Let’s Have Some Tail Number Fun

[GeeBee]

Not an  N number but a ship number. I was preparing to go to DFW in a 757. The ship number was 666. It was painted big as life on the nose gear doors. A lady stopped me in the gate house and asked, "Is that our airplane?" I said, "Yes M'am, a Boeing 757." She said, "Oh no Captain, I can't get on that airplane.". I said, "Mark of the devil?" She said, "Oh Lord, yes!" I decided there was no use convincing her there was a ship 665 and a ship 667 I just said, "M'am, let's get you on another flight" and escorted her to the agent. She booked her on the next flight out.

As Paul Harvey says, "Now for the rest of the story". We taxi'd out and on the way the air-ground sensing went awry and it was screaming all kinds of warning and cautions at us. We returned to the gate. They decided to get us another airplane due to arrive in about an hour. I was walking through the food court when I saw the lady. She said, "Back from Dallas so soon?" I said, "No we had a mechanical and had to return to the gate.". She said, "The Lord was watching out for you." I smiled and said "We pilots need him more than most folks!".

[Sue Bon]

Here in Switzerland, all Swiss aircraft have HB-something. All Mooneys have HB-Dsomething (I am HB-DFA). There is one Mooney based at a different airport that I have to admit, I would never buy/fly.... HB-DIE

 

[Kerrville]

I’ve got N201jk. Mooney’s joke, haha you thought you would do 201, j/k. 

[Pictreed]

I've got one that would be funny.  I did IFR training in a 172RG with tail number N172RG.  It was scrapped a couple years ago when the nose gear collapsed. 

ATC would always ask, "172 romeo golf, what's the make of your aircraft".  "172 romeo golf is a 172 romeo golf!"  LOL

[toomany]

N69YA - on an rv in indiana


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[Stubby]

I've got N9777F and that gets me tongue tied often and almost every controller drops a 7 out when repeating it. I've had a couple controllers just go with Mooney-Niner-Triple 7-Fox and that works pretty good.