A forklift driver charged with making harassing phone calls to a regional airport says he didn't mean to scare aviation officials.

Roland Lee Germaine, 56, made about 20 phone calls to the Northeast Georgia Regional Airport in Winder this year, The Associated Press reported.

"I was just upset with the planes flying low over my house," says Germaine. "I thought one was going to come down, it was flying so low."

Airport director Glen Boyd says many calls were left on the airport's answering machine but some were received by staff.

"He'd end with suggestions that he'd be willing to shoot an airplane down. We took these very seriously all along.

"You just don't know in this day and time what people are capable of doing."