Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: the Blame Game

Same here as well. . .  Ultra lights are gone.   No one instructing for Ultralights, which means one thing. . . very costly to get into flying now.  Experimental Ultalight flying is definitely seat of the pants for some.   Now FAA has put money into it. . .saved their A/P's jobs,  saved THEIR jobs for more inspections,  made flying more difficult for many, helped out manufacturers by  giving them business.   All in all, you only have to follow the money.  All that money points to jobs, inspections, and manufacturers.  At the cost of the Ultralights.   And our hangers no longer have many fliers.  No one there to talk to anymore, except the sailplane captains and their toe captains.   Some SP's but EVERY  one of the SP's are GA pilots who let their medical elapse.   go figure. . . Great to hear from ya! --- On Thu, 10/14/10, Gary <garyo@bak.rr.com> wrote: From: Gary <garyo@bak.rr.com> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: the Blame Game To: "Sport Aircraft Group" <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 3:52 PM   Same here as well. What a difference from what used to be a hangout for us all. Sent from my Wireless BlackBerry Storm. -----Original Message----- From: "Richard Williams" <rkwill@lewiscounty.com> Sender: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:10:56 To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com> Reply-To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: the Blame Game Herb, I think you have it all wrong. Ultralight IS going away because appropriate training is not available. Light Sport was the FAA way of reducing the hundreds/thousands of UL pilots flying around the sky. If you think I'm wrong, just look/count the number of active planes at most any local airport. Back when, the ULs (fat or otherwise) were getting together, doing things, going places. Now, many airports haven't seen a hanger open in years, and the number of pilots is falling like water through a sieve. A good example is my local airport, 39P. It used to have all hangers full and the planes active on most any day, especially the weekends. Now, most of the hangers are full of cobwebs and junk plane parts. Only two hangers have any regular activity. Mine and a hangglider towing operation. We have often spoken of 'hanger talk'. Now there is usually not two persons at the airport at any one time to talk. R. Williams ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "herbkushner" <herbkushner@yahoo.com> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:22:36 -0000 Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: the Blame Game > Ultralight has NOT changed, and LIGHT SPORT isn't going away. Just the > opposite; it was put into effect to stop the cheating, and the FED > seems to like the result. STOP CRYING AND DEAL WITH IT! > (What a boring thread. Please, can we stop this nonsense and move on) > Herb K > > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Pitcher" <lightflyer@...> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, James Ferris mijniljj@ wrote: > > > > > > It only had 65 and someone in the club flew it into a car at > First-Flight > > > airport. > > > > > > > I gotta ask... what altitude was the car at when they crashed? ;) > > ------- End of Original Message ------- ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links

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