by Alan Armstrong | Mar 5, 2020 | Airport Vulnerability, Airports, FAA, Hot Topics, Law, Legal, Stop Airports Near Windfarms, Windfarms
Today, the Tuscola Area Airport Authority, the Friends of Tuscola Airport Authority, Inc., and other concerned governmental entities and private citizens caused to be filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia the Initial Brief of...
by Alan Armstrong | Nov 11, 2019 | Airport Vulnerability, Legal, Stop Airports Near Windfarms, Windfarms
Scientists are just coming to appreciate the problems large fields of WTGs can cause for Air Traffic Control Radar and Weather Radar facilities. Wind turbine generators (WTGs) are increasingly littering the landscape. However, their adverse impact on primary and...
by Alan Armstrong | Oct 17, 2019 | Aircraft, Airport Vulnerability, Airports, Companies, Corporations, Law, Legal, Politics, Stop Airports Near Windfarms, Windfarms
The explosion of wind turbine developments across the United States does not bode well for the continued viability of many public use airports. Overview of the Problem Increasingly, wind farms with wind turbine generators (WTGs) nearly 500 feet above ground level...
by Alan Armstrong | May 30, 2018 | Airport Vulnerability, Airports, Legal, Media appearance, Travel, Uncategorized
Nicole Carr of WSB-TV, Channel 2 interviewed Alan Armstrong about aircraft mechanic Nuetne Williamson who, in Las Vegas, threatened to sabotage aircraft in the presence of law enforcement officers. Williamson was promptly arrested and incarcerated in Las Vegas, and...
by Alan Armstrong | Jan 15, 2010 | Airport Vulnerability, Department of Homeland Security, FAA, Legal, National Security, TSA
TSA AMBITIONS STILL REPRESENT A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT TO THE AVIATION COMMUNITY The Threat Is Not Over While some members of the aviation community congratulate themselves and each other based on the belief that threats represented by the TSA to the general aviation...
by Alan Armstrong | Jul 15, 2009 | Airport Vulnerability, Department of Homeland Security, FAA, Legal, National Security, TSA
On May 27, 2009, Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security released his report entitled “The TSA’s Role in General Aviation Security.” The report was made at the request of Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Chairwoman of the...