While I certaimly support ultralights, if you don't think sport pilot is bringing us a great new generation of pilots, I invite you to come spend a weekend at my school.
Helen
Oct 11, 2010 03:09:16 AM, Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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>The genesis of Sport Aviation, Ultralights. Never has so little given us so much, for without them Sport Aviation would
>not be here and where it is today. And really then, where is it with our now hundred thousand plus dollar airplanes? Was this the intent? Is the movement now providing the ways and means expand aviation to where
>those who want to fly can? Is Sport Pilot bringing in the next generation of pilots? I think not and that Sport Plane/Pilot may be losing its way. The era may be ripe for the next phase – Back to the future. As it was pointed out in one film – the whole point of it all was to provide
>those who wanted to fly safely and at an affordable price the means to experience
>that quest. Ultralights did and can do that. Sport Planes have their place providing great flying machines to those otherwise
>would be forced out of aviation and others who want that kind of flying, generally, go as fast as you can at altitude between point A to point B. Many want the flight experience of just savoring the local area, to smell
>the air and really take it turf and tundra with unobstructed views at under five
>hundred feet and fifty miles an hour if they choose, searching and exploring the
>world as no other way can. God bless Ultralights, may they rise again.Ed Snyder
Ps. Many of the early designed Ultralights were substandard flying machines
>and have no place in the futures. But many were and still are worthy flying craft like the quicksilver MXL and
>GT. Then there were others who were ahead of their time, all metal planes that
>would fit perfectly well today, one such was the Vampire ultralight, picture attached
>of it. I want one.
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