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FAQs
A list of the most frequently asked questions we get.
History
Once you get past some of your basic questions, you should definitely read these. One of the biggest mistakes people have in trying to work for relief is not understanding the history of the airport. Every time there has been an expansion of the airport it has caused tremendous upheaval for the communities. But instead of seeing this as one continuous fight and learning from previous encounters, we tend to see each expansion as a discrete event and thus keep making the same mistakes over and over with each new generation.
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DALLAS – 12/20/1957 Today in Aviation, the original 707-120 developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes as its first jetliner performed its maiden flight in 1957. Boeing derived [...] From Wikipedia: On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) in SeaTac, Washington. The perpetrator, [...] https://waterlandblog.com/2017/03/03/city-council-considers-future-of-wasson-property-at-des-moines-marina/ By Jack Mayne When longtime Des Moines Councilmember Donald Wasson died a year ago he left his waterfront property located at the entrance to [...] 
Editor’s Note: George Hamlin fills in for Don Phillips, who will return next month. From their inception prior to the U.S. Civil War until the [...] Edward Russell Delta Air Lines is firmly ensconced as the Seattle area’s second carrier, having built an Asia gateway and hub there during the past decade. [...] Oct. 16, 2022 at 6:00 am Updated Oct. 16, 2022 at 11:19 am 1 of 14 | At Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Randy Lewis (Wenatchi/Methow) [...] City of Burien City of Tukwila City of Des Moines City of Federal Way City of Normandy Park Highline School District AIRPORT COMMUNITIES COALITION [...] Summary of Court Of Appeals decision and opinion on Class Action by homeowners regarding increased noise after 3rd Runway. [...] Court of Appeals of Washington,Division 1. Kebede ADMASU, et al., Appellants, v. PORT OF SEATTLE, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondent. No. 70220–3–I. Decided: October 27, [...] The FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP) provides grants that fund airport planning and infrastructure projects such as constructing or rehabilitating runways, taxiways, ramps, and runway [...] By David Wilma Posted 9/16/2004 HistoryLink.org Essay 5733 On August 19, 2004, the Airport Communities Coalition drops its opposition to the Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport [...] [...] Enlarge Once-garrulous Port of Seattle CEO Mic Dinsmore went into what he calls “hibernation” and was hospitalized for depression while under investigation by prosecutors. Though [...] A State Initiative to charge a carbon tax on fossil fuels. Although it exempts both commercial marine and commercial jet fuels (bad) we nevertheless support [...] By Lauren Darnielle Taxiway Mike at Sea-Tac Airport is closed during reconstruction of runway 16C/34C – Photo: Lauren Darnielle | AirlineReporter Last week, I had the [...] The Port of Seattle completed reconstruction of the center runway (designated as 16C/34C) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2015. The runway was originally built in 1969 [...] In one of the most maddening examples of airport law, the United States argued for reversal (ie. allowing for local airport control) of curfews. The [...] U.S. Supreme Court City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc., 411 U.S. 624 (1973)City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. No. 71-1637 Argued [...] 
Port Of Seattle public relations. Note all the Des Moines City Council: Dave Kaplan, Matt Pina, Robert Back, Jeremy Nutting. [...] Jan 24, 2003 By Dave Birkland Seattle Times staff reporter Des Moines Mayor Don Wasson, accused of hiding campaign contributions that reportedly swayed the council's [...] By Mildred Andrews Posted 1/14/1999 HistoryLink.org Essay 679On Armistice Day, November 11, 1921, members of the Seattle Garden Club, led by President Lillian Gustin McEwan, [...] The City of Des Moines, located 15 miles south of Seattle along the shores of Puget Sound, has never been a large center of industry [...] Jack Broom Seattle Times Staff Reporter Let's say you've been looking for a better view, but you don't want to leave the neighborhood. Instead, you [...] Campaign inquiry was a 'distraction,' Wasson says By JEFFREY M. BARKER AND CANDACE HECKMAN, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS DES MOINES -- Mayor Don Wasson, under siege [...] ESHB 2609 As Passed House February 18, 1992 Title: An act relating to air transportation. Brief Description: Making airport expansions consistent with [...] PDC bars Wasson from seeking office over plot to pack council By STEVEN FRIEDERICH, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER OLYMPIA -- Former Des Moines Mayor Don Wasson [...] 
Frank Hansen, longtime commercial airline pilot and the first mayor of the City of SeaTac, died of cancer at his home on Dec. 21, 2013. [...] Included in here under Title 9: Subtitle B: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 - Amends the [...] A great general resource for information on all the airport communities. Unfortunately, much of the press coverage of previous airport expansions has not been digitized. [...] Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion President Brett Fish, left, checks his paperwork as airport Deputy Director Michael Feldman and Regional Commission on Airport Affairs President Larry [...] [...] [...] Start here. [...] 1941: The Civil Aeronautics Administration approaches Seattle and Tacoma, offering to level the ground and build an airport runway if a city would offer the land, [...] Walt Crowley's labour of love. The best single source for people wanting to learn about the ongoing battles between communities and the airport. [...] On August 1, 1996, the Port of Seattle passes Resolution 3212 adopting the Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport’s Master Plan Update (MPU) and the Puget Sound [...] A podcast series about what went wrong at BER, Berlin’s unfinished airport. Subscribe on Itunes here. Every Berliner knows the new airport is late. Few [...] Supreme Court of Washington,En Banc. IN RE: the RECALL Charges Against City of Des Moines Mayor Donald WASSON, Councilmember Richard Benjamin, Councilmember Gary Peterson [...] By Peter Blecha Posted 11/09/2008 HistoryLink.org Essay 8833 In 1907 Herman M. Draper (1858-1927) and his wife, Annie Draper (1860-1927), founded a privately run orphanage, [...] Kenneth Burd Reid April 16, 1944 – February 12, 2022 “I’d rather be sorry for something I’ve done,” Ken Reid liked to joke, quoting one [...] By Joel Connelly, SEATTLEPI.COM Mar 20, 2017|Updated Mar 21, 2017 4:21 p.m. An abandoned 496-foot-tall cooling power of Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) nuclear plant at [...] Sep 4, 1991 Bob Ortega -- SEATAC In the control tower, they are pulsing green numbers crawling across radar screens. To Lloyd Docter in Brown's [...] A list of court cases you can examine re. the 3rd Runway [...] Rarely seen photos from the Seattle Times archives show the earliest days of the airport. By Colin Diltz Seattle Times photo staff In 1942, Seattle’s [...] Two ironworkers shake hands after putting the final beam in place for Sea-Tac Airport’s consolidated rental car facility. The facility will open to the public [...] [...] Supreme Court of Washington,En Banc. PORT OF SEATTLE, a port district of the State of Washington, Petitioner, v. The POLLUTION CONTROL HEARINGS BOARD, an agency [...] This scrapbook was assembled by Ray Bishop, Port of Seattle engineer involved in construction of Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport. The scrapbook includes photos documenting the [...] By DICK LILLY January 22, 1990 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: B3 Word Count: 1469 Like a plague, they slipped into Barbara Maxwell's neighborhood, rattling the windows. Pretty [...] Port of Seattle Commission president Pat Davis waves a construction flag to signal the dumping of the last load of fill dirt for the third [...] 
By Jean Sherrard Special to The Seattle Times IF THERE WERE birthday candles for our premier regional airport, winds of perpetual change would blow them [...] By Walt Crowley (with research by Daryl McClary and Paula Becker) Posted 6/21/2003 HistoryLink.org Essay 4211 The development of a third "dependent" runway at Seattle-Tacoma [...] By Kit Oldham Posted 11/29/2008 HistoryLink.org Essay 8855 On November 20, 2008, the new third runway at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport opens to scheduled air [...] [...] Stephen Clutter, Paul J. Lim The latest controversy at Sea-Tac, over a possible third runway, is one more chapter in a long, turbulent history of [...] Article on scandal involving former mayor Don Wasson's attempt to pack the city council and move forward with the 3rd Runway [...] For years, the Port of Seattle has promised that construction of a massive third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport wouldn’t hurt surrounding streams and would [...] 
By Ari L. Goldman April 26, 1982 Fifteen times during each school day, an IRT subway train would rumble and screech past Public School 98, near [...] 
Long-Form: Chronically catastrophic chemist Thomas Midgley accidentally poisons the world with a neurotoxin, and Clair Patterson tries to stop him. Written by Alan Bellows • Non-Fiction • December 2007 At the [...] The former CEO led the port into a greatly expanded mission of economic development. But that mission and Dinsmore's dealmaking style have provoked a political [...] Maury Island has the gravel Sea-Tac's runway needs. It also has arsenic-laden soil, a vulnerable aquifer, and some very worried islanders. By Eric Scigliano • October 9, [...] TOOLS & EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE IT The Way We’ve Always Done It Aug. 10, 2022 Larry Hinebaugh View Image Gallery Newton’s 1st Law of Thermodynamics says [...] Piles of dirt pose problems for Sea-Tac. By Roger Downey AT A MEETING OCTOBER 4, it looked as though the two-year war between the Port of Seattle [...] The Washington State Judicial Opinions Website provides free public access to the precedential, published appellate decisions from the Washington State Supreme Court and Court of [...] Companion Senate Bill 5225 Sponsored by Des Moines Representative Tina Orwall and Federal Way Representative Mikie Pelliccioti. Directing the completion of a study of certain [...] Posted 3/21/2003 HistoryLink.org Essay 4200 In March 1992, the Washington State Legislature orders the Air Transportation Commission (AIRTRAC) to study air -transportation issues facing the [...] Companion House Bill 1171 Sponsored by Des Moines Senator Karen Keiser. Directing the completion of a study of certain environmental impacts, including ultrafine particulate emissions, [...] Westside Hilltop v. King County 96 Wn.2d 171 (1981) 634 P.2d 862 WESTSIDE HILLTOP SURVIVAL COMMITTEE, ET AL, Appellants, v. KING COUNTY, ET AL, Respondents. [...] Donnelly, Devlin July 15, 2019 Did you know that the Sea-Tac Airport terminal is shaped somewhat like a boomerang? Want to know why? It isn’t [...] The Wikipedia entry for Sea-Tac Airport. A lot of basic information and links to learn even more. [...]
City Council considers future of Wasson property at Des Moines Marina
A1 Revisited: Our coverage of 1970 protest showed neglect of vital Native issues
ACC: Letter to the Editor: It’s never too late to save over a billion dollars in public funds
Airline Pilots Magazine: Investing On The Ground To Improve Aviation Safety
Back from the Depths: The story of Mic Dinsmore’s lost years
Behind The Scenes With Sea-Tac Airport’s Runway Construction
City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. :: 411 U.S. 624 (1973)
Construction Gets Under Way On Des Moines Creek Business Park
Down-To-Earth Job — Sea-Tac’s Third Runway To Get Its Fill Of Dirt
IN RE: the RECALL Charges Against City of Des Moines Mayor Donald WASSON
Jolly Entertainers: The Draper Children’s Home Band (King County)
King Lysen: A reformer in the Legislature who took on the old boys
Making A Case For Quiet — Proposed Third Runway Is Third Strike Against Noisy Sea-Tac, Neighbors Say
MRSC (court cases between Des Moines and The Puget Sound Regional Council)
Photos: What did Sea-Tac Airport look like in 1949? Think Stratocruisers and an old-timey diner.
Sea-Tac Airport’s 75th anniversary takes off amid constant change
Sea-Tac International Airport’s third runway opens on November 20, 2008.
Seattle Times: State rebukes Port of Seattle for 3rd-runway water pollution
The Mic Dinsmore flap reveals deep differences at the Port of Seattle
Web Sites
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Articles
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