Aircraft ownership in the US requires registration with the FAA. If the owner’s information on the insurance policy and FAA record don’t match, claim defense and payment for damages may be delayed.

The Federal Aviation Administration's aircraft registry is missing key information on who owns one-third of the 357,000 private and commercial planes in the U.S. — a gap the agency fears could be ...

New aircraft registration rules are expected to dramatically change the number of aircraft on the registry, which also will significantly alter FAA’s aircraft operations estimates, notes Peg Krecker ...

A web of secrecy at the Federal Aviation Administration could make it nearly impossible to identify a plane's real owner. For a new report, the Boston Globe's Spotlight team spent a year investigating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the airline industry and aviation safety. The FAA finally confirmed this afternoon that model aircraft registrants' ...