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Buzz Numbers: The Explanations and Regulations Behind America's Military Aircraft Identification System

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Buzz Numbers: The Explanations and Regulations Behind America's Military Aircraft Identification System - Bowers, Peter M, and Menard, David W
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The Buzz Number system, the famous identification system for U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force aircraft from late 1945 into the mid-1960s, was developed as a deterrent to 8th Air Force pilots engaged in unauthorized low-level flying over post-war Europe. This practice, called 'buzzing', prompted the need for ground observers to be able to identify and report a particular offending aircraft. In response to this need, a system of letters and numbers was developed to uniquely identify each aircraft in inventory. This book includes ...

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Buzz Numbers: The Explanations and Regulations Behind America's Military Aircraft Identification System 2006, Specialty Press (MN)

ISBN-13: 9781580071031

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