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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 -
The Atlantic/James Fallows: The Lessons of the Seattle Plane Crash
James Fallows is an avid private pilot and knows airports well. This article provides a very reasonable takeaway of the event and lots of good links to learn all the details. -
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 -
Air Transport World
Information on all aspects of commercial aviation -
http://m.atwonline.com/aeropolitics/aviation-groups-us-senate-do-not-include-noise-mandates-faa-bill
Senate bill does not include noise mandates