Private plane owners can now hide their names from public FAA records

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to stop showing who owns private aircraft on its public website. This change would remove personal information from search results and reports.

For years, anyone could look up a private plane's tail number and find out who owned it. This information was used by journalists, activists, and even private investigators to track the movements of wealthy individuals or corporations. If this rule goes through, that kind of public scrutiny becomes much harder.