Randy,

 

Most guys reserve their registration number way ahead of time.  Then you just need to pull together the necessary paperwork.  You need to get a bill of sale from Lancair.  Mine was easy, just a phone call to Heidie and it showed up a few days later.  I think the FAA took around 3 weeks to turn around my registration.

 

You can have the registration complete way before you are ready to fly.  I think most people wait until the last minute to keep below the radar for sales tax.  But you can have a registered aircraft that's still in pieces.

 

Mike Easley

Colorado Springs

ES