UNDER WING REGISTRATION.
Presumeably because it is not compulsory in those countries although I have seen aircraft from both with wing regs . Until recently i think only USA and Russia /USSR and Japan used numeric registrations after the country identifier letter too.
Other countries go the whole hog and specify exactly where the registration must go, the size of letters etc
On a lighter note they are also the two countries least likely to conform to anything global and go their own way-the USA because i t is big and inward looking and France because it is France ' c 'est la vie' but I would have thought the joint EU regulations might have caught up with them on this one
PB
Other countries go the whole hog and specify exactly where the registration must go, the size of letters etc
On a lighter note they are also the two countries least likely to conform to anything global and go their own way-the USA because i t is big and inward looking and France because it is France ' c 'est la vie' but I would have thought the joint EU regulations might have caught up with them on this one
PB
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<<Until recently i think only USA and Russia /USSR and Japan used numeric registrations after the country identifier letter too.>>
China too.. and one or two south/central american airlines.
China too.. and one or two south/central american airlines.
Presumeably because it is not compulsory in those countries although I have seen aircraft from both with wing regs . Until recently i think only USA and Russia /USSR and Japan used numeric registrations after the country identifier letter too.
Other countries go the whole hog and specify exactly where the registration must go, the size of letters etc
On a lighter note they are also the two countries least likely to conform to anything global and go their own way-the USA because i t is big and inward looking and France because it is France ' c 'est la vie' but I would have thought the joint EU regulations might have caught up with them on this one
PB
Other countries go the whole hog and specify exactly where the registration must go, the size of letters etc
On a lighter note they are also the two countries least likely to conform to anything global and go their own way-the USA because i t is big and inward looking and France because it is France ' c 'est la vie' but I would have thought the joint EU regulations might have caught up with them on this one
PB
HD you are right of course-I added USSR and China as after thought and after wards remembered a few others - and Mr Kockayne that indeed was what Iwas thinking of , the French had gigantic letters under wings so maybe Airfrance wanted to save a bit of paint weight as asked the Ministry to ease up on them LoL.
There is page I found on Google about US numbers and how they ended up with N-quite a complex story but I didnt see anything specifically about France. The other wing style back in those days was on top of one wing and under the other
There is page I found on Google about US numbers and how they ended up with N-quite a complex story but I didnt see anything specifically about France. The other wing style back in those days was on top of one wing and under the other
Didn't know that French a/c do not have the reg' under the wing.
Our local club aircraft down here in southern France certainly carry the reg under their wings, as does at least some of the bigger stuff that is made just up the road and do flight tests over our local area. The under wing registration is clearly visible in this image:
A350 flypast
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