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. So this is the best (and only) place to find newspaper articles going back decades. 196390-A 28th Ave. S. SeaTac, WA 98188
SEATLE PI: Ex-Des Moines mayor fined $2,500
Article on scandal involving former mayor Don Wasson’s attempt to pack the city council and move forward with the 3rd Runway
A Brief History of Railroad Regulation and Deregulation
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 late 1870s, railroads in this country were not generally subject to interference from the national government. For that matter, the federal government actively promoted and helped finance the construction of
Blueberry 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 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
How To Fuck Up An Airport
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 know exactly why. We’re here to explain. BER is the international airport code for Berlin Brandenburg Airport, nickname Willy Brandt. It has also become a signifier of failure, incompetence, corruption
King Lysen: A reformer in the Legislature who took on the old boys
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 Satsop. State Sen. King Lysen, early critic of the WPPSS nuclear program, died last week. WPPSS had to abandon four of its five reactors, at various stages of construction. Lysen
City Council considers future of Wasson property at Des Moines Marina
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 Beach Park to the city and now City Council and staff are working to figure out whether to continue it as a rental house or making other plans. City Manager Michael
Behind The Scenes With Sea-Tac Airport’s Runway Construction
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 opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the construction currently in progress on Runway 16C/34C at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA, aka Sea-Tac). The center runway closed on May 4th for