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On January 17, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced two significant, pending regulatory changes regarding the digitization of aircraft registration and certification processes. These regulatory changes,...more
Though there are some similarities between financing an aircraft registered in the U.S. versus financing an aircraft registered abroad, in truth those similarities are vastly outweighed by the differences and complexities...more
The FAA’s “Increase the Duration of Aircraft Registration” direct final rule published on November 22, 2022, is now in effect as of January 23, 2023. The new rule amends 14 CFR 47 (“Part 47”), which controls the FAA’s...more
Update: This Holland & Knight alert has been updated on Sept. 25, 2022, with additional information. In plain English, anytime an aircraft departs the United States, this is an "export" and will fall in one of two "buckets":...more
Many aircraft are regularly operated in multiple jurisdictions and aircraft owners have multiple choices as to where they will register their aircraft. Once the pros and cons of each registry are fully considered, owners...more
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Registry (Registry), commonly referred to as the N-Register, is one of the most frequently chosen aircraft registries. A majority of the aircraft in the world...more
Many people are aware of the old common law concept known as the “mailbox rule,” whereby placing a document in the mail is considered under certain circumstances as tantamount to delivering or filing the document under...more
Joining with those attempting to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and to minimize exposure for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, FAA Public Document Room (PDR) permit holders, families, and the...more
• The FAA issued the highly anticipated NPRM on UAS Remote ID. • The NPRM creates three categories of Remote ID compliance: Standard Remote ID UAS, Limited Remote ID UAS and UAS without Remote ID. • The NPRM makes...more
In a new Interim Final Rule (IFR) published on Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires each unmanned aircraft (UA) to display its registration number on the exterior of the aircraft effective Feb. 25,...more
On Dec. 12, 2017, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (NDAA), authorizing appropriations for various military and national defense programs. The NDAA also contained two...more
Recently, a federal judge decided that a city ordinance limiting a person’s right to use unmanned aircraft vehicles (“UAV” or drones) was pre-empted by federal law. This is an important decision for those aviators who...more
Model-aircraft hobbyist John Taylor didn’t want to register his model aircraft with the FAA pursuant to the newly created drone registry. So he took on the FAA, challenging new regulations aimed at unmanned aircraft...more