Needless to say I am not trying to discourage qualified commercial pilots I would be curious what percentage of commercial pilots trained at hanscom and what percentage of their students are going for a commercial license
And then there are airports in less heavily populated areas I know someone who leases his private plane on an hourly short term basis so he can get the depreciation What I heard was that the people learning to fly were doing so because they were buying a private plane for personal use. On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM Jennifer Saffran <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> 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]> >> 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]. >> 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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