tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post262000267714591418..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Boxing, Soccer, Private Jet, Lemons, and an Old ChairStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-51765922572806440482010-10-15T23:08:07.163-08:002010-10-15T23:08:07.163-08:00L, thanks for doing the background work on the air...L, thanks for doing the background work on the airport. I have mixed feelings here. They airport has been there forever. (Since 1924 according to the Wikipedia piece.) So the residential neighborhoods came later and people bought houses knowing there was an airport.<br /><br />On the other hand, the increase in private jets has made the noise level much louder around the airport. <br /><br />A plane crashed about five houses down from my mother's house some time ago. She's seen several crashed planes over the years. <br /><br />I suspect that economically, it makes more sense for Santa Monica to convert it to other uses. <br /><br />Again, thanks for the work on this.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-43790849537672858042010-10-15T21:30:34.602-08:002010-10-15T21:30:34.602-08:00You got me curious on the line about landing fees....You got me curious on the line about landing fees. Google and Wikipedia provide some interesting facts about this particular airport. Seems it's far from friendly to both private individuals and business aviation:<br /><br />[Wikipedia] Since the Santa Monica Airport receives no federal, state or local funding to operate, the landing fees fill the gap between other Airport revenue and the cost of operations -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Airport#Landing_fees<br /><br />[National Business Aviation Association] The airport has no commercial service and only one jet center FBO, and is promulgating policies hostile to aviation and particularly to turbine aircraft. -- http://www.nbaa.org/ops/airports/smo/<br /><br />And then this article talks about a proposal to close the airport -- Closing Santa Monica Airport The Better Option? -- http://californiaflightschool.com/flightschool/?p=51<br /><br />It seems the community doesn't want the airport.Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-89014526423977057122010-10-15T10:08:51.366-08:002010-10-15T10:08:51.366-08:00Yes the Private Jet charters can be parked in any ...Yes the <a href="http://www.247jet.com" rel="nofollow">Private Jet</a> charters can be parked in any place, a tiny place is enough to park the small private jets.Private Jethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10780692466248766899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-75449583153186445292010-10-14T17:31:17.795-08:002010-10-14T17:31:17.795-08:00Ropi, the 'football' reference was for you...Ropi, the 'football' reference was for you! Glad you saw it.<br /><br />MPB - Glad to share. But how terrible do you think I am that my own mom wouldn't let me visit! :)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-54104752268550801702010-10-14T14:24:01.298-08:002010-10-14T14:24:01.298-08:00I'm really glad your Mom lets you visit. I use...I'm really glad your Mom lets you visit. I used to live in Santa Monica (and in the Valley) the photos of those strand lines and those shrimpy things (any butterfly shells and mussels?), backyards and alleys, still seem familiar. Some things change but others seem to hold out in comfort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-32998851657470912342010-10-14T10:44:24.015-08:002010-10-14T10:44:24.015-08:00You really amused me that you called soccer real f...You really amused me that you called soccer real football.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com