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# Aircraft just aren’t funny
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/aircraft-just-arent-funny-editor/
- Published: 2007-08-21T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:36:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Ocean Park, #archive-import

*By Sue Miller*

I’m sorry but I don’t consider the steady stream of helicopters buzzing the beach and planes polluting the atmosphere with noise and exhaust a “laughing matter” ( “Earplugs needed for day at beach,” Aug. 3 ). I live in Ocean Park near the beach and my auditory space is being increasingly invaded on a daily basis, especially on the weekends. It’s not a “day at the beach” for me. It’s the privacy of my home and I wish someone would do something about the noisy playground in the sky around here. The Santa Monica Airport seems helpless about mitigating this community problem.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 21, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)