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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.
EW-10000 to EW-99999 (ex-Soviet Union registrations)EW-100AA to EW-999ZZ (aircraft in general, except those listed below) EW-200PA to EW-299PA (reserved for Boeing 737 aircraft)
Serial number Tail number C/N Owner Fate Retired Refs Beechcraft 1900C: UB-37: N27RA — United States Department of the Air Force: Crash: 16 March 2004 [24] [25] [26] Boeing 737-275: 20785: N4529W: 335: United States Department of the Air Force: Retired: 7 November 2008 [24] [25] Boeing 737-253: 20694: N5294M: 343: United States Department of ...
Flight Express, Inc. FLIGHT EXPRESS United States CFI Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation in China: CHINA JET China LTS Flight Inspections and Systems: SPECAIR Russia IVJ Flight International: INVADER JACK United States MIT Flight Line: MATCO United States FOI Flight Ops International: United States OPT ...
A tail number refers to an identification registration code (letters, numbers, or both) painted on an aircraft, frequently on the tail. Tail numbers can represent: An aircraft registration number (civil aviation)
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 U.S. Navy introduced the identification system of tail and wing letter codes for its aircraft in July 1945. This system was intended to replace the set of geometrical symbols employed for the similar purpose since January 1945. When introduced, tail codes were only given to aircraft carriers.
A letter denoting the group was painted on the upper third of the tail fin, with a square symbol in the center, and an aircraft identifier, known as the "victor number," in the lower third. Aircraft commonly used their tail identifiers as radio voice calls ( call signs ), i.e. Lucky Irish (serial 42-24622) of the 870th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb ...