Re: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA

The confusion here is between what certificate you hold vs. what privileges you are exercising.  I hold a commercial pilot certificate, however I rarely exercise the privileges of such.  When I take my C172 around the patch I am exercising my private pilot privileges.  When I act as PIC of a dual instructional flight in an LSA day VFR I am exercising sport pilot privileges.  The certificate you hold includes the privilages for all of the ratings below it.  You need to meet the criteria for the privilages that you wish to exercise.  To exercise private privilages of flying at night you would need a medical.  Sport pilots can fly in towered airspace so you do not need a medical to exercise those privilages.  In such a case, you are a private pilot exercising sport pilot privilges.

Helen


Sep 2, 2009 03:56:04 PM, Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com wrote:

OK, let me try to fathom this: For flying an LSA into Class A, B, C airspace in daylight, my Private Pilots license allows me to do that, but when the sun goes down, my license don't exist any more because I have no current medical, and I am no longer a private pilot. Then again, I do not have a current BFR, so maybe I am not even a pilot at all.
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?

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Dwayne wrote:
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> Aw you are just saying that cause I can't see at night anymore :-(. I
> don't intentionally fly at night anyway, but would be nice to be legal
> on those times when the sun quits sooner than your flight plan, and you
> need to land at night. I guess it would not be the first time I had to
> cheat a little bit.
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> I thought that was the case, but this post from Dwayne inndicated differently:
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> "The limitations of flying are controlled by your license.
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> Any IFR rated pilot can take that sport aircraft and fly it IFR.
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> Any Private Pilot can take that sport aircraft and fly it night or day.
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>   My message said no such thing...
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>   You are NOT a Private Pilot if you do not have a current Medical.  You are a Sport Pilot.  You may have held a Private Pilot before, but you degrade down to a Sport Pilot when you the following things exist:
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>   1.  Let your Medical Expire.
>   2.  Your license is not revoked in any way.
>   3.  Your drivers license is not revoked in any way.
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>    If you lose your medical during a checkup, you lost your ability to fly *any* airplane except for Ultralights.
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>   Until you get your medical back, you are ONLY a Sport Pilot, NOT a private Pilot.  It is one of the reasons they use the word Sport instead of Private.
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>                       Dwayne
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> Great to hear from ya!
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> --- On Wed, 9/2/09, dongeneda2000 wrote:
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> From: dongeneda2000
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR SLSA
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 12:00 PM
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> Aw you are just saying that cause I can't see at night anymore :-(. I don't intentionally fly at night anyway, but would be nice to be legal on those times when the sun quits sooner than your flight plan, and you need to land at night. I guess it would not be the first time I had to cheat a little bit.
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> I thought that was the case, but this post from Dwayne inndicated differently:
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> "The limitations of flying are controlled by your license.
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> Any IFR rated pilot can take that sport aircraft and fly it IFR.
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> Any Private Pilot can take that sport aircraft and fly it night or day.
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> Any Sport Rated Pilot (for that type of aircraft) is limited to daytime only, and restricted from entering class B and C airspace unless they have an endorsement for such airspace.
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> Great to hear from ya!
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> Dwayne"
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> Say Bob, in case others missed the link to your website in your signature, that is one fine web location with really great information!
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> --- In Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com, Bob Comperini wrote:
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> > On 09:08 AM 9/2/2009, dongeneda2000 wrote:
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> > >So - - I am a private pilot, with no current medical. Does that allow me into B and C airspace and night flying when I fly LSA aircraft?
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> > With no current medical, you can only exercise SP privileges, which means no more night flying for you. However, you still keep your Class B/C/D airspace privileges
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> > --
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> > Bob Comperini
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> > e-mail: bob@
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> > WWW: http://www.fly- ul.com
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