So I'm a new to NAPKA, and having seen other's pilot numbers, I always assumed that they were automatically assigned to you based on where you fell in line or where you were located etc.

Having just joined, I learned that as a part of joining was Choosing your numbers... I am one of those people who has trouble choosing things, feeling like it has to mean something at least interesting.

That being said, is there any significance to you to the numbers you picked?

For me, I chose US 593... A lot of the numbers that are ones of significance to me were already used, so I took a nickname that my wife (and inlaws) calls me and one I've been called since college, "Spe" (pronounced "Spee") and chose numbers close to the letters: 5=S, 9=P, and 3=E... Kinda silly, but the nickname is one I've always enjoyed so I thought it made sense.

How about you, are your pilot numbers significant?

Spe

your bored this morning...i was putting lots of thought into it but then just went w/ #31

I just decided that 8's were the easiest number to read. After choosing it, it seems that 8's are popular numbers. No hidden meaning.

Same here. No special meaning. Just picked around the ones that were already taken

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your bored this morning...i was putting lots of thought into it but then just went w/ #31

No, I've just been wondering if anyone else had any significant meaning to theirs or thought about it too much like I did... I've been thinking about it on and off since I joined, & mostly just curious... Typed that up this morning over my bowl of Cheerios watching the girls chow down on theirs.

Maybe I just think too much :puzzled:

cool:D sounds like a great morning so far..some wind this afternoon and your all set

US48 - my age when joined. Real cerebral.

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cool:D sounds like a great morning so far..some wind this afternoon and your all set

Headed out for a light wind session in about 1/2 an hour... My last hurrah before girl # 4 shows.... Due date 3/31.... Essentially any day now... May likely be JIBE before I'm back in the buggy.

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US48 - my age when joined. Real cerebral.

You're just a cerebral kind if guy Angus

nice..congrats! and good luck w/ all that...so you will be modifying that tandem as well? might want to reserve some more #'s too

They have yet to express any real interest in kites that don't look like Disney princesses... Maybe I should commission Kieron to make a a Beamer that looks like Rapunzel.

They have yet to express any real interest in kites that don't look like Disney princesses... Maybe I should commission Kieron to make a a Beamer that looks like Rapunzel.

US888
I wanted a number that could be easily identified if I flipped my buggy. 69 was taken.... :evil::P

US51

Year I was born.

Mine is in reference to us hwy 101

I found an old receipt from "Into the Wind" where I purchased my very first power kite.... An HQ 1.8 and quickly fell in love with the sport...It was purchased on August 22nd = US822 ....If you told me then you'll soon have thousands of dollars invested in kites, I would have laughed at you & said you're crazy... but the proof is in the bags....my wife can back me up...

I chose a number just to see the resulting smile on my wifes face. US728... july 28 was our wedding day.

I was wondering how you came up with that Aaron

US 19

is for the 19th hole in golf

CSA Deadon thought of it

reference to highway 26

The reason I have my Number ( KC22) is in memory of the owner of Harley Davidson Canada (Trev Deeley 1920-2002) and of the Harley dealership I work for.
He was an accomplished AMA racer back in the 40’s and 50’s and raced with the number 22

Ken(K3)

There didn't seem to be many Canadians registered and 67* was the most "Canadian" number I could think of.
Everything else (birthdays, anniversary, etc.) just didn't appeal to my sense of kiting (which gets me away from all that other stuff:-).

* 67 applies to both Confederation and beer. How could it be bad?

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The reason I have my Number ( KC22) is in memory of the owner of Harley Davidson Canada (Trev Deeley 1920-2002) and of the Harley dealership I work for. He was an accomplished AMA racer back in the 40’s and 50’s and raced with the number 22 Ken(K3)

I had to get to know this side of Ken to understand what TDMC meant. It is for Trev Deeley Motor Cycles.

K3 is one heck of a dedicated employee but then again he works for one fine shop !

I chose 96 so it would be the same even when you find me upside down. Guess I'm not the only one thinking that way.

When I was picking my number, for some dumb reason I thought it had to be 2 digits. Duh. All the numbers I could think to use were taken, so I settled for my birthday, September 1st. If I had known I could pick a 3 digit number, I would have picked something altogether different.

I know what you're thinking Spencer. Has to mean something...or does it?

Do we all just over think issues like this? After all it's just a number we'll have as long as we buggy. Is this a big deal?

How much time did and do we as a collective waste over thinking of a number for our buggys?
100 hours? 500hours? 1000 ?

I believe that Rich & Morrie made us pick so they did'nt have a hassle with assigned numbers that maybe members didn't want.

It's all their fault, they shifted the burden to all of us so they didn't have to deal with primadonna buggy pilots.
Damn them!!!:D:D:D

Well, I didn't fall for their ploy. Birth year. US47. Fast, simple and not a lot of mind time thinking about it.
There!:bisou: BOOM I'm outta here.:P

My wife Kelci's number is US69, the year she graduated from high school. My number is US86, ever get 86'd from a bar?

Loving this gang... Woe be unto you early nay sayers!!!!!


593

Mine was easy, after hgwy US 66. The most popular road in America!

Ok, mine worked out to be the same upside down too. I hope not to use that feature much more!

High school jersey numbers. The first one was random and I just kept picking the same number.