The following is a collection of links to videos relating to various aspects of the SMO issue. If you know of any other relevant videos, let us know and we will add it to the list. 1984 Santa Monica Airport…
Video Summary of Santa Monica Airport Issue
At a recent talk entitled “The Santa Monica Airport Issue” given to a group largely unfamiliar with the details of the SMO situation, I was asked to make my slides available so that they could be checked for accuracy. This…
Airport Commissioner Resigns
The March 12th City Council agenda includes item 13-B: “Recommendation to accept Ofer Grossman’s resignation from the Airport Commission and authorize the City Clerk to publish the vacancy.” Airport Commissioner Ofer Grossman resigned from the commission following the February 25th meeting. Commissioner…
Results of SMO Muffler Test
As you may know from the recent Santa Monica Daily Press article, CASMAT volunteers have been collaborating with the City and Justice Aviation to make sound measurements of a Cessna 172 before and after being fitted with the Gomolzig ‘QuietFlight‘ silencer/muffler.…
Landing fee exemptions – a big reason for SMO losses
As of November 2012, the SMO Vector System (see here) landing fee system data now incorporates additional information for each departure including aircraft owner name and address as well as the aircraft gross landing weight, landing fees due, and whether the aircraft was…
A tale of two spreadsheets
Last night at the Airport Commission meeting (agenda), we were treated to another bewildering episode in the city’s purported airport visioning process. See here and here for our comments on previous episodes. More on that in future posts. In this post I…
Never mind carbon, lets talk decibel offsets
At the April 1st Airport Commission meeting, there were two main subjects up for discussion. The first (Item 2-A) was a presentation by City staff on the proposal to increase landing fees at SMO and to apply them to all…