Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Getting your new S-LSA home

Ralph,

Only the commercial pilot can be paid.

R. Williams

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From: "Ralph" <rstar447@yahoo.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:02:20 -0000
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Getting your new S-LSA home

> >Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote
> >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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> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
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