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

Bill,

I would suggest #3.
why?
Because the CFI could be giving you the BFR at the same time during the flight home.

R. Williams

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From: Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@verizon.net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:40:53 -0400
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Getting your new S-LSA home

> 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@rocketmail.com 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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