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 it’s by design, a glitch, or we broke it, we don’t know, but Martin County’s official airport noise complaint form (found here) has been down since Friday, September 22, 2017 at 6:49 p.m. We list alternative contact methods on this page, and here is the link to send an email to Witham Field Airport … 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
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
Beginning in January 2017, airport noise from Witham Field Airport (SUA) in Stuart, Florida increased exponentially over western Martin County. The Martin County Commission and Witham Field officials claimed “nothing has changed.” Residents in western Martin County vehemently disagree, however. The number of flights overheard on a given day increased from a few unnoticeable planes … Read More