1945 match identifying the Seattle Sky Ranch On a sunny day in Issaquah, Washington—roughly 12 miles from Aero Law Group’s office in Bellevue, WA—drivers along Interstate 90 can look up and see the sky busy with people taking flight. These days the summer skies are filled with paragliders, but decades ago new pilots [...]
Now that the United States is nearing its Election Day, aircraft owners and operators might seek to transport candidates for public office. Sponsoring a candidate’s flight raises competing compliance issues among federal and state campaign finance laws, aviation regulations, and federal tax laws. This article provides a primer regarding the overlap in regulations promulgated by [...]
The FAA has extended the NBAA Small Aircraft Exemption through March 31, 2022. This allows NBAA members who operate piston-powered airplanes, small airplanes (those with a gross weight of 12,500 pounds or less) and rotorcraft an exemption from FAR 91.501(a), which means, among other things, they may enter into agreements that are reserved for large [...]
In a previous article, we wrote about federal aviation excise tax relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act, however, contains additional tax provisions that may potentially benefit the business aviation sector, including provisions related to excess [...]
The Ka'anapali Airport memorial plaque was dedicated in 2010 -- twenty-four years after the airstrip closed. Here at Aero Law Group PC, we are airplane people that happen to be attorneys. One such airplane person on our team is attorney Amanda Kuehne, who joined Aero Law Group in 2017. Her practice includes representing [...]
Aircraft parked long term need special care. We hope you remain safe and healthy in the trying times. With the goal of sharing useful information during the pandemic, we offer the following message from one of our trusted aircraft appraisal colleagues, Joe Zulueta, of Aeronautical Systems Incorporated: The impact from the Covid-19 pandemic [...]
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) into law to combat the nationwide financial impact associated with the unprecedented COVID-19 hospitalization crisis. The CARES Act contains provisions to support the aviation sector, including provisions that suspend certain taxes that ordinarily apply to commercial air [...]
Outside the doors at Aero Law Group's office, movers are preparing to pack up everything, including the firm's 100 model airplanes. This week everyone at Aero Law Group packed up the office in preparation to move to a new office space just up the road a couple of blocks. This moves comes at [...]
Aero Law Group at the IAWA Leadership Forum On May 5th and 6th, Aero Law Group Team Members, Kari Brown, Cheryl Kringle and Amanda Loveless attended this conference which was held at the Archer Hotel in Napa, California. They enjoyed the wine tasting reception and the one-day educational conference with speakers from Quest [...]
Aero Law Group aviation attorney Ryan D. Nichols was recently featured in the 'Beyond the Bar Number' section of NWLawyer, the official monthly magazine of the Washington State Bar Association. Learn more about Ryan here.
