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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