Ask an Expert -- License Plates for Airplanes: What do Those Numbers Mean?
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Channel: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum · 2011 · Education
Brian Nicklas, museum specialist in the Archives Division of the National Air and Space Museum, discusses aircraft registration numbers (visible on the exterior of an airplane) and what they mean. This informal gallery talk was recorded on November 10, 2010 as part of the National Air and Space Museum's "Ask an Expert" lecture series. "Ask an Expert" lectures are presented weekly at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and biweekly at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. For more information & schedule, see http://www.nasm.si.edu/askanexpert/
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