Selling an N#

[kerry]

Someone from King Aviation Title Company left me a message saying they had a customer that would like to buy my N#.  The message peaked my interest.  I thought before calling back I'd ask if anyone knows what a N #'s going rate is?  or any other info on this subject.

[kmyfm20s]

If it's going on a G650 I would say a lot! seriuosly though, if I give up my tail number I would have to repaint my entire tail section. If it was a slightly faded or faded paint job the entire plane would need to be repainted.

[KSMooniac]

Everything is negotiable! I'd bargain for a full paint job at a minimum.

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[MB65E]

What's the registration number? Depends how bad they want it. If they want it they'll pay. Espically since the guy is already paying the title Company.

-Matt

[MyNameIsNobody]

Let me guess:

NIOWNIT

[Parker_Woodruff]

I reserved a tail number once (it's a rare one where it's three numerical digits only).  I got it just in case I ever bought a plane that had a bad tail number or if I wanted something different on a repaint.

 

A guy wrote me a letter saying he really wanted that number for his homebuilt airplane.

 

I sold it to him for $100 to pay for my time and the expense of reserving another number I liked.

 

For anything else, I'd probably sell a tail number for a new paint job.

[jkhirsch]

Aside from the first instinct of being incredibly greedy I think you can reasonably assert two things:

 

Your plane will need to be repainted.

You will be inconvenienced by the entire process.

 

I would let them know that you expect reasonable compensation for both.

[Cabanaboy]

Let the bidding begin !

[Marauder]

This conversation reminds me of the craziness over Delaware license plates. It is not uncommon to hear people paying 5 digits for 3 digit Delaware plates.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-675000-license-plate/

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[fantom]

Could be zero....

 

I tried to give away N17K here last year, but no takers.

 

I've been told Nike paid very big bucks for N1KE   .

[N601RX]

Out of curiosity, what is your N#?

[kerry]

I just got off the phone with them.  My N# is N728CP. It's my experimental.  It was a previous N# of a Gulfstream G3.  Anyway the broker told me there's not to many CP's available.  I told them 10K.  I'll let you know if they accept.

[MyNameIsNobody]

I hope you hit the lottery here. A good excuse to do Sabre's cowl mod too

[Marauder]

I hope you hit the lottery here. A good excuse to do Sabre's cowl mod too

Or upgrade something...

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[DonMuncy]

I'm a little slow here. What is desirable about CP.

[Bob_Belville]

http://www.nationalnumbers.co.uk/stock-number-plates.htm

[Bob_Belville]

I'm a little slow here. What is desirable about CP.

Don't know. Charlie Parker is dead...

[StinkBug]

I'm a little slow here. What is desirable about CP.

 

Could be the owners initials or something meaningful for them. I wish someone would call me, I'm not overly fond of my tail number and my plane needs paint.

[peevee]

I'm a little slow here. What is desirable about CP.

either the company or owners initials would be my guess.

[jkhirsch]

Well if it's just your experimental.....

[TTaylor]

A friend had a N-number some guy wanted for his jet, he got about $5k a couple of years ago. The number was on a glider so was not very hard to change.

[carusoam]

You know who Chuck Prince worked for...? (Former CEO of Citi bank)

1) It may really help to know your customer before setting the price.

2) The limit to the pricing plan will be there are other CPs in the register for competition.

3) have an idea of how much hassle you are willing to go through?

Best regards,

-a-

[MARZ]

I've got 77MR reserved - most time I talk to ATC with 9640M I get "say again" - don't know if its my Wisconsin/Texas accent or if it's just a weird grouping of numbers... besides I like the idea of associating Mike Ropers to Mike Romeo     kinda rolls off the tongue!!

[MB65E]

I know it costs right around 10k to change a registration number on a Jet. Mode S dip switches changes, ELT beacon dip switches, repaint of tail, waiting for all the paperwork to go through. The number can't be on two aircraft at the same time, so letters between owners. Letters authorizing the release of the number to another party. The list goes on. We missed a trip due to a paperwork glitch.

If owners had a clue on the cost, I don't think they would do it.

All said, I'd ask for at least 10k for the number!

-Matt

[Tom]

When all is said an done, you probably will also need an hour or so in the right seat of the G3 to make sure that your N# is going to a good home.