Airbus officials hold a panel on sustainable aviation on Wednesday at the Farnborough Air Show. (Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter FARNBOROUGH, England — The aviation industry has preached for years that low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, will be key to making the airline business carbon neutral.
Public commenters raise concerns at Commercial Aviation Work Group inaugural meeting
The Commercial Aviation Work Group (CAWG), meeting for the first time on Thursday, July 11, is tasked with resolving Washington’s projected aviation capacity shortage. Interim chairman Evan Nordby (left-center) addresses the group. PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK Posted Friday, July 26, 2024 6:37 pm Why were the citizen representatives all part of the aviation industry? Is this group even
Plan to fix soundproofing in homes near Sea-Tac Airport under scrutiny
By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks Seattle Times staff reporter Community advocates and state lawmakers are raising concern over the Port of Seattle’s limited assessment of soundproofing equipment it installed in more than 9,000 homes near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, many of which have since failed. Since the mid-1980s, the Port of Seattle has installed soundproofing like triple-pane windows
Meet the Blue Angels: What it takes to join this famous squadron
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‘We’re Living in a Nightmare:’ Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
By Andrew R Chow/Granbury, Texas | Photographs by Jake Dockins for TIME An aerial view of Marathon Digital Holdings’ bitcoin mine in Granbury, Texas, on May 21, 2024. Drone operation by Izaac Costiniano On an evening in December 2023, 43-year-old small business owner Sarah Rosenkranz collapsed in her home in Granbury, Texas and was rushed
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SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL (KSEA) Runway Information Seattle, WA
Runway Information for SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL Airport (SEA) 16L/34R 16C/34C 16R/34L ID Dimensions Surface Weight Bearing Capacity 16L/34R 11901 ft x 150 ft / 3627.4 m x 45.7 m Bituminous Concrete (grooved), Excellent Condition Single Wheel 120.0 Double Wheel 250.0 Double Tandem 550.0 Dual Double Tandem 1120.0 16L/34R Details Title 16L 34R Latitude 47-27-49.6628N 47-25-52.2202N Longitude
Sea-Tac Airport’s 75th anniversary takes off amid constant change
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 out. On July 9, 1949, 30,000 people gathered to dedicate the gleaming $3 million terminal and administration building of Seattle-Tacoma (long nicknamed Sea-Tac) International Airport. Its six stories and 243,000
Universal Hydrogen, pioneer of hydrogen-powered flight, goes bust
By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter Universal Hydrogen, the pioneering company that flew a partially hydrogen-powered flight out of Moses Lake in March last year, has burned through the $100 million it raised from investors and gone bust. The company was one of a few aiming to replace fossil-fuel powered flight with more sustainable,