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The aircraft registration is made up of :
A prefix selected from the country's callsign prefix allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
(making the registration a quick way of determining the country of origin) (VH for Australia)
Aviation Country Codes list page.
And the registration suffix
(three letters for australia). i.e. VH-SQY (SIERRA, QUEBEC, YANKEE) Pronounced using the Phonetic Alphabet as "see AIR rah, keh BECK, YANG key"
Aircraft flying privately usually use their registration as their radio callsign,
but many aircraft flying in commercial operations (especially charter, cargo, and
airlines) use the ICAO airline designator or a company callsign.
i.e. SUNSTATE 122 "SUNSTATE ONE TWENTY TWO" EASTERN 1220 "EASTERN TWELVE TWENTY" VIRGIN 702 "VIRGIN SEVEN ZERO TWO" QANTAS 800 "QANTAS EIGHT HUNDRED"
Mititary aircraft use callsigns to designate Squadron/Unit and action.
i.e. Colt2 is an F-111 in a multi-aircraft flight from No.1 Squadron
In some instances, it may be sufficient to simply display the suffix letters,
with the country prefix omitted.
For example, gliders registered in Australia would omit the VH prefix and simply display the suffix.
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