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#1 Post by ian16th » Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:49 pm

2nd aircraft delivered.

Question: Seeing as the RAF has only ordered 9 of these aircraft, why are the 2 digits used in the tail number?
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#2 Post by k3k3 » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:10 pm

Optimism?
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#3 Post by ian16th » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:32 pm

If they are optimistic, they should use alpha characters!

A to Z discounting I & O, 'cos of the confusion facto, still gives lots of choice and saves paint and sign writing costs.
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#4 Post by G-CPTN » Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:48 pm

A two digit numerical suggests a 'serial number', whereas a single digit can be misconstrued to be a version number.
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#5 Post by ian16th » Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:50 pm

G-CPTN wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 18, 2020 6:48 pm
 A two digit numerical suggests a 'serial number', whereas a single digit can be misconstrued to be a version number.
That would have worked with the Nimrods as they were all hand built and each one different!
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