Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group IFR Training and IFR Rating for Sport Pilots

Just my opinion, but the sport pilot certificate was designed solely to
be a recreational certificate, not a transportation certificate. An
instrument rating is an add-on rating for the purpose of transportation.
The private pilot certificate is a transportation certificate. Not a
lot of folks who get much recreation out of running around in the soup.

Helen

On 12/29/2010 9:26 AM, wj18001900 wrote:
> Why is an IFR rating not possible for a pilot that only has a Sport Pilot certification? . . . . Only a couple of LSA aircraft even offer IFR instruments as an option (for pilots flying them that have a higher than Sport Pilot certification).
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> The NTSB has many accident reports of well trained, well intentioned, very responsible, highly experienced pilots (but that did not have an instrument rating) that were flying a well planned flight, but during the flight, they got caught in inadvertent flight from VFR to IMC, and then they crashed their airplanes.
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> It would seem to me that the Sport Pilot having the ability to earn an IFR rating, and to fly IFR equiped LSA aircraft would very helpful, and would add a new level of safety to those in the air and on the ground.
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