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Airport Noise Law – Airport Noise & Capacity Act 1990
A great article describing ANCA in broad strokes. -
Letter: Attend The Highline College SAMP Public Scoping Meeting
Directions To Highline College I’m writing to tell Des Moines residents about a very important public meeting with the Port Of Seattle at Highline College Student Union on Monday, September 10th at 5:30pm. At this meeting, the Port will explain something you may not be aware of: The Sustainable Airport Master Plan or ‘SAMP’. In -
Port Of Seattle – SAMP Public Comment
This is the place to get basic information and make public comments. -
Aviation Stack Exchange
Stack Exchange started as a mega-platform for software developers to ask questions and get answers from 'the crowd'. It has since been expanded to include all sorts of activities. The Aviation wing is a great technical resource. -
Real Sustainability
So the past couple of days I’ve been ‘slumming’–attending the Des Moines ‘Ad Hoc’ Aviation Committee meeting and then a Burien City Council Meeting on Monday. And then the last StART meeting on Tuesday. I’ve made no secret of my disdain for these groups but that has little to do with the people who are, -
Burien City Council Meeting
Presentation by Port Of Seattle Commissioner Fred Felleman -
JDA Journal: Great Journalism on a Horrible Aviation Tragedy
Excellent overview of this event, with lots of details on every aspect of the event. -
The Stranger SLOG: I Worked With Richard Russell at Horizon Air, and I Understand Why He Did What He Did
An op/ed by a worker at the airport. Their conditions are terrible. As employees of subcontractors to the airlines, they don't even make the $15/hour other airport workers get. -
Federal Way City Council – General Meeting
Report from Aviation Committee. -
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