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Subject: Re: [LML] Homebuilt type designators?
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This is used if there isn't an ICAO type designator.  All the Lancairs  
have designators (LCN2,LNCE,LNC4 etc)

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On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:21 AM, "Dan Schaefer" <dfs155@roadrunner.com>  
wrote:

> Happened to run across this in an AOPA daily email Q&A section.  
> Since about 1995 I've always used "LNC 2" as my type designator when  
> ATC asks and they've never fussed. Anyone on the list know more  
> about this?
>
> Excerpted from today's AOPA ePilot.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Question: I want to file a flight plan for a flight in my homebuilt  
> experimental aircraft. What type designator do I use?
>
>
>
>
> Answer: The FAA's Air Traffic Controller's Handbook (7110.65N)  
> outlines the various aircraft make/model designators. Appendix C  
> lists designators for experimental or homebuilt aircraft as HXA,  
> HXB, or HXC, for aircraft with a cruise speed of 100 knots or less,  
> 100 through 200 knots, or more than 200 knots, respectively.
>
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>
>
> The url for the ATC Pub: http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/atc/ 
>   , click on "Appendices", then on "Appendix 3". Looks downright  
> recent.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Dan Schaefer
>
> LNC 2   (or maybe HXB)????
>
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