You understand that private pilots turn into commercial pilots, right? In order to apply to fly commercial planes, one has to have the hours and the flight ratings, and those are acquired at the pilot’s expense. Getting to an IFR rating can cost the same as a 4 year college degree.
Those are the same people who learn to fly helicopters, too. Spend a night watching the sky over the Longwood Medical Center area and note how many emergency helicopters come in. Think of the planes that put out the raging forest fires. Not everyone chooses to learn to fly via the Air Force. Yes, some of these hobbyists will never fly “life saving missions”, but without the commercial aviation pipeline, this country will be short of pilots. And for the near and distant future, our transportation and security depend on pilots. Jennifer Saffran Glider pilot license, expired > On Aug 24, 2025, at 3:25 PM, Laura Glynn <[email protected]> wrote: > > The flight radar 24 app (free) shows you most every plane in the air and > where it is flying and who owns it > > The private flights at hanscom fall into three buckets > > * True privately owned planes taking the billionaires to Martha’s Vineyard, > Nantucket, the Hamptons, Maine or (during the week) business centers. In the > winter these planes fly instead to Florida, ski resorts and Mexico (yes all > the way to Mexico from hanscom) > > * Disguised commercial flights that sell “memberships” instead of tickets and > this gets them around the no commercial flights at hanscom rule. Net jets > and planes sense are two of these companies and they are listed as the owners > of the planes so easy to spot. These flights go to the same vacation spots > as the true private planes but these poor millionaires have to share the > plane with other millionaires and book ahead > > * people learning to fly private planes - because after all we really want > more and more private planes. These flights are really irritating. They are > horrible noise polluters and they go round and round in circles spewing toxic > fumes. I would love to shut down the training flights at hanscom > > Enjoy the app. When a plane wakes you up open the app and see where it is > going. Grrrrr > > I am also in the category of “moderated” so let’s roll the dice and see if it > gets through the filter! > > Laura Glynn > Tower road > > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM Susan Mohn via Lincoln > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I don’t think the majority are military aircraft. What I see, being near the >> field, are private jets coming and going frequently. There are a few loud >> military flights, but they are few. I believe by far it’s the private jet >> traffic! The private jet activity really picks up on Fridays and >> Sundays/Mondays. It’s growing increasingly worse and worse. In all honesty, >> I’ve heard probably at least 3 jets taking off during the timespan of typing >> this text at 4:00 on Sunday. >> Wooops! Make that 4 jets!!! >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Aug 22, 2025, at 2:12 AM, Tom Kennedy <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > The increased military traffic is part of the Marines' 250th birthday >> > celebration. >> > It's been well publicized by most media, except interestingly not in the >> > Globe. There have been numerous TV videos of planes landing and taking off >> > at Boston Common. It's scheduled to continue all week. >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >
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