From: Richard Williams <rkwill@lewiscounty.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 7:17:29 PM
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Training
Peter,
The FnAA came up with the ridiculous in 2004.
It is now 2011.
That is 7 years to take the first baby step.
I'm not a young man, At the current rate, I'll be passed on before the FnAA
learns how to make SP/LSA walk and talk.
R. Williams
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From: Peter Walker <peterwalker58@yahoo.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 15:48:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Training
> Hello One step at a time The FAA cant rush thisPeter
>
> --- On Mon, 6/6/11, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> From: Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Training
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, June 6, 2011, 1:56 AM
>
>
>
> It also appears that you can't solo the student. Groan...
>
> Helen
>
> On 6/5/2011 10:57 AM, A. Censor wrote:
>
> "Sport pilot
> certificate training is allowed, which is a big win for the
> low-mass/high-drag community. The drawback is this training must be
> conducted in a previously exempted E-LSA, owned and operated by the
> LODA applicant."
>
> Well that's
> good new for a significant (if not massive) number of
> owner/instructors. But it's not what really needed. For example,
> if I've trained myself all the way to be a cerfified LSA instructor
> BUT I built my ELSA from a kit and certified it after 2008 (let alone
> if I start the project today) and as such it was never "previously
> exempted" then even though it might be exactly the same as YOUR
> older E-LSA (but perhaps in better because it's a newer better design
> and has far less hours on it) I can never train any students in it.
> In reality, it seems to me, there's probably only a handful of
> individuals and aircraft that will fit through this exception.
> Significant to them, but not to the whole LSA training picture.
> So it's fair enough and I'm glad it's hopefully (if the FAA
> doesn't drag its feet in issuing individual LODAs)going to help out
> a few guys and gals who were and are training students in E-LSAs (and
> in turn their students) who got caught between the FAA rules but it
> ain't going to significantly open the presently very narrow gates to
> lower cost and much more sport pilot training. Alex
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