by Alan Armstrong | Jun 4, 2024 | Flight Watch
Airshow demonstration flying is a rewarding endeavor that requires mastery of the aircraft, situational awareness, and skill. This article is written as a primer for new airshow pilots and a review source for experienced airshow pilots. The scope of this article will...
by Alan Armstrong | Jun 4, 2024 | Articles, Flight Watch
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW As a result of the air disasters involving the Boeing 737 MAX-8 aircraft, the author wrote a paper entitled An Analysis of the Engineering Decisions Made by Boeing in Designing the B-737 MAX Aircraft.[1] It was astonishing to the author that...
by Alan Armstrong | Apr 10, 2024 | Flight Watch
Airshow demonstration flying is a rewarding endeavor that requires mastery of thevaircraft, situational awareness, and skill. This article is written as a primer for newvairshow pilots and a review source for experienced airshow pilots. The scope of this article will...
by Alan Armstrong | Apr 10, 2024 | Flight Watch
GENESIS OF THE SHOW APPEARANCE In or during the summer of 2023, I received an email from Jim Buckley about participating in the Cullman Regional Airport Fly-In on November 3 and 4, 2023. While Airbase Georgia of the Commemorative Air Force has a history of having...
by Alan Armstrong | Nov 26, 2023 | Flight Watch
GENESIS OF THE SHOW APPEARANCE In or during the summer of 2023, I received an email from Jim Buckley about participating in the Cullman Regional Airport Fly-In on November 3 and 4, 2023. While Airbase Georgia of the Commemorative Air Force has a history of...
by Alan Armstrong | Aug 2, 2023 | Flight Watch, Legal
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY PROVISIONS THAT FORBID ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION AT PUBLIC USE AIRPORTS When an airport operator receives financial assistance from the United States Government to create or render improvements to a public use...
by Alan Armstrong | May 19, 2023 | Flight Watch, Legal
By: Alan Armstrong INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW It is no secret that many aviation practitioners do not hold the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB” or “Board”) in high esteem in terms of administering justice in aviation enforcement proceedings. The ability of...
by Alan Armstrong | Dec 20, 2022 | Legal
The skies and runways are now open again for jets at Lantana Airport. Read more about our successful case online on YAHOO NEWS or you can download the PDF below.
by Alan Armstrong | Nov 29, 2022 | FAA, Uncategorized
The United States Court of Appeals, on Friday, November 18, 2022, affirmed the decision of the Federal Aviation Administration, that the ban on jet aircraft landing at Lantana Airport in Palm Beach County was a violation of FAA Sponsor Grant Assurance No.22 which...
by Alan Armstrong | Nov 18, 2022 | Airshows
THIS WILL BE EASY Yes, the words “this will be easy,” echoed in my brain as the word came that I would be flying to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in September 2022. After all, I had just performed in the Reading Airshow in June 2022, and Lancaster is only about...