Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: sport pilot training in challenger or quicksilver

Hi John,

 

If you're refering to the fact that many of the UL pilots were flying overweight illegal "fat" ultralights, I agree.

The fact is that the FAA was widely ignoring or at least not enforcing it.

The only case I know of the FAA confronting a pilot of a fat UL is the just told him "go get it certified."

 

What's in MY opinion is more important/relevant, and was  my point, is that about half of the very few sport pilots in the country came in through ultralight experience and hours, and that for a newbie trying to get into flying for the first time getting in UL flying is a lot more difficult and expensive so that door that so many sport pilots came in through is now a much smaller door.

 

Alex

 

 

Posted by: "UltraJohn" japrice@mindspring.com   ultrajohn2

Sun May 29, 2011 5:42 pm (PDT)

>But he is ignoring one important thing. Most of those UL pilots were illegal...
>John
 
>
>> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Alex" <acensor@fastmail.fm>
> To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com> Wrote, IN PART ---
> There are only about 4000 people who have come into flying
> by getting a sport pilot license. According to one of the sport pilot
> specialist advisors at EAA as many as 2000 are former previously
> experienced ultralight pilots who were able to get their UL hours and
> experience grandfarthered in and creditied toward getting sport pilot  certified.<<

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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