by Alan Armstrong | Apr 9, 2014 | Drone Traffic, FAA, Legal
Assaults On FAA’s Drone Policy Brendan Schulman, Esq., with the firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis and Frankel, LLP in New York, has embarked on a headlong assault on the FAA’s policy restricting the operation of model aircraft and/or unmanned aircraft systems pursuant...
by Alan Armstrong | Mar 9, 2014 | Drone Traffic, FAA, Legal, NTSB
NTSB Judge Order Questions FAA’s Authority to Punish Commercial Operators of UAV’s On March 6, 2014, Judge Geraghty of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an Order finding that the FAA could not discipline the commercial operator of an...
by Alan Armstrong | Jan 9, 2014 | Airshows, War Aircraft
Readying the Kate for Airshow Season GETTING THE KATE READY FOR THE 2014 AIR SHOW SEASON An Ambitious Condition Inspection Last year, the Kate’s condition inspection ran from February until sometime in the summer because the condition inspection became more of an IRAN...
by Alan Armstrong | Nov 9, 2013 | FAA, Legal
FAA’s New Obstructive Sleep Apnea Policy FEDERAL AIR SURGEON, FRED TILTON, M.D., PUBLISHES THE FAA’S NEW OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA POLICY The Tilton Memorandum The Federal Air Surgeon periodically publishes a Medical Bulletin distributed to Aviation Medical Examiners...
by Alan Armstrong | Aug 9, 2013 | Air Force, History, Travel, War Aircraft
Walker Air Force Base Legacy THE LEGACY OF WALKER AIR FORCE BASE Roswell International Air Center Today Today, Roswell International Air Center is a sleepy airport in southeastern New Mexico upon which are parked numerous jetliners that have been mothballed or are...
by Alan Armstrong | Jul 9, 2013 | Air Force, History, War Aircraft
Flying an AT-6 Texan from the Backseat CHECKING OUT IN THE BACK SEAT OF AN AT-6 TEXAN Why Fly From the Backseat? Any pilot aspiring to fly a high performance World War II fighter will likely find himself in the backseat of an AT-6/SNJ North American Texan Advanced...
by Alan Armstrong | Jun 9, 2013 | 135 Operation, Air Taxi Operations, FAA, NTSB
Airman’s Defense re Illegal 135 Operation THE DEFENSE OF AN AIRMAN IN ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL 135 OPERATION Perhaps No Area of the Federal Aviation Regulations is More Fraught With Uncertainty and Ambiguity Than Issues Surrounding Alleged Illegal Air Taxi...
by Alan Armstrong | May 10, 2013 | Companies, FAA, Flight Department, Legal
Hazards of Operating Flight Department Companies THE HAZARDS OF OPERATING FLIGHT DEPARTMENT COMPANIES Scope of the Inquiry Flight department companies are routinely employed as subsidiaries of parent corporations or holding companies. These flight department...
by Alan Armstrong | Apr 10, 2013 | Flying Clubs, History
Candler Field Flying Club CANDLER FIELD FLYING CLUB Located just 1 hour south of Atlanta, you will discover a vintage airport that was built in the mid 1960’s. The name of this airport is Peach State Airport. I am sure several of you have heard of it and probably...
by Alan Armstrong | Mar 10, 2013 | Aircraft Ownership Trust, Aircraft Voting Trust, Legal
Aircraft Ownership and Voting Trusts A United States corporation or citizen may act as an owner/trustee for a foreign national or foreign corporation provided the beneficiary of the trustee has no control over the ownership, retains no incidents of ownership, cannot...
