Originally Posted by
Piltdown Man
What value does a plane have that no longer has manufacturer support, has an undocumented flight history, is unregistered and potentially has unrecorded maintenance? If the repo men get their hands on this and it returns to the air, would you fly in it? And which muppet in the EDC signed this off? He probably went to the same school as Mark Carney.
PM
Flight "tracking" is only restricted on web based sites which have to comply with FAA BARR requests.
ATC will know where it is and where it has been , so too the private tracking sites.
It doesn't seem to be breaking any aviation laws as such and the flights will no doubt be documented in the log.
Its a mistake to assume its missing or trying to avoid detection. Many a/c are blocked , for many reasons.
I suppose its like having a taxed , insured , MOT'd vehicle [ in the UK ] but having defaulted on the loan payments.
There is nothing to stop the car being driven around until the loan company takes civil action and brings in the clampers.
A nice chunky clamp on the nose wheel and it ain't going anywhere!