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

Sorry guys, didnt mean to create such an uproar here. I joined this group because of the Chilton DW-1 Im building and to hear the discussion on sport pilot flying. The ins and outs of the regs and rules as well as what the sport pilots are doing with their planes. Sadly the most discussed topic so far has been how CFI's dont want to teach in an LSA which is the reason I started or should I say added my two cents to this thread. Sport pilot flying is discussed a lot where I work as well as the hangers I visit on my time off and my opinion is mostly based on my experience obtaining my pilot certificate and the many hanger conversations that I been a part of. Yet here it seems some wear jaded glasses for I hear how an older aircraft is a death trap and steam gauges are useless when you can have a glass panel and a 20K rotax pulling you through the air yet sport pilot flying is far cheaper and we just need to build the infrastructure and honda and bentlys and spilled milk and that you cant compare older with new. People totally miss the point or just dont want to see it. Cost is cost no matter if it is older or if it is brand new and like it or not, that drives peoples decisions. I dont know but I didnt intend for my opinion to turn into an argument and it seems my opinion is unwelcomed by most so I believe its best if i just left the group.  Happy safe flying everyone! Daniel   --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Bob Comperini <bob@fly-ul.com> wrote: From: Bob Comperini <bob@fly-ul.com> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: sport pilot training in challenger or quicksilver To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 10:44 AM   On 07:49 AM 5/31/2011, wdbatman wrote: Hold it there!!! There are lots of LSA's out there for less than !00K+.  For god's sakes you did not go out and purchase a brand new Cadillac, BMW or Mercedes for your first car did you??????? Exactly... and I'm sorry but it is not fair to compare a used Cessna vs a brand new SLSA.  My 2011 Honda Accord costs more than a used 2000 model I could have purchased. You have to compare used/used, or new/new. The SLSA market is too new for us to see many significantly depreciated used planes on the market. Maybe in 10 years or so, we can talk about how "cheap" some of the used SLSAs have become. And while we're on that subject, those "$100K" planes people are talking about are SLSAs. No one (except flight schools) needs to own one, unless you want one. There's a whole bunch of LSAs on the used market for $10K and up. Does Sport Pilot instruction cost the same amount per hour, as private pilot training. Sure, its probably very close. Why shouldn't it cost about the same per hour? But the total number of dollars spent are a lot less, since less hours will be spent getting the certificate. So, if one is happy to live with the privileges and limitations of sport pilot, it is still a cheaper certificate to get. -- Bob Comperini e-mail: bob@fly-ul.com WWW: http://www.fly-ul.com

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