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It just means when you go to look up the registration via https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/search/nnumberinqui... instead of getting registrant data you just get "yes this plane exists" or something similar.

Unlike cars, you could just see who owned a plane based on its tail number without any sort of special access. People DO try to hide that by using shell companies, but you can still track those shell companies.

AKA... people will just have to spread the word what people use what planes with what N-numbers. It's not like we don't already know the tail number of these people's jets or their transponder codes in the sky, no matter what they do.



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