RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA

<chuckle>   Yeah... Problem is, getting up to 18,000 feet. . .<smile>  My kind of airplanes (that I can afford to fly) top out about 14000 feet on a good day. <smile>.  They usually only see at the MAX 7500 feet on a LONG journey.   Gotta be instrument rated though! Great to hear from ya! --- On Wed, 9/2/09, Lyle Cox <LyleCox@funaerosports.com> wrote: From: Lyle Cox <LyleCox@funaerosports.com> Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 8:32 PM   Actually, you can fly into Class A airspace as a private pilot.  You can hold an instrument rating as a private pilot.        Lyle Cox             Fun Aero Sports, LLC      3344 Long Creek Drive      Fort Collins, CO  80528        970-631-3983      www.funaerosports. com   From: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Sport_ Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Bob Comperini Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:04 PM To: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA     On 01:56 PM 9/2/2009, dongeneda2000 wrote: >I would tend to disagree, and call myself a private pilot (in accordance with the license in my pocket) who has no medical or BFR. Am I missing something here? Actually, your private won't allow you to fly in class A airspace either. You'd need an instrument rating for that. No pilot can act as PIC if they don't have a BFR, period. If you are a private, and don't have a medical (but do have a driver's license), you can ONLY "exercise the privileges" of Sport Pilot (61.315). That means, you can not fly at night. You CAN still fly in the airspaces, because as part of the core curriculum of getting your private, you already had "airspace" training. Airspace training is "optional" in Sport Pilot. Sport Pilots need an endorsement. You already have it with your private certificate. Honestly, I'm not even sure what your question is any more. -- Bob Comperini e-mail: bob@fly-ul.com WWW: http://www.fly- ul.com