Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA

I have one other question.  Before Sport Pilot came along, what would the individual who has the Private license in his pocket been able to legally fly after he let his Class III medical expire?          Ultralights only. .. Period.                    Dwayne Great to hear from ya! --- On Wed, 9/2/09, Jim Bair <JimBair@SportAviationUnlimited.com> wrote: From: Jim Bair <JimBair@SportAviationUnlimited.com> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 9:46 PM   I have one other question.  Before Sport Pilot came along, what would the individual who has the Private license in his pocket been able to legally fly after he let his Class III medical expire?   That should answer his question about what privileges he has.  (If that's what his original question was.)   Jim   ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Comperini To: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 4:04 PM 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

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