>Option 2: The dealer should be able to recommend a ferry pilot to >hire. If not, call me at the office 410-604-1717 and I'll fix you up >with one. Ferry pilots need to be commercial pilots with a 2nd class
>medical. They also need to meet whatever requirement your insurance
>company places on them for time in type, but again, the dealer >should be able to provide that to them.
Helen, why do ferry pilots need to have a commercial ticket? I would think any Sport Pilot checked out in that aircraft with x-country experience could ferry it.
Ralph
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
>
> Bill, you have three options.
>
> 1. Get current and fly it home yourself
> 2. Hire a ferry pilot
> 3. Hire a flight instructor to go with you and give you instruction in
> your plane on the way home
>
> Option 1: You should probably get current at home before heading down
> to the factory. If there isn't an LSA for rent in your area, get enough
> ground and dual in whatever small plane you can rent to start rubbing as
> much rust off as possible. That way you'll be able to minimize the
> flight training needed when you get to the dealer. Any dealer worth his
> salt should be able to offer you enough dual to get you through a BFR as
> well as the time in type required by your insurance company for you to
> fly your new plane. Your insurance company is going to be the big
> dictator of what you need and from whom. You'll likely be required by
> the insurance company to get several hours of dual in type before being
> able to fly it home even if you are current.
>
> Option 2: The dealer should be able to recommend a ferry pilot to hire.
> If not, call me at the office 410-604-1717 and I'll fix you up with
> one. Ferry pilots need to be commercial pilots with a 2nd class
> medical. They also need to meet whatever requirement your insurance
> company places on them for time in type, but again, the dealer should be
> able to provide that to them.
>
> Option 3: I'd recommend this one as you'll get your plane home this way,
> learn your plane well on the way home, and brush up on your rusty cross
> country skills. You are probably best to hire a CFI with a 2nd class
> medical because it could get really gray with the FAA as to whether the
> CFI is acting as an instructor or ferry pilot. Fortunately, these
> aren't hard to find. (Again give me a call if you have a problem in
> this area.) The dealer should be able to get your CFI checked out to
> meet your insurance requirements.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Helen
>
> billhobson@... wrote:
> > Let's say I find an S-LSA I want to buy. I go see it and negotiate a price. Let's also say I'm a private pilot with a current medical, but I haven't had a BFR for a looong time (but I have been getting some dual in a local 4-place airplane). How do I get the S-LSA home? (I DO have a valid driver's license.) Can I fly it home? Who checks me out in it? Do they endorse my log book as being cleared to fly it? It's so confusing for us old farts. Thanks.
> >
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