Chiguire From Venezuela, joined Sep 2004, 2003 posts, RR: 19 Reply 4, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 3052 times:
T is for "temporal", afterwards it changes to the correct ending, C, P, CP etc. Most of the above mentioned VH aircraft already have the "C" ending, except 134T. The rest is 01C to 06C. Don't know about the others.
It's funny to see this registration type if you're used to the "C" ending. Howl long ago has this "T" registration been used. I've never seen this until now.
Civilav From Mexico, joined Oct 2004, 391 posts, RR: 14 Reply 7, posted (7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago) and read 2932 times:
VIASA,
Quoting 757MDE (Reply 6): So it's like the analog to the Colombian "X"
Venezuela civil aviation directorate changed, effective January 1975, its system of registering aircraft. Many of you may recall the typical "YV-C-VIA" for instance of Viasa's first Convair-88022M. To make things more orderly, a number was subsituted after the YV-prefix followed by any of the following letters:
C: Commercial (intended for public service)
CP: Commercial but for private service only (like a company plane)
P: Private
G: Government
E: For training from the Spanish "Escuela"
X: Experimental
There was never a T considered then.
With so many aircraft leased, (like occurred with VIASA's 1 DC-10 which, for many years until it was finally totally paid, flew as PH-DTG) it has become apparent that it is necessary to have them with a Venezuelan "Temporary" registration pending either full purchase or else, a return to the lessor.
So, to address the issue, yes T is analogous to the Colombian "X" suffix in use since the early 70 when Avianca began a fleet procurement plan with leased aeroplanes.
757MDE From Colombia, joined Sep 2004, 1753 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 2882 times:
Quoting Civilav (Reply 7): So, to address the issue, yes T is analogous to the Colombian "X" suffix in use since the early 70 when Avianca began a fleet procurement plan with leased aeroplanes.
Thanks for the confirmation!
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I'm sure that all this aircraft had a C-registration before. It make no sense to change the registration to a temporary regi and than switch back to YV-xxxC.
And by the way, all the T-registration are seen between October 2005 and now.
The thing about the Viasa DC-10 are an other story. This planes (5 aircrafts, not sure) were leased from a dutch company (linked with KLM) - sorry I can't remember the name of this company.
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