Kees was talking about mfg's SERIAL number, not registration letters. And Chile is CC, not CA. Canada is C-FXXX or C-GXXX for most aircraft, C-IXXX for ultralights. It used to be CF-XXX 'till they ran out of numbers. Mike Gammon > > From: Gerard M Foley <gfoley@columbus.rr.com> > Date: 2002/11/13 Wed PM 02:44:05 EST > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Beech Question... > > From: "Kees de LezenneCoulander" <lezenne@compuserve.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:07 PM > > > > Juan Carlos Gideon <JCAirStuff@aol.com> wrote: > > > > >What differences if any, exist between a Beech 3NM and a Beech 18 ?? > > > > Juan, > > The model number 3NM is actually a bastardized version of a > > Canadian military designation. A couple of hundred Beechcraft D-18S > > were bought by the RCAF in the post-war years as Expeditor Mk-3N, > > Mk-3NM and Mk-3TM. When civilianized, most seem to have acquired > > the Beechcraft 3NM moniker. Serial number prefix was CA- (standard > > civil D-18S was just A-). > > Air tail numbers and radio call signs beginning CA belong to Chile, not > Canada. Kees is probably right about this Canadian misappropriation of > Chilean intellectual property, since for many years the Canadian > Broadcasting Company's stations used call signs beginning CB, which also > belongs to Chile. The Canadian blocks beginning with C run from CF to CK > and CY to CZ.. Canada also has the blocks VA to VG, VO (formerly > Newfoundland), VX to VY, XJ to XO and maybe others that I have missed. > > Gerry K8EF > > http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley > http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html >