SM AIRPORT — Officials with the Museum of Flying on Friday unveiled sketches for what is to be a mural entitled "Fly Douglas" that pays tribute to the aircraft
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE — The man who allegedly threw nails into the driveways of two flight schools and an aviation business at Santa Monica Airport has been charged with a misdemeanor count
SUNSET PARK — A new group of old anti-airport activists held its first meeting Saturday to layout parameters for the coalition and strategies for getting Santa Monica Airport out of the picture by 2015.
SMO — After a nine-year hiatus, Santa Monica’s Museum of Flying will take off once more on Saturday with a host of new exhibits and lofty goals to encourage young people to engage in math and sciences.
SMO — An ongoing disagreement between city officials and the Federal Aviation Administration concerning when City Hall regains control of Santa Monica Airport may mean that public coffers will have to maintain an $8 million subsidy to the Airport Fund far longer than planned.
SMO — Flight school owners voluntarily agreed to restrict the hours their planes spend flying over Santa Monica in an attempt to “be a better neighbor” to residents that live near the airport, city officials announced Thursday.
SMO — On a clear day, when the sun shines brightly over Southern California and glints cool blue off the Pacific Ocean, an observer can likely find Lloyd Saunders at Santa Monica Airport.
SMO — Residents of three communities reiterated their concerns about Santa Monica Airport Sunday with a midday protest focused on noise, pollution and, above all, safety.
SMO — A man was arrested on drug trafficking charges last week after allegedly flying into an Illinois airport from Santa Monica with 74 pounds of marijuana.
CITY HALL — Flight school owners and residents squared off in a sometimes contentious workshop Monday night meant to “begin a conversation” about how the two groups could live in peace.
SMO — On Monday, Aug. 29, a student pilot in a Cessna 172 crashed into a home in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Santa Monica for unknown reasons. The accident raised old concerns about the safety of having airport operations, including flight schools and private planes, operating so close to homes.
SMO — A device that measures airspeed malfunctioned before an August airplane crash in the Sunset Park neighborhood that left the pilot and two bystanders injured, according to a preliminary report by federal investigators.
