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I'm curious exactly what this means. I mean, the plane will still be broadcasting ADS-B info of some sort, right? If it's an empty registration number, well,

• kotaKat 2y ago
  It just means when you go to look up the registration via https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/search/nnumberinquiry 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.
• matchagaucho 2y ago
  Same question... ADS-B transponder surely remains on to prevent in flight collisions / maintain vertical sep. Guessing FAA is just committing to anonymize their public part 135 operators list.
• NovemberWhiskey 2y ago
  The point is that you could change the particular privacy identifier used each flight, in principle.