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Actor Harrison Ford Part Of Lawsuit to Prevent Shut Down of Santa Monica Airport
SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) — A federal complaint challenging a plan to shut down the Santa Monica Airport next summer has been filed by actor Harrison Ford and other airport pilots and tenants, according to reports. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Yea but the locals thought only hi dollar execs flew in and out
of Meigs, Santan Monica may have some regular folks flying in for
a burger now and then but for the most part, it's people like Mr Ford.
I'v been mopre upset about not moving Orange County to El Toro, it was approved
by the voters, and then somehow just turned into a park ! Forever limiting the
region with no options to grow, and the next gen screwed with the limits of KSNA
of Meigs, Santan Monica may have some regular folks flying in for
a burger now and then but for the most part, it's people like Mr Ford.
I'v been mopre upset about not moving Orange County to El Toro, it was approved
by the voters, and then somehow just turned into a park ! Forever limiting the
region with no options to grow, and the next gen screwed with the limits of KSNA
You're lucky Mayor Daley from Chicago did not move out there. He would have bulldozed the runways in the middle of the night like he did at Meigs Field breaking all kinds of laws. He was never charged for this crime.
People forget, whether Airport or something else. In Western AR, there is one county that had a county seat to the North. Railroad came through to the South along the river and county seat was moved. The new county seat prospered and grew and became a thriving town. Problem is, the Railroad runs through the middle of it and people are continually griping about traffic delays. a 100 car thru freight, moving at the yard limit speed of 35mph(which the town folk themselves imposed, slowing down from a mainline speed of twice that) will pass in about 3 minutes, no biggie. All those industries that employ the townspeople have to be switched daily and that may cause inconvenience. In the case of Santa Monica, this is a long drawn out affair and the greed and who stands to gain have long been known. In the case of O'Hare and some others, some of those houses were built but the Airport was nowhere close but the Airport expanded to them. As is noted here, ORD was cornfields around it when first built. In some cases, people knew where they were building and maybe not have a problem with the AC noise at that time, but as the jet age has really come along, the noise level has increased, after houses were built. Frivolous claims are frustrating and to most of them, the correct answer is "MOVE" but there are some that are legitimate and should be seriously listened too rather than just arbitrarily blow them off.
I was a controller at Sacramento Metro... we had lots of late night training flights up from SFO... lawyer built big house on river SW of airport and then started to complain... one night Pan Am 747 doing pilot 6 mo. check rides... pulled an engine on take off so was low slow and LOUD... we extended right pattern turn and put him right over the top of the A holes house... I still remember his call to the tower.. fun fun fun...
build next to an airport?...take the consequences!
build next to an airport?...take the consequences!
I agree that we need Noise Abatement in this country.. We need to equip a muffler permanently attached to the mouth of every lawyer in this country... Especially the ones in congress....
How come no one (but me) complains about those ridiculous after-market mufflers that are so popular with 16-25 year old boys? An airplane engine is the sound of freedom.
Tread carefully BC, you are getting rather close to the sound of the Harley. Criticism of that is fraught with peril.
If your Harley sounds like one of those fart can equipped wannabe racers then you seriously need to get it into the shop for some repairs.
1) I don't have a harley.
2) I have no idea why the refer to the noise enhancing exhaust system as a 'muffler'
3) Those devices may have a darwinian function- it helps to keep them from polluting the gene pool until they off themselves in a stupidity-demonstration.
but we digress from Santa Monica.
2) I have no idea why the refer to the noise enhancing exhaust system as a 'muffler'
3) Those devices may have a darwinian function- it helps to keep them from polluting the gene pool until they off themselves in a stupidity-demonstration.
but we digress from Santa Monica.
Perhaps a Los Angeles Grand Jury could investigate the spending by Santa Monica officials regarding the airport and hand down some indictments. It would be sweet to buy the dingbats just beyond the fence and extend the runway a thousand feet so a new neighborhood could enjoy an up close look at aviation.