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Old 10-12-2015, 07:50 AM
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Default New! Available N-Number Search Engine

I have been hard at work updating my FAA Available N-Number search engine and I am proud to say it is finally ready for public consumption!

I made the nSearch program many years ago when I was building in order to find a great N-Number. I wasn't completely satisfied with the FAA's website as it has a very basic search engine, as well as it doesn't let you know of the latest N-Numbers that have been released into the public.

My goal with this site was to remove any limitations of searching for available N-Numbers. Additionally, every hour it crawls the FAA database to see which N-Numbers were recently freed up and lists them on a per-day basis, for up to the past 30 days.

The search engine can be accessed simply by going to http://www.tailnum.com. Enjoy!
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Old 10-12-2015, 08:40 AM
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Thanks, Mike! I need to reserve a number, & played with it for a while this morning. Very easy to use.

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Old 10-12-2015, 09:30 AM
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Awesome Mike! There are now 4 people including two pilots in the family so the RV-8 by itself just won't do the job anymore. I just got permission to start building an RV-10 in the spring and find the FAAs search engine way too cumbersome!
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Old 10-12-2015, 10:01 AM
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Nice job. I wish this were available a couple of years ago.
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Old 10-12-2015, 10:06 AM
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Wonderful site. Great job.
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Old 10-12-2015, 11:25 AM
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Nicely done, sir!
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Old 10-12-2015, 12:21 PM
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Very cool, Mike!

So, if the FAA site says an N-number is assigned, and your site says it's not assigned, how are you able to register it? Do you have to wait until it becomes available on the FAA website? (http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinqu...m_Inquiry.aspx). They claim they update their data each federal working day at midnight.
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Old 10-12-2015, 12:25 PM
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Very cool, Mike!

So, if the FAA site says an N-number is assigned, and your site says it's not assigned, how are you able to register it? Do you have to wait until it becomes available on the FAA website? (http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinqu...m_Inquiry.aspx). They claim they update their data each federal working day at midnight.
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Every hour I download all available numbers from the FAA's AircractInquiry site and load it into my database. The actual update takes place sometime between 1-2am EDT. So my site is as updated as the FAA site is.

Here is one exception - where I list the "Newest Available N-Numbers" for a particular day - those are the numbers that were made free on that date, however, they may of become already registered after that update. I decided to keep it the way it is to show people that occasionally great N-Numbers come available (although they typically get picked up quickly!).
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Old 10-12-2015, 01:35 PM
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Very nice update. And darn it, I just reserved a new N number so now I will have to decide between my previously selected one and this new, shorter, cooler one (assuming the registration completes successfully)!
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Thanks for the explanation, Mike!
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