Hva står LN- for?

[Andreas Nysveen]

Hadde en artig situasjon på skolen med norsklæreren for noen dager siden. Vi hadde en diskusjon i klassen (Husker ikke helt om hva), men det endte hvertfall opp med at Læreren påsto at LN i et flys reg-nummer står for "Luftfart Norge". Jeg er ganske sikker på at dette er feil, men kan noen fortelle meg hvordan et land får tildelt disse to første bokstavene?

 

Andreas Nysveen

[PEtter blindheim]

Lima November

[Karl Mathias Moberg]

Lima November!

Det er egentlig bare tilfeldig tror jeg. Det er ikke Luftfart Norge, USA har no NXXXX.. danmark har OY,

[Gunnar Flak]

LN er faktisk en del av samme internasjonale system som kallesignalene for radioamatører, fiskebåter osv. Disse har vel stort sett LA, LB osv (litt usikker). Og norske luftfartøyer har altså fått tildelt LN.

[Michelle Sandra Aitken]

Sakset fra denne siden:

 

The reason "N" was assigned to the U.S. was in recognition of the industry leading development and deployment of wireless communications by the U.S. Navy that had been using "N" as the prefix to its station call-sign identifiers since 1909.

Obviously, at this point in history (1912) aircraft were barely capable of carrying a pilot and passenger, much less a bulky wireless set. By 1919, when the CINA met, both aviation and wireless technology had made great advances - in part due to development associated with WWI. Aircraft were now capable of carrying wireless communication gear and the practice of including such gear was increasing. As an international protocol for identifying wireless stations already existed, the CINA simply adopted a subset of the ITU call-sign identifiers for consistency. Support of this can be seen in the CINA specifications quoted above that state aircraft are to use their registration number in wireless communications with base stations. By combining the ITU standards into the registration marks, the CINA was simply assuring clarity in wireless communication on an international basis while avoiding unnecessary redundancy.

Support for this version is found in Aviation magazine dated June 11, 1923 (page 639) that states:

 

"Nationality Mark of American Aircraft: Aviation reported some time ago on the strength of a Norwegian government decree published in "Machrichten fur Luftfahrer" (the German air department bulletin) that Norway had adopted the letter "N" as its nationality mark. As this letter had previously been allotted to the United States as its aircraft nationality mark, it was editorially suggested that when this country becomes a party to the International Air Convention, the American representatives should ask to have the letter "W" allotted as our aircraft nationality mark. It was pointed out that as the letter "W" was one of the international call letters allotted the United States - as is "N" - such a choice would be eminently practical as well as an act of homage to the Wright brothers. The National Aeronautic Association of U.S.A. now announces on the authority of the Controller General of Civil Aviation in Canada that at the third session of the International Commission for Air Navigation, the letter "E" was granted to Norway as that country's nationality mark, with the letter "N" as the first letter of the registration mark. The letter "N" therefore remains the nationality mark allotted to United States civil aircraft." [Norway never adopted the E-Nxxx allotted to it, but later standardized on LN-xxxx]

[Andreas Nysveen]

Var egentlig det jeg trodde, var en annen i klassen som sa det samme, men læreren hadde null forståelse for dette.

Takk for bekreftelsen

[Geir G]

"Lille Norge"

[Andreas Nysveen]

Hehe. Ja læreren kunne like godt sagt "lille Norge" For hans kunnskaper strekker seg ikke forbi norrønne oldtids-tekster

[Martin Foss]

Jeg hadde en gang en lærerinne på skolen, som fortalte at da hun var liten, trodde hun at navnet hennes stod på alle småfly. Det korrekte ville vel vært alle norskregistrerte luftfartøy. Og ja, hun het Ellen..

[M E]

Første 737NG (og kvinnelige fly) til Braathens heter jo Ellen Tuva

[Kenneth G. Sørensen]

...og det flyet var jo i lang tid beryktet for å være et mandagsfly med antydning til pms...

[Andreas Nysveen]

Den var ikke dum