Need help with my N #

mkmuch · #1 01-09-2009, 11:29 PM

I am at a loss for a good N#.

It seems like everyone i try is reserved or taken - I am running out of creative formula's and have now reverted to ones that just sound good - but lack a story or a meaning.

Thoughts or ideas to try?

gasman · #2 01-09-2009, 11:53 PM

Go for short simple numbers...... they are easy to say and easy to punch in at the gas pump.

I found these N8810 N5510 N710MM N410MM

Steve Ashby · #3 01-10-2009, 04:09 AM

Mike,
I don't know if you have already tried this, but it worked for me. First, go to this site: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinqu...AV_inquiry.asp
There, you can enter one or two trailing letters and ranges of initial numbers to see what is available. I went to the site and entered MM as trailing letters and 100-999 as initial numbers. I pulled up scores of available N numbers with your initials. The available pool of three digit numbers should render at least one significant candidate (a birth date, anniversary, etc.). If you want a "10" in the tail number, then N710MM is available (a lucky 10 for Mike Much). Just hop on the site one night when you can't get to sleep and you will be surprised at what you will find. I am building an 8A and one sleepless night I found N888SV (the letters are for Steve and Vicki, my wife and rivet bucker).
Have fun,

rleffler · #4 01-10-2009, 04:26 AM

A site that is a little more friendly than the FAA site for looking up N#s.

http://nsearch.rvplane.com/

Webb · #5 01-10-2009, 05:23 AM

I like duplicate ending letters. When ATC is handling a lot of traffic, it is easier to hear your call sign stand out. N710MM would be nice and if it's your initials, even better.

My old plane ended with foxtrot romeo and often I got a notice from ATC that there were similiar sounding call signs (ie: romeo foxtrot).

My 2 cents.

Geico266 · #6 01-10-2009, 07:53 AM

I have a plane that ends in JJ. Juliet Juliet is 6 syllables and it is cumbersome at best. It is easy to hear when ATC calls you though, I'll give you that. Around my home airport I just say "3JJ". Use letters that have just 1 or 2 syllables if you can.

Rick_A · #7 01-10-2009, 08:45 AM

I've been listening to the tower while working on my plane. When ever I hear a call sign that's "triple something", I think it sounds good and is makes for an easy call.

So I'd rather have triple 5 RA then my current 557RA.

osxuser · #8 01-10-2009, 05:55 PM

From an ATC perspective, we can't say Triple 7 (at least we aren't supposed to) therefore the callsign for us would be seven seven seven, which sucks. The easiest ones for me to pick up are typically 2 number 2 letter signs such as N84BN or N60YX. Easy to remember. Any time you have 4 letters/numbers combo other than that (Like Dan's N714D) ATC has a tendancy to feel that they are missing something (N714D what? N714DN would feel more complete to me

)

The Triple number callsigns are somewhat easy to remember, but never easy to say one one one mike golf is very low on syliables, but still awkward at best.

40BF was the one I picked out for no apparent reason...

RVadmirer · #9 01-10-2009, 06:31 PM

Birth Date or Aniversary, or ??? + Mike Mike......?

Hawkeye7A · #10 01-10-2009, 06:43 PM

When I was student pilot with only 13 hours my rental became unavailable. I bought a '59 C172 which I did my first solo in, the rest of my training and checkride, and rolled up about 830 hrs in. It was 6128E. After trying to get 174__ (fill in the blanks) I settled on 728E. After contact with ATC they usually use only your last three digits so now I have an RV7(A) but I'm still known as "28E". Worked for me!