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  • Dinsmore Named Port’s New Director

    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
    TagsMic Dinsmore, Port Of Seattle, Seattle Times
  • 1992-06-12

    Flight Patterns – FAA’s ‘Four Post’ traffic plan for planes is illogical, insulting

    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
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsFAA, Four Post Plan, letter, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Seattle Times
  • Making A Case For Quiet — Proposed Third Runway Is Third Strike Against Noisy Sea-Tac, Neighbors Say

    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
    CategoriesHistory TagsMinnie O Brasher, Seattle Times
  • 1991-06-09

    Destination Unknown — Airport! The Controversy

    Destination Unknown — Airport! The Controversy Jun 9, 1991 Lance Dickie ONE word sums up the public’s reaction to expanding Sea-Tac airport or planning for more planes in the sky over Puget Sound: Don’t. Don’t expand the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, don’t add runways to any existing regional airport and don’t replace Sea-Tac and start from
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsAirport Expansion, Editorial, Port Of Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle Times
  • 1990-01-22

    Rumblings Over Flight-Path Plan

    By DICK LILLY January 22, 1990 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: B3 Word Count: 1469 Like a plague, they slipped into Barbara Maxwell’s neighborhood, rattling the windows. Pretty soon, they were making it hard to hear phone conversations. After a while, they were interrupting backyard barbecues More and more jet planes, on their way to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,
    CategoriesFrom The Web, History TagsFAA, Four Post Plan, Seattle Times
  • 1990-01-22

    Planned Flight Paths Spur Arguments

    Planned Flight Paths Spur Arguments Jan 22, 1990 Linda W.Y. Parrish Hearing set– The Federal Aviation Administration has set an environmental assessment hearing on its proposed changes in Sea-Tac Airport flight patterns for 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Cleveland High School, 5511 15th Ave. S. FEDERAL WAY When the wind blows from the north,
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsFAA, Federal Way, Four Post Plan, Gary Locke, Greg Fisher, Seattle Times
  • Seattle_Daily_Times_1980-04-09_104-Fundsfor South Clear Zone

    TagsSeattle Times, South Clear Zone, Warren Magnuson
  • Seattle Times 1980-04-09 pg107 Eastside Airport Proposal in Carnation

    “Nobody WANTS an airport in his backyard,” said Mayor Lorraine Hine of Des Moines. “But in South King Couniy we’ve always lived in the shadow of airports and planes and there seem to be more planes all the time.” Mayor Hine said the smaller general-aviation planes are be-coming a real hazard competing for air space
    CategoriesFrom The Web, History TagsCity Of Des Moines, Lorraine Hine, Seattle Times, Second Airport
  • Seattle Times 1980-04-09 pg 107 Eastside Airport Proposal in Carnation (Lorraine Hine Des Moines Mayor)

    “Nobody WANTS an airport in his backyard,” said Mayor Lorraine Hine of Des Moines. “But in South King Couniy we’ve always lived in the shadow of airports and planes and there seem to be more planes all the time.” Mayor Hine said the smaller general-aviation planes are be-coming a real hazard competing for air space
    CategoriesFrom The Web, History TagsCity Of Des Moines, Des Moines, Lorraine Hine, Seattle Times, Second Airport
  • Seattle Times July 7, 1974 Sea-Tac Airport 25th Anniversary Section C

    Here we grow again!
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