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# Story on the wrong flight path
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/story-on-the-wrong-flight-path-editor/
- Published: 2005-09-09T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:45:57.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

*By Linda Tennant*

In your article “Lawsuit against airport won’t be landing in court” by Ryan Hyatt, (SMDP, Sept. 8, page 1), there is an incorrect statement. “Meanwhile, the Douglas Aircraft plant adjacent to the airport was closed and homes constructed in the area” is incorrect. When the Douglas Aircraft plant was closed in the 1970s, a business park was built in its place, the area now known as the Airport Business Park. The business park includes office buildings, restaurants, a gym and a park. The incorrect statement implies that the homes were built after Douglas closed and now there is a problem with aircraft noise. Homes have always been around the airport, that is nothing new.

Thanks for a really good local newspaper. I look forward to reading it every morning.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 9, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090905.pdf?ref=smdp.com)