Why did you pick your N Number ? - Page 47

N804RV · #**461** 10-19-2013, 12:48 AM

I wanted N80566 (my plans/builder number). But, somebody beat me to it. So, I decided to go with the N8XXRV format. And, the first number available was 804.

I kinda wonder if, since there's already a N803RV and a N805RV, did someone else have 804 reserved but gave it up?

ron sterba · #**462** 10-19-2013, 03:03 AM

First # 246HJ was a contender but my wife said no, we got 421HJ which is the next one after the new Honda Jet N420HJ. Maybe not as fast but a whole lot more fun and cheaper to operate!

Maxrate · #**463** 10-19-2013, 05:34 AM

442MM Been waiting for this one to open up for two years! Now I can get my favorite classic 1969 Olds 442 hurst to match the N number......

Toobuilder · #**464** 10-19-2013, 09:07 AM

First priority is that it is easy for me to say over the radio without sounding like I have a mouth full of marbles. Only then do I start looking for some personal significance. So I found and have reserved 268DM which rolls easily off the tounge and is also the initials of my and my wife's first names as well as the year of our birth for the both of us (both in 68).

Now all I have to do is find an airplane to stick it on.

lpeeds · #**465** 11-02-2013, 08:50 PM

I married my wife, Kitty, in 1956.

Bill_H · #**466** 11-02-2013, 09:41 PM

N412BR RV12 It was kit number 412 and some other numbers of personal significance have been taken. BRH are my initials, but "Bravo Romeo" sounds better over the radio and is more fun to say than Bravo Hotel, to me anyway. Interestingly enough, the aircraft's first flight was 4-12-12!

Jaypratt · #**467** 11-03-2013, 07:34 AM

Bill started this thread June 2005.
Fun reading all the post about the number choices. And how you decided on # choices.

I have up dated my aircraft TTs a few times over the years.

Still haven't decided what to do with my reserved N6YH. Tempted to paint the Sky Wagon and change it to N6YH.

I can not find another plane better suited to how I fly. Mission, Mission Mission...So building another is not practical.

Maybe another thread about what is the 'prefect' second airplane to complement your RV?? I know several that have built a RV12 as a second

bruceh · #**468** 12-31-2013, 08:35 AM

Basically the name "HILLS" upside down and backwards. Not that I will ever be flying upside down in my -9A.

Years ago, when everyone was looking for personal domain names to register, my wife suggested "overthehills.com", so this N-number sort of fits with our internet domain -- the Hill's, just turned over.

PerfTech · #**469** 12-31-2013, 09:28 AM

....The "ninety one", is how old I feel in the morning when I get up! The "A/N" is my initials to help me remember who I am of course! Happy New Year guys, Allan...

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ron sterba · #**470** 12-31-2013, 02:06 PM

I felt that building my RV9A (N421HJ) was the best all around plane. Considering field choices, TOP end speed and fuel economy. I elected to stand next to the new Honda Jet. N 420 HJ.
There's a special ring to ONE HOTEL JULIET! My wife says you are always out there (hangar) you might as well LIVE there. My thoughts of N246 HJ were short lived.
Happy New year 2014
Ron in Oregon