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About Alan
Alan Armstrong, Esq. is a trial lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, who represents victims and their survivors in relation to personal injuries and wrongful deaths arising out of aviation accidents and other forms of personal injury litigation. Alan represents airmen, aircraft operators and FAA certified repair stations in aviation enforcement proceedings before the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, and he crafts various aircraft contracts, leases and closing documents for clients in accordance with FAA rules and regulations. He also represents clients when aircraft are damaged or destroyed. Alan provides legal assistance to individuals or entities who wish to lease aircraft and/or operate aircraft under time share or interchange agreements permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration Regulations. He also has experience with proceedings brought under Part 16 of the Federal Aviation Regulations when claims are made that owners or sponsors of airports receiving Federal funds have committed acts of economic discrimination or denied aviation operators fair and reasonable access to airports.
Alan has written over one hundred articles on aviation law, which have been published in professional journals and periodicals. He is presently a contributing editor to the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Journal. He has served as editor of the National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association Newsletter and has written articles published in the Journal of Air Law and Commerce, the Transportation Law Journal, Air Law, Aviation Consumer, IFR Magazine, Air Classics, Plane & Pilot, and Southern Aviator.
Mr. Armstrong is among those lawyers listed in the Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers, which is published by Martindale Hubbell, and he also appears in Who’s Who in American Law (11th Ed.), Outstanding People in the 20th Century, and Strathmore’s Who’s Who.
An avid pilot, Alan owns and pilots a replica Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” bomber in airshows and for film productions. He is a pilot with the Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air Force.
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WHEN AN AIRPORT SPONSOR ASSUMES THE FUNCTION OF PROTECTING THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT OF A STARTUP FBO, IT RUNS THE RISK OF VIOLATING FAA SPONSOR GRANT ASSURANCE 22(c)
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...
ON OCCASION, THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ADMINISTERS JUSTICE
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...
Why The County Finally Gave Up Its 20 Years Fight to Ban Jets at Lantana Airport
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.