Getting this note out of the way first: No, we didn’t go to The Stuart Airshow — that photo of the F-16 Fighting Falcon was taken 10 feet from our photographer’s front door, which is more than 2 miles away from Witham Field aka Martin County Airport. We may be hypocrites about some things, but … Read More
The Martin County Airport Noise Advisory Committee (ANAC) meets quarterly. ANAC is a result of the prior airport noise problems Martin County was forced to address — years ago — for properties adjacent to Witham Field. That residents who live “within a 2-mile radius” of the airport are invited to sit on the ANAC evidences … Read More
Last Friday, October 27, 2017, Palm City Road recorded 128 fights over their homes. They recorded another 60 during the weekend, and, today, Monday, October 30, they recorded 118 flights. At 8:15 p.m., as we post this, the planes continue to fly overhead, disrupting what’s otherwise a very pleasant, cool evening in Stuart. They note … Read More
They’re the only days of the ENTIRE YEAR 2017 that we had peaceful enjoyment of our home without being TORTURED by FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRPLANE NOISE. Today is October 27, 2017, and that makes a total of 4 days that we enjoyed our home this year. If we don’t tell the County Commission that we don’t … Read More
Whether you evacuated or weathered the storm, we truly hope that you fared well during Hurricane Irma. We did, and we’re very, very grateful for our blessings. We’re encouraging people to give however they’re able and to any organization they trust. PayPal is accepting donations to various vetted organizations and is covering the cost of … Read More
Is there an air show in Stuart today? Why so many planes today in Stuart? But I thought they changed everything back? Following a relatively (used loosely) peaceful July — in any event, there was a reduction from prior months — those are the questions we received today, July 29, 2017, when, from 8 a.m. … Read More
As if it weren’t bad enough that we’ve been bombarded with single- and twin-engine planes all day every day for the past 6 months, now Witham Field is apparently permitting jets to practice over our formerly peaceful homes in western Stuart. We hate to say “I told you so” — sincerely, we hate to say … Read More
Mingled in with the spam and airport noise complaints, we occasionally receive an interesting email through this website’s contact form. Such was the case yesterday, when we received the email below. As the writer provided a name in the email itself, we believe that it’s from an upstanding and well-known member of the community. We … Read More
On June 20, 2017, we reached an unwanted milestone: We passed 11,000 flights over this previously peaceful neighborhood of more than 1,000 home owners. (Officials, take note: That equates to at least that many voters.) Mind you, this figure represents only those flights for which someone was here to record the data. Being an organization … Read More
Well, yes, contacting the media about the airport noise in Stuart, Florida does seem like a good idea now, doesn’t it? After all, someone is interested in the fact that our sleepy little peaceful town went from … well … sleepy and peaceful to noisy and obnoxious overnight, right? Yes, we thought so too. But … Read More