From e2240c6fba3dc348467cf8068628c69c2be003e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Whalen Dillon <whalen.dillon@usda.gov>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 08:37:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add default value for year parameter in get_planes

Make default NULL because FAA doesn't provide data by year.
---
 R/get_planes.R | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/R/get_planes.R b/R/get_planes.R
index c7f4ff0..ac13dc7 100644
--- a/R/get_planes.R
+++ b/R/get_planes.R
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #' to a data-only package.
 #'
 #' @export
-get_planes <- function(year, dir = NULL, flights_data = NULL) {
+get_planes <- function(year = NULL, dir = NULL, flights_data = NULL) {
 
   # check user inputs
   check_arguments(year = year,

From ab777c144a7a6a5759172050dc4352994ce94cf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Whalen Dillon <whalen.dillon@usda.gov>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 15:42:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update get_planes.R to include year parameter

Add backward-compatibility parameter for year.
---
 R/get_planes.R | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/R/get_planes.R b/R/get_planes.R
index ac13dc7..8dd2f07 100644
--- a/R/get_planes.R
+++ b/R/get_planes.R
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #' @inheritParams anyflights 
 #' 
 #' @inheritParams get_airlines
+#'
+#' @param year The argument will be ignored and is present only for backward-compatibility
 #' 
 #' @return A data frame with ~3500 rows and 9 variables:
 #' \describe{