[Zeke]

If you want to see a surge, come to my house one mile due west of runway 26R at LBG. Sometimes 4-5 student pilots are doing touch and go exercises at the same time. A round trip averages 7 minutes and they do one hour lessons. That can be 28 to 35 operations per hour typically occurring during the 2 'happy hours' of noon and 5 pm. During those periods it isn't unusual for a plane to pass overhead at 500 to 800 feet up every minute and sometimes as much as 3 per minute when they get stacked up. Noise levels are typically high 70's to 90 dB. They aren't reportable unless they surpass 90 dB. I have a dB meter.

I wonder where they get that kind of money when it takes around $8000 to 10,000 to pay for lessons and a plane. And then what? The cost of owning and insuring a plane is not hobbyist money anymore.

The lady in the article makes good money and likely writes flying off her taxes.