The debate following the October 4, 2011 City Council Meeting on SMO continues. Here are some recent articles in the news: Link:Banker Likes Flying out of SMO for Lunch (Santa Monica Patch – Oct 19, 2011) — see comments!Link:Santa Monica…
SMO in the News
With the recent release of the phase-1 visioning staff report to be presented to the city council on October 4, 2011, the airport has been in the news a lot lately. Here are some of the recent stories in the…
Staff Report on Phase-1 of the airport visioning process
Below is a link to the staff report on phase 1 on the visioning process for the future of the airport when the current agreement with the FAA runs out in 2015. Phase 1 began in March 2011 and was…
Flight School Workshop – Press Stories and Comments
The debate in the press over the issues raised in the Flight School Workshop goes on. See the link(s) below. Link:Santa Monica Daily Press – See commentsLink:The Lookout News
Slides from the Airport Commission Flight School Workshop
Below is a link to a PDF of the slides used in my presentation to the Airport Commission “Flight School Workshop” on September 26, 2011. Link:Slides from Airport Commission WorkShop – Sept 26, 2011
Airport Commission – Flight School Workshop
Don’t forget next Monday (September 26) at 7:30 PM in the Santa Monica City Council chambers (1685 Main Street, Santa Monica), the Santa Monica Airport Commission will be holding a flight school workshop. There will be three introductory speakers, myself,…
Santa Monica vs. Van Nuys – Pattern Flying
In response to questions raised concerning the absolute magnitude of the pattern flying issue at SMO compared with other local airports, the CASMAT team conducted a comparative study between SMO and Van Nuys (VNY) using both airport WebTrak systems. Van…