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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWest Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) Has Several
Private charter jet companies based there. In fact, it's a very, very busy airport for private jets. So, who's flying in and out of PBI these days? We don't know. They don't use the main terminal. They don't go through the same security checkpoints, either.
It's a busy place, with rich folks and dignitaries coming and going on whatever schedule they wish. You don't see them come, and you don't see them go. A guy has to wonder if some of them aren't going to Mar-a-Lago on weekends. Could be anyone, really. International bigwigs or even unscrupulous characters.
Nobody tracks who comes and goes, really, or at least not publicly.
Plenty of limo services and private car services there, too. A guy could fly in, get picked up by a black car and go just about anywhere, anytime, and any day.
Now, you'd think we'd know who shows up at Mar-a-Lago, with all those Secret Service folks there and all, but Trump is the President. He can meet with whomever he wants at Mar-a-Lago and if he wants that kept as a secret, he can do that, too. He's the President. He's the boss of all those Secret Service folks. They know how to keep things quiet, and don't really talk to the press.
There's no log of visitors to Mar-a-Lago that will be made public. We don't know who goes there, or when, or when they leave.
So, ask yourself: Who is in all those private jets landing at PBI and where are they going? Sorry, you aren't going to find out. It's like, none of your business, really. A guy, for example, could fly into PBI, catch a car to Mar-a-Lago, and check into one of the guest suites there on, say Thursday, and then leave on, say, Monday afternoon, and never be seen at the place. Meetings could take place.
I'm just saying...perhaps those weekend jaunts to Mar-a-Lago involve more than golf and relaxation for The Donald. We'll never know, though.
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Not typical Trump voters, though. They can't get into Mar-a-Lago.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Odd, huh?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)He says he is the Bestest and the Hugest
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)with #WhoDat?
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)pictures. I can tell you they aren't shooting snapshots of people getting on and off those private jets. There's no place to stand to get those photos.
They're not taking those shots at Mar-a-Lago, either. Even the media photogs are restricted in their movements there. Besides, there are multiple entrances at Mar-a-Lago and hallways that aren't open to the public. It's a rich people's place, see. A guy may not want to be seen there with someone, you know.
Meals? Well, someone will bring them to you, no problem. In fact, you could come there, stay there, and never see anyone other than staff people and the people you want to meet with. It's that kind of place.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)They have their own terminal. You can't go there. Neither can your photographer. It's a different world, you see.
In most airports like that, you can have a car meet you in a hangar at the private terminal. Nobody will see you come and go.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)They are usually what are called FBO's. Fixed base operator..
You can track every aircraft going into and out of PBI here--
http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KPBI
For instance right now, - 4:48 PM - there are three aircraft that left for La Guardia, kansas City and Teterborough. And three coming in from DeKalb/Peachtree, Atlanta and Miami...
With the N-number you can find out who the aircraft owner is-- maybe not the passenger in question, but it IS a start..
Have at it. :> ))
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Louis1895
(768 posts)I bet there are plane enthusiasts that could spend time at the airport writing down the tail numbers. The FAA has a website to check ownership: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Inquiry.aspx
For example, Trump's private plane (not Air Force One) is: N757AF
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N757AF
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)You can charter private jets, but knowing the tail number doesn't provide much info. At PBI, they fly in and out all the time. Lots of rich folks in the Palm Beach area who charter private jets like taxicabs.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)including tail numbers.. and where they came from or are going...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)"Who is that guy?"
"Dunno. Looks familiar but I can't place him."
Warpy
(111,243 posts)The main terminal for DC is in Manassas, VA. Terminals for the wealthy are always separate and while the planes are logged in and out, the passengers they carry generally are not.
But you knew this, right?
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)not who's in them. My point exactly.
EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)Louis1895
(768 posts)CanonRay
(14,098 posts)to rub shoulders with us peons.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)If not based at PBI then any other facility nearby. A large aircraft could land there and a chopper could take pax to any smaller property or a large enough roof top.