Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group PiperSport

I have a very close contact with the chairman of the ASTM fixed wing committee and have not heard him say anything about this.
Later
Lester

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Orpe" <garyo@...> wrote:
>
> If that were true I believe that would essentially kill the LSA industry as
> we know it. People would then be able to buy regular cheaper craft like the
> cubs and 150s and pipers etc. That could be a good thing or a bad thing
> depending on where you stand on it, seems to me.
>
> Where are you finding this information? I would like to read some of it too.
>
> Gary Orpe
>
> ->-----Original Message-----
> ->From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> ->[mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wj18001900
> ->Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:58 AM
> ->To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> ->Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group PiperSport
> ->
> ->
> ->I have read through various (I believe to be reliable)
> ->sources that the FAA may soon start allowing pilots with a
> ->sport pilot certificate (or something similar to a sport
> ->pilot certificate) to fly larger aircraft (I have read that
> ->it might extend to aircraft as large as 6000 pounds), and
> ->would still not require a medical to fly the larger aircraft.
> ->
> ->Has anyone else heard about this possible future development?
> ->
> ->Do you think that this might be another large reason why
> ->Piper is no longer going to be offering the PiperSport?
> ->
> ->
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