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Your aircraft, just like similar belongings, can be used as collateral as part of loans, deals, and agreements, but since it’s registered with the Federal Aviation Administration, it’s always a good idea to make sure that each claim over the aircraft is documented in an official capacity. This is what an airplane security agreement is…
If you have gone any length of time without renewing your aircraft registration, be it one day or several years, you will have to go through a reinstatement process in order to restore its validity. That’s right, the renewal process will only work if your registration has not expired yet, so this will not be…
Dealing with any sort of FAA process is not necessarily simple. Like a lot of bureaucratic applications, these tend to be overly complicated. When we are talking about an FAA transfer, for example, we are referring to one form that has at least three different uses. What are these uses and how should you navigate…
Every process has to start somewhere, and the process to register an aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration starts with form AC 8050-1. Anyone who acquires an aircraft in the United States will have to go through the process of submitting this form. Well, not anyone. The specifics of this whole process are very particular,…
There are a few documents that will be necessary for you to fly your aircraft at all, which includes your registration and the aircraft’s airplane airworthiness certificate. While most people seem to have a grasp on the former one, the latter one tends to give them some trouble. Allow us to explain. What is an…
Like all other bureaucratic transportation applications, registering your aircraft can often be more complicated than it should be. They’ll tell you that you need to submit FAA form 8050-1 and you won’t know much about what that is or what it entails. Allows us to explain. Explaining FAA Form 8050-01 Every form sounds complicated when…
Why do you have to register your aircraft? Well, obviously for the Federal Aviation Administration to keep track of this aircraft that’s flying around the national airspace and whoever owns it. However, you also do it so that there is a record of past and present claims of ownership over the aircraft in question, making…
As you probably know, few documents related to your aircraft are as important as your FAA aircraft registration. Getting this was probably one of the first things you did upon getting your aircraft, after all, so keeping it up to date and in rule will be very important. Here are a few ways in which…
Aircraft owners tend to be somewhat familiar with the basics of aviation documentation given how often they have to deal with it. Meanwhile, those who simply have to work with aircraft may not be that knowledgeable on the matter. This only becomes an issue if they need to file a document such as an airplane…
As much as many of us may dream about buying an airplane of our own so we can fly whenever we want, it is the rare person that can just walk into a manufacturer’s facility or contact a seller or broker and plunk down cash to buy the aircraft outright. It would be wonderful to…