From the Flight Deck

Ryan Lucchetti always wanted to serve in the military. Then he got the flying bug. In fact, he’s been taking flying lessons with Shoreline Aviation since last June and was preparing at this writing for his first solo flight. Now he wants to go into the Air Force.

Back up a nudge. Ryan – who is a lifelong Marshfield resident and was well aware of the town’s airport – also found motivation in the accomplishment last year of his friend Timmy Stiles, who took flying lessons with Shoreline and soloed at turning 16. Now Ryan, also 16, not only flies from GHG, he’s working at Shoreline, Marshfield Municipal Airport’s fixed base operator, on the line team providing ramp services.

“I’m learning to fly because once I took my first flight I got hooked,” Ryan said. “It was a challenge outside of academics. I want to go into aviation as a career. I’d like to go into chartering and do something like what Keith (Shoreline President Keith Douglass) does. I’d like to start a charter company like Shoreline.”

A lot of Ryan’s interest in the field comes from working at Shoreline, he says, and investigating on the line everything he can about chartering.

Ryan Lucchetti works on Shoreline Aviation’s line team with thoughts of starting his own charter flight business.

But Ryan’s career ambitions don’t stop with forming his own charter business someday, likely down south, he says.

“I want to run for Congress sometime,” he said. “I want to get into politics and be an entrepreneur. I wanted to be president, but that might be a little too much.”

Why a congressman? “I want to make sure America stays a world superpower and make sure we continue to prosper as a country.”

So, after high school Ryan plans to either earn his flying stripes in the Air Force or attend college for law. He’s not sure which he’ll do first.

Ryan says he’s not from a political family, but clearly his family fuels his call to serve. “My Dad is Marshfield Police Officer Jason Lucchetti, and my Mom is Cheryl Lucchetti, a nurse practitioner.”

As to the entrepreneurial side, his uncle owns Lucchetti’s Complete Auto Center. “My grandfather started it,” he said. “I work four days for Shoreline, two days at Lucchetti’s, and then fly one day.”

Rounding out his family, Ryan has a 14-year-old brother and twin 5-year-old sisters.

“I can’t imagine a world where there isn’t two of them,” he said with a chuckle.