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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Colonial hangover on civil aviation in india

We all know that each and every aircraft has a unique registration marking on it.That marking consists of five letters or numerals.Seeing the registration marking we come to know in which country that aircraft is registered.Aircrafts registration making in england starts with "G",in USA it starts with "N", and in India it starts with "VT".You know why?Because this nomenclature was decided before independence.It was decided by apex body in world civil aviation ICAO.At that time India was a british colony.So that "VT " meant viceroy's territory.
Its amazing that after 60 years of independence Indian state has not taken any initiative to change it.

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