"Plane Facts" 
WAAM's Weekly Update 
Tuesday May 20, 2003

In a continuing effort to keep our membership informed on airport issues, WAAM publishes a quarterly newsletter, periodic email updates, notices in local newspapers, a bi-monthly newspaper feature called "Plane Talk" and a weekly email update called "Plane Facts". 


WAAM also maintains a website that covers airport issues in detail. You will find a wealth of information on our website. This is your website and we welcome any comments you might have to make it even better and more informative. The website has links to other sites to help you better understand airport issues. You can explore what other communities are doing to combat the growing problem of airport growth in cities throughout the United States. To visit the WAAM website, click on the link below. 

http://www.waam.ws

This Week

* The Airport Exploratory Study is underway. The latest update has been published. You can read update #3 by going to the WAAM website and clicking on AES Progress Report #3 under the Airport Exploratory Study section. 

* WAAM representatives will attend the new Regional Noise Impact Study that gets underway at 11:00 am this coming Thursday - May 22 at the Ft. Pierce International Airport. This study has been designed to help local airports in the Treasure Coast and bordering regions deal with noise and other environmental issues. Martin County Commissioners Sarah Heard and Doug Smith are members of this study group - Commissioner Susan Valliere will be attending. This is a public meeting. 

Link below will provide some background information on the regional study.

http://www.martin.fl.us/GOVT/agendas/bcc/2002/may07/mca02a.009.html

Information and Updates section on the WAAM website

* What does it mean when you are told that your home is going to be purchased or insulated as a result of the FAR 150?
Read about the Buyout and Insulation program being initiated by the Martin County Airport. Are you going to be displaced or forced to live in a bubble? Read about it on the WAAM website.
Link to Buyout and Insulation on WAAM webpage

* Charter Flights mimic Scheduled Commercial Airline Passenger Service at General Aviation Airports. 
Read about how a charter airline that is not supposed to provide scheduled service gets around this FAA rule at the Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. Can it happen here? Read about it on the WAAM website.
Link to Scheduled Commercial Airline Passenger Service on WAAM webpage

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* Information received from Martin County Airport staff members. 
Nothing reported to WAAM this week. 



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