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# Sad to see the museum go
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/sad-to-see-the-museum-go-editor/
- Published: 2002-07-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:27:20.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

*By Julia Reeves Santa Monica Clearing the air on smoke-free parks Editor:*

At first, unfocused glance, I thought your story (on July 4, 2002) referred to the closing the Santa Monica Airport, and my heart skipped a beat. Then, I zeroed in to discover that is the Museum of Flying which is leaving the airport, and is being relocated elsewhere. How silly of me to even dream of the closure of the Santa Monica Airport, no less think I see it in print. I’ve been to the Museum of Flying with children. For half a minute I felt a hint of sadness over the fact that I will no longer be able to visit the airport, and bring guests and children there. It was a brief moment of gloom. For those enthusiasts of the museum, I extend my condolences. I am not one of them. I wish the airport was going with them too.

Perhaps, if it is unsafe to fly the planes in compliance with the city’s noise ordinance, as Dan Ryan, the museum’s executive director indicates, then the planes should not be flown at all. After all, these World War II planes are 60 or more years old, so it may be time to retire them, especially if they present a danger to the surrounding community. I have to admit that I do not know much about planes, so I don’t know about the necessity of flying these particular ones on a regular monthly basis. It would seem to me that the museum’s purpose is to house them, and not necessarily fly them.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 6, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070602.pdf?ref=smdp.com)