Category : History(231)
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Wikipedia – Sea-Tac Airport
The Wikipedia entry for Sea-Tac Airport. A lot of basic information and links to learn even more. -
MRSC (court cases between Des Moines and The Puget Sound Regional Council)
A list of court cases you can examine re. the 3rd Runway -
History Link – Sea-Tac Airport
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HistoryLink.org (Sea-Tac)
Walt Crowley's labour of love. The best single source for people wanting to learn about the ongoing battles between communities and the airport. -
2018-08-14Blueberry Lane
https://www.richmondamerican.com/washington/seattle-tacoma-new-homes/des-moines/blueberry-lane It looks so nice–because you can’t hear a JPEG. 😀 Next time you are driving through Des Moines, pass by this development at 196th and Des Moines Memorial Drive. This area is directly under the flight path at prox. 600 ft of altitude, which now makes it officially the housing estate closest to the -
2018-08-10
2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident
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, 29-year-old Richard Russell, was a Horizon Air ground service agent with no piloting experience. He performed an unauthorized takeoff and two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were subsequently scrambled to -
Photos: What did Sea-Tac Airport look like in 1949? Think Stratocruisers and an old-timey diner.
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 Boeing Field and other airfields had been taken over by the Army to support the World War II effort. Commercial passenger flights were only being allowed temporarily. The region desperately