Texas Town Has Over 1,000 Registered Planes And No Airport. Experts Are Ringing The Alarm Bells Texas Town Has Over 1,000 Registered Planes And No Airport. Experts Are Ringing The Alarm Bells https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Plane-in-Sky-592x331.jpg At this very moment, there thousands of aircraft in the skies above the United States — but a shocking investigative report has revealed that over 1,000 aircraft may be unaccountable and linked to a registration scheme that is raising security concerns. Journalists from WFAA-TV in Texas are blowing the whistle after they noticed a strange trend. There are at least 1,000 aircraft registered in the small town of Onalaska, Texas … yet bizarrely, that sleepy town doesn’t even have an airport. “That’s equivalent to one plane for every three Onalaska residents, which is more per capita than anywhere else in the country,” the news station discovered. “Just as surprising, the aircraft are registered to only two Onalaska P.O. boxes. That’s because the aircraft owners do not live there. Not even close.” What is happening appears to be a scheme that might be technically legal, but is pushing into a grey area. “Onalaska is ground zero for a practice that allows foreigners to anonymously register their planes, and one that critics say makes the United States an easy target for drug dealers, terrorists and other criminals seeking to register their planes,” the WFAA report found. Aircraft, like cars and trucks, must be registered with the government in order to operate. You may have noticed “N-numbers” on the tails of planes. Each of those registration numbers is unique, and can be checked in the FAA database to see who owns and operates the craft. But a surprising number of aircraft N-numbers aren’t actually registered to the individuals who fly them. Instead, the ownership is obfuscated through corporations and trusts — and some of them are based outside of the United States. “When you can conceal the true ownership of a plane, you’re putting a lot of people in jeopardy,” former FAA Special Agent Joe Gutheinz told WFAA-TV. “If you’re a terrorist and you have a way of concealing your secret ownership of a plane in the United States, you’re going to do it.” ( FULL STORY IN LINK BELOW ) https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/texas-town-1000-registered-planes-no-airport-experts-ringing-alarm-bells/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PostSideSharingButtons&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons