By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News
Grant Jacobson flew his helicopter over Steiner Ranch several times over the past several weeks. Though several people complained that he was flying too low, Jacobson said that he was not doing anything illegal.
“I did nothing illegal,” Jacobson said. “This is a $7 million dollar machine and it’s mine, and I’m not going to break it or me.”

Pilot Grant Jacobson of Texas Jacobson Aviation has been flying his Bell helicopter model 429 (not shown) over local neighborhoods. He says he is doing nothing illegal but many want the low flying to stop.
Photo courtesy of Texas Jacobson Aviation.
Jacobson launched Texas Jacobson Aviation four years ago and the philanthropic company has logged over 1,100 missions, more than 600,000 miles and 2,200 passengers to help those in need.
Jacobson, who says he has flown more than 3,300 hours, also enjoys giving friends rides in his aircraft.
On one of those recent trips over the Estates of Westridge in Steiner Ranch, Jacobson was taking his doctor and friend for a ride in his helicopter so the doctor could take pictures of his roof, Jacobson said.
He was above the neighborhood maybe three or four minutes on that trip, he said. Another time he took the doctor’s wife over their house for a view from the sky.
Reports of two of the flyovers were on August 16 and 30 and during these two trips, and neighbors say at least one more trip, Jacobson got too close to their homes.