A tail number refers to an identification number painted on an aircraft, frequently on the tail.
Tail numbers can represent:
- An aircraft registration number (civil aviation)
- United States military aircraft serials
Famous quotes containing the words tail and/or number:
“Yet I suppose what seems to us confusion
Is not confusion, but the form of forms,
The serpents tail stuck down the serpents throat....”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“God ... created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failedthat is the meaning of evolution.”
—Graham Greene (19041991)