Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Flying an ELSA with a Sport Pilot license into Canada?

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Michael Huckle <m230683@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Posted by: "circicirci" acensor@...
> > At the EAA "ask the expert" site the expert wrote:
> > "Neither the sport pilot certificate nor the ELSA airworthiness
> > certificate are internationally recognized. In order to fly to Canada
> > as you suggest, you would have to have specific written permission from
> > Transport Canada for both yourself as the pilot and your aircraft in
> > order to operate in Canadian airspace."
> >
> > Logically (although government departments are not always logical) it
> > would seem that would be fine with the Canadians as our LSA standards
> > meet what they call their Ultralight standards (and of course they have
> > been allowing the older LSA classificable aircraft such as Taylorcraft,
> > etc) in their skys for decades) and out Sport Pilot licensing
> > standards, IIRR, meet or exceed their standards for an Ultraligh
> > pilot's permit.
> >
> > So here are the questions:
> >
> > # Has anyone here or anyone you know ever flown into Canada with a US
> > LSA and a Sport Pilot license, either with or without that "written
> > permission?"
> >
> > # Has anyone here or anyone you know or now of ever tried to get
> > written permission (from Transport Canada) to do that?
> >
> > # If so did they get permission, or were flatly turned down, or given
> > conditional permission, or just gave up after getting a runaround?
>
>
> I think the technical hitch in your plan is this....
> "Where are you going to stop to get porno-scanned?"
>
>
> Mike

If flying in, it has got to be one of the official port of entry airports. Must land and stay within secure area until they scan your behind and the entire airplane.

http://www.airventure.org/news/2011/110709_border.html

Coming in on a trailer might be easier (for a trike anyway).

--dan

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