"Saryon" wrote in message
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[...] It was my recolection error that expanded this to be "no
non-us citizen can own" now that I have it in front of me again, but
if the person asking is not a resident-alien (which appears to be the
case here) the distinction is trivial.

However, the part you quoted also shows a way for a non-resident alien to
own an N-registered airplane. In particular, it would work fine for the
ownership being asked about in this thread, since the intent is for the
airplane to be operated within the US. Foreign-owned corporations are
allowed, as long as the corporation is still a US corporation, and the
airplane is "based and used primarily in the United States".

Maybe it's a technicality, but I'd say it's not true that "no non-US citizen
can own" an N-registered airplane. There are restrictions, to be sure. But
it's obviously possible for a non-US citizen to control ownership of an
N-registered airplane, at least one that will be primarily operated in the
US (as is the case here).

Pete