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By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was a year of fundamental shifts within Boeing. In 2004, the leaden skies above the company’s local operations at last began to brighten. • A spectacular Navy contract worth potentially $40 billion secured the future
1941: The Civil Aeronautics Administration approaches Seattle and Tacoma, offering to level the ground and build an airport runway if a city would offer the land, build a terminal and operate the airport. Neither city agrees. 1942: The Seattle Port Commission votes to assume responsibility for the new airport, coming up with two possible sites: west of
Jan 24, 2003 By Dave Birkland Seattle Times staff reporter Des Moines Mayor Don Wasson, accused of hiding campaign contributions that reportedly swayed the council’s stance on the third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, resigned at last night’s City Council meeting. The resignation surprised everyone on the council, said Council member Bob Sheckler. “He (Wasson)
Feb 2, 1999 CANDIDATES, please. Two positions on the Port of Seattle commission are on the ballot this fall. If tradition holds, incumbents Gary Grant and Clare Nordquist will seek re-election and face minor opposition from unknowns who are driven more by a generalized beef with the Port than an informed set of ideas. The
Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times Business Reporter King County voters may be asked later this year if they’d like to change the Port of Seattle’s name to the Port of King County, reflecting that its money comes from taxpayers across the county. A group called King County Citizens for an Accountable Port yesterday turned in a
Jack Broom Seattle Times Staff Reporter Let’s say you’ve been looking for a better view, but you don’t want to leave the neighborhood. Instead, you bring in fill dirt to raise your property so you can see over all your neighbors. Somehow you get the dirt to form a nice column straight up from your
Stephen Clutter, Paul J. Lim The latest controversy at Sea-Tac, over a possible third runway, is one more chapter in a long, turbulent history of airport expansion. Planes started using the site in 1944 and in five decades, it has become the 16th-busiest airport in the nation. ———————————- If you’re upset about the possibility of
Daryl Strickland Mic Dinsmore strutted into the meeting room wearing a double-breasted suit, his chest puffed out, looking like a politician who had just won an election. He had reason to feel this way. Dinsmore was named yesterday as the port’s new executive director, rising from his job as chief operating officer. The executive job
June 12, 1992 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: A9 Word Count: 354 The Ninth Circuit in San Francisco recently voted that since the noise level was not above 65 decibels (recently raised from 55 decibels) the Federal Aviation Administration did not have to be subject to any environmental impact requirements. Therefore, the FAA’s brilliant “four post” plan remains
Sep 4, 1991 Bob Ortega — SEATAC In the control tower, they are pulsing green numbers crawling across radar screens. To Lloyd Docter in Brown’s Point, Craig Lorch on Beacon Hill, Minnie Brasher in Burien and thousands of their neighbors, they’re roar after thundering roar in the night. As the rumbling stream of jets taking