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Originally Posted by 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.
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Juggling priorities is part of being a pilot. A busy pattern can help weed out people poorly suited to flying. Almost every year, someone (or more) falls out of the sky in Oshkosh (at EAA) because they become overwhelmed with it all and lose track of their airspeed.