This PA28 Cherokee, F-ONZY landed at Norwich, from Oban, on Saturday for fuel …. not too exciting I thought ! but whilst hanging over the fence to take a photograph or two the pilot came over and was excited that his aircraft was of interest telling me he had flown it from, I believe, Antigua, along the US east coast and via the north atlantic route heading for France !! He was wearing an Oshkosh tee shirt, so i assume he visited there on the way ! stupidly I did not ask his name or get a photo of him with his aircraft …. Am I correct in thinking that the F-O part of the registration is allocated to French Overseas registered aircraft ??
Keith 🙂
By: Newforest - 7th August 2012 at 07:20
Gentlemen ! Thank you all for that confirmation of my theory !
Newforest …. how can you be so accurate ?? I must say he was speaking rapidly and my ears were listening very slowly 😎Keith 🙂
The registered address is/was Guadeloupe. 🙂
By: J Boyle - 7th August 2012 at 04:13
Am I correct in thinking that the F-O part of the registration is allocated to French Overseas registered aircraft ??
Either that or the previous owner was a fan of the 70s American comedy “Happy Days”.
Regarding a Cherokee crossing the Atlantic, somewhere Shelia Scott is smiling. 🙂
Yes, I know she had a Comanche…:) .
Sounds like a fun trip, it would be an adventure….Lindbergh with a GPS.
A friend flew his TBM 700 to Franch for a TBM owners meet, but somehow I think a turbine would take some of the fun (and most of the stress) out of the trip.
By: keithnewsome - 6th August 2012 at 23:02
Very true Moggy ! I wonder if its just a visit home and a return journey ????
Keith 🙂
By: Moggy C - 6th August 2012 at 22:54
Hell! You’d need patience to cross the Atlantic in that.
Respect.
Moggy
By: keithnewsome - 6th August 2012 at 22:03
Gentlemen ! Thank you all for that confirmation of my theory !
Newforest …. how can you be so accurate ?? I must say he was speaking rapidly and my ears were listening very slowly 😎
Keith 🙂
By: Arabella-Cox - 6th August 2012 at 21:51
Am I correct in thinking that the F-O part of the registration is allocated to French Overseas registered aircraft ??
Yes, you are indeed correct……….
Planemike
By: Newforest - 6th August 2012 at 21:51
Think you might be right Keith and if correct, not a lot of people know that (outside of France), but I think Guadeloupe might be more accurate than Antigua. 😉
By: EGTC - 6th August 2012 at 21:20
Cool shot and nice plane too 🙂
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