnaissance aircraft Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hau (1932) - powered with single 165 hp Wright Whirlwind engine [ 22 ]