Reserving your N-Number...

YOU CAN NOW RESERVE YOUR N NUMBER ON-LINE!

If you don't want to use the on-line form, here is another way you can do it...

Download the special N-Number reservation form HERE

Search for an N-Number that is not in use HERE

Once you have at least 10 possible N numbers that are not in the above database, call the FAA at (405) 954-3116 and ask them which are really available. Then, put the available N numbers in the order you prefer on the form, and mail it out ASAP...

Form instructions:  Replace the underlined fields with the appropriate information, and then simply change the date at the top,  and add your name and return address at the bottom..

Happy N-Number Story...

I have been thinking about and reserving different N-Numbers for a couple years, but was never really happy with what I had found available... About a month ago I got back on my N-Number kick and started looking at what was available again... I currently had N8VD reserved; 8 for my RV-8 and VD for my last name VonDane... It was ok, but I did get some ribbing from some [you know who you are]... 

So.....during my latest search I found a couple that I thought I would really like;  N8V - It's reserved, and I could not find the party who reserved it no matter what I did... N8WV [for my initials; William VonDane] - It's reserved, and has been reserved since 1973, by the West Virginia DOT Aeronautics Commission... So I went to work calling the State of Virginia DOT... After about 3 days and a dozen or so phone calls, I got hold of the Director of the West Virginia Aeronautics Commission and explained to her about my plane and the how I wanted to use the N-Number. She was very nice to me on the phone but said she was on her way to some meeting and would have to get back to me... The next day she called me for more details and I explained everything to her... This was on Friday, the 1st of Feb...

Now I didn't expect anything to happen really... I thought they would tell me they would keep it in case they ever bought a plane or something, or maybe they would sell it to me.....but this morning she called to tell me they were going to relinquish the number to me... How cool is that!?

I called the Aircraft Registration Office in Oklahoma to get the information required get this all done. They told me that I needed a Letter of Relinquishment written on company letterhead stating that they would "relinquish the N-Number N8WV to William E. VonDane" signed by an authoritative party... I sent this info back to the WV-DOT and within 30 min I had a faxed copy of the letter...

Now I just have to include this letter with my N-Number registration request to the Aircraft Registration Office...

All my life people have been telling me to be nice, and not be such a jerk... Hey... It worked!

-Bill VonDane