Talk:United Kingdom military aircraft serials

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[edit] Underwing serials, fin flashes, and out-of-sequence serials

Underwing serials were carried on both wings of most types until the early 80s (IIRC), when the serial under the port wing was discontinued. Since that time they seem to have been phased out altogether, although I'm not entirely sure of the timescale.

I think the section on fin flashes is off-topic and might be better in the Royal Air Force roundels article.

It doesn't seem to be just demonstrators and leased aircraft that are getting out-of-sequence serials, there have been a lot of allocations from the ZZ range recently, and small allocations from recent ranges (eg. ZH001-ZH004) have also been happening. Letdorf (talk) 11:50, 14 December 2007 (UTC).

I agree with your comment about underwing serials, I just couldnt find any reference to when it actually happened. I agree about the fin flash, Thanks for the corrections and I agree with your other comments. Just trying to be careful that this stays encylopedic and not turn into a listing of serials. MilborneOne (talk) 13:53, 14 December 2007 (UTC)