What makes a good tail number / call sign?

N Numbers
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I know @LeeGriffing has a lot of opinions on this.

My general rule is to keep anything after the “N” 7 syllables or less, but I also like them to end in “RB” so that can be a challenge!

Scott currently has a Mooney with the tail number of N72JC and I thought that would be a perfect tail number for Jack Cochrane if he had a 172, but Lee doesn’t like it.

This is a current discussion on a group text between @Dr.Badass, @LeeGriffing and I that I want to move over to here so that we can get some more input.

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I think we came up with the 7 syllables max idea together… I think 5-6 syllables is the sweet spot personally. I don’t want repetitive numbers like a lot of factory N-numbers were back in the day. Like 4121J or 8797W etc. I also want it to sound great shortened since thats what you’ll be saying the most.

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Probably on the show!

I generally agree with you on not having repetitive numbers, but one of my favorite N Numbers that I have reserved is N22RB. I plan on putting it on my future Robinson R22 or Cirrus SR22.

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That would be a good one. The University of Texas grabbed “NUT” for one of their tails. Lol Too many syllables for such a short N#.

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@RobertBerger, we should all pitch in to buy @Dr.Badass “N6969N” so when he’s inverted doing aerobatics in his 150, it reads the same no matter the orientation.. :upside_down_face:

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There needs to be a 1-9 after the initial “N” for it to be valid?

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N6969N would be perfect on an aerobatics plane! It’s currently on a J3.

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N69N could potentially be bought.

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BOOM… N96969N is currently available for reservation!

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Yes! ATC will love talking to this plane, especially doing 25-laps in the pattern. Lol

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It gives me a headache just looking at it! Haha

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@JJTEX817 just about how his golf carts end up. Unless everyone jumps off….

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