“Not content to let Santa Clarita Transit have all the fun, Supervisor Antonovich is also sponsoring a summer beach bus”, was the comment made by Jeff Wilson over at SCVtalk.com in regards to a post here at The Beacon. It was worth saying that the County/Antonovich has sponsored a beach bus for residents of Castaic and the West Ranch communities for years.

If you look at the County and City beach bus schedules they are complimentary. The City’s Beach Bus is on Saturday and Sunday while the County’s Beach Bus is on Wednesday and Friday. That means that SCV residents can go to the beach 4 days out of the week for $4 or under. That is a great deal and a terrific service.

It’s also worth pointing out that the Santa Clarita Transit system does receive some funding from Los Angeles County which supplements the City’s bus system. It made more sense to underwrite part of the City’s transit system rather than implement a separate bus system in the unincorporated areas of SCV.

No one-upmanship here!! These are just the facts.

Okay, so last night I was having a drink with a friend and she asked me what I thought about the supposed low flying F-16 that buzzed Santa Clarita a week or so ago. Unlike other folks that have jumped on the conspiracy theory bandwagon, I don’t believe it was a fighter jet out of March or Edwards Air Force bases.  

I heard the low flying aircraft and it did not sound like a jet aircraft to me. It did however sound like a turbo-prop aircraft similar to the Canadian Firefighting planes the County leases every year. Those planes are up in Canada and not in Los Angeles County yet.

Now I am not an aviation expect but I have flown hundreds of thousands of miles over the years on all types of aircraft. I have flown extensively around the Caribbean on ATR-40 turbo-prop planes.

To me it is all about the sound  and what I heard was not a jet but a turbo-prop plane flying very low right over the Stevenson Ranch community. I don’t believe it was a fighter jet or a UFO and I certainly don’t believe that people are lying about it.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it until the agents from Area 51 tell me to change it!

Dave Bossert- Commentary

Dave Bossert is a community volunteer who serves on a number of boards and councils. His commentaries represent his own opinions and not necessarily the views of any organization he may be affiliated with or those of the West Ranch Beacon.