Posts Tagged ‘Santa Monica airport’
Residents Still Report Noise From Santa Monica Airport
April 27, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Noise from aircraft operations at Santa Monica Airport (SMO) has been a source of contention for neighbors for many years. In order to help address these problems Santa Monica’s Airport Commission has been holding annual workshops. This year’s workshop consisted of presentations that focused on data gathered in 2010. Stelios Makrides, the Cit…
Santa Monica Airport Earth Day Rally Brings Out the Crowds
April 23, 2011 at 4:49 pm
A large contingent of protesters turned out for Friday’s Earth Day rally at Santa Monica Airport, including 36th Congressional District candidate Marcy Winograd, who joined neighbors to protest the dangers of leaded gasoline being used in propeller planes. Protesters say six area flight schools are the main culprits and the hundreds of daily practice flights [...]
City Council Votes in Favor of Closing SMO Flight Schools
April 21, 2011 at 9:06 am
The Los Angeles City Council voted 11 to 0 yesterday to support federal legislation or an administrative action that would close six flight schools at the Santa Monica Airport and also alter the current departure route that crosses the Penmar Golf Course and runs above Rose Avenue in Venice to the beach. From the LATimes: [...]
Earth Day Rally against Santa Monica Airport’s use of Leaded fuel in Prop Planes
April 20, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Your attendance is urged and tell your friends! Join our EARTH DAY RALLY against Santa Monica Airport’s use of LEADED fuel in propeller planes. Friday, April 22, 2011 – From 3-5 PMBundy Drive and Airport Avenue (East end of the Santa Monica Airport)The Venice Neighborhood Council’s Santa Monica Airport Committee is sponsoring this Earth Day rally [...]
Earth Day Rally
April 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm
This Earth Day, April 22nd from 3 to 5pm on the corner of Bundy Dr. and Airport Way, join together in protesting the use of Leaded fuel at the Santa Monica Airport. Sponsored by the Venice Neighborhood Council’s Santa Monica Airport Committee. For more info go to http://bad-air.org/smo
Plane Crash at Penmar Golf Course Raises Safety Concerns
July 5, 2010 at 10:01 am
A single-engine Cessna 152 crashed into Penmar Golf Course shortly after 6 p.m. last Thursday. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. Apparently the pilot may have been practicing landings at Santa Monica Airport when the aircraft developed engine problems. On Friday residents raised new concerns about the safety and air pollution risks of [...]
Congressman Waxman Calls for Hearing on Santa Monica Airport
May 21, 2010 at 7:34 am
Congressman Henry Waxman criticized the FAA for refusing to conduct a public hearing before testing new departure procedures at the airport. Recent complaints from residents have included aircraft flying at low altitudes and excessive noise from the piston-powered planes being tested. Waxman called for a suspension of the testing and requested that FAA Administrator Babbitt [...]
Pressure Grows to Shut Down Santa Monica Airport
April 22, 2010 at 7:50 am
The Santa Monica Mirror reports that residents gathered near the Santa Monica Airport (SMO) on Sunday to protest intolerable levels of air pollution and noise. Marking the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, protesters demanded a ban on jet planes and the eventual closure of the airport. A recent UCLA study confirmed that air pollutant concentrations [...]
Santa Monica Airport Protest in Honor of Earth Day 4/18
April 16, 2010 at 7:18 am
Sunday, April 18th, from 2 – 4pm at the Sardis cul-de-sac (just east of Bundy Ave.). Please visit Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution’s website for more details.
Santa Monica Airport’s “The Hump” Exposed By Oscar-Winning Director
March 11, 2010 at 7:55 am
LAist takes a look at a sting operation conducted at The Hump restaurant in Santa Monica by Director Louie Psihoyos, winner of the Best Documentary Oscar on Sunday for his film “The Cove” which highlights mass dolphin killing in Japan with undercover and investigative journalism. The Santa Monica sting was conducted at sushi restaurant “The [...]
‘No More Jets’ Taking Off for Santa Monica Airport
February 17, 2010 at 7:41 am![jet-pollution[1]](http://theopendaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/jet-pollution1-96x72.jpg "jet-pollution[1]")
The Argonaut reports on a key political milestone toward improving air quality around Santa Monica Airport. The three local candidates who are running to replace Assemblyman Ted Lieu’s 53rd Assembly District seat have all signed the “no more jets” at Santa Monica Airport pledge introduced by Marcy Winograd in her challenge to Jane Harman’s seat [...]
