Yeah, they don't have the serial number anywhere that's easy to see when you are shooting them. To add to that, once you figure out which aircraft are being used in a show season, they can swap them around just by changing the number on the intake, so this week's #2 could be next week's #4.
It was actually discussed in an old thread here (which I posted in way back when...) that gives a little additional insight.
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