V-Flyer

I was just wondering, on every UK licensed plane i can find there is a G at the beginning. Why is this and is it the same for all planes worldwide or is it just planes in the UK?

G signifies that the aircraft is registered in the UK. Other countries have a different registration letter. For example the USA has N as its registration letter, Ireland has EI and so on

Originally posted by honey lamb
G signifies that the aircraft is registered in the UK. Other countries have a different registration letter. For example the USA has N as its registration letter, Ireland has EI and so on

Thanks

The letter/s before the hyphen are the designator code for each country, although the reg is displayed without a hyphen in the US.

VS.

The country of registration isnt always the home country of the carrier though. Examples of this are plentful with Irelands code EI being on a number of Alitalia aircraft.

Originally posted by willd
The country of registration isnt always the home country of the carrier though. Examples of this are plentful with Irelands code EI being on a number of Alitalia aircraft.

Also if the aircraft is leased it may carry he registration of the lessors country.