Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group My SP status, was: police bashing

Rick,

I have tried several times, from initially with John Beaman in my trike at my home
airport (before he died) to the latest Samantha Moore/instructor plus Paul Hamilton/CFI
in Carson City NV.
I have also discussed this with Abid while we were both at the Cushing trike fest in
Illinois earlier this Summer.

Unless the trike has been modified to handle my weight in the front seat, without
always landing on the nose wheel, I will not fly the trike from the front seat.
ALL the WSC instructors, that I have been able to contact, indicate that their trike is
not setup to handle my weight in the front seat.
My suggestion, to some of them, that I perform the SP maneuvers from the back seat has
met with extreme resistance.
My suggestion that we use my trike (no rear throttle and no rear steering and no rear
kill switches) has only been acceptable to John B. (who was one of my instructors, back
in the BFI/AFI days.)
Sadly, John died before we could perform the test.

SO, the answer to your question is 'NO', I have not yet managed to obtain the SP
certificate. :-(

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Rick Pitcher" <lightflyer@adelphia.net>
To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:56:50 -0700
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group police bashing

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Williams" <rkwill@lewiscounty.com>
> To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 1:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Video: FAA resolves
> Kings issue - AOPA
>
> > Rick,
> >
> > If you had listened to the video and read the report from AOPA, you would
> > note that the
> > police DID NOT do their job. If they had spend even a couple of minutes
> > researching
> > the matter, they would have realized the plane was not stolen.
> > It is perfectly reasonable for the police to verify their info before
> > acting.
> >
> > R. Williams
> >
>
> Mr Williams, I did listen to the video AND read the report.
>
> As for the cop almost shooting your brother... INCREDIBLE!!!
>
> We are going to disagree bashing the police. That's OK.
> I just happen to respect the police more than you... that's OK too :)
>
> By the way, just to keep it SP related, did you ever get to an
> instructor and examiner that can handle your weight and get that
> license yet? I'm sure it's do-able, if you make an honest effort.
------- End of Original Message -------

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