Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group We need your help!

Danner,

THe FAA has already ruled that a SP certificate does NOT count toward a PPL.
You cannot, with a SP certificate, be the pilot of a 4 place.
The SP limitations/privileges for number of seats and MTO weight will keep the
sport pilot out of a 4 place.

IMO:
(and the numbers bear this out.)
The arrival of SP/LSA killed the fastest growing portion of aviation, I.E. the
part 103 flying.
True, there were lots of overweight single seat ULs and lots of BFIs flying 2
seat ULs that were not teaching.
Nonethless, thousands were flying using part 103.
Then came SP/LSA.
That eliminated training for ULs,
That eliminated the majority of the UL manufactures
That killed UL flying.
That raised the expense of flying to the point that most could not afford it.

Personally, If I had not already learned how to fly and already owned my own
craft, just the costs of training and purchase of a e-LSA to complete my
training would keep me grounded.

R. Williams

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Robert Danner <robertcdanner@comcast.net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:51:04 -0700
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group We need your help!

> Hi Everyone,
>
> My name is Robert Danner. I am disabled with a mild case of cerebral
> palsy and I'm getting my sports pilot license, I believe that the
> sports pilot category is the best thing in a very long time. Even
> though for the last 40 plus year that the paralyzed have been able to
> fly with hand controls the sport pilot category is making it so other
> disabled people like myself has a equal chance to be able to fly. The
> most well know disabled non paralyzed person that has a sports pilot
> ticket is a girl in her 20's by the name of Jessica Cox and she has no
> arms. I'm turning 50 in January and it look like I will be the first
> disabled person with cerebral palsy with a sports pilot ticket. I
> believe that the sports pilot category is a great thing for everyone
> and not just for the disabled. I do not agree with the others that
> have said that they believe that the sports pilot is DOA, if anything
> it's alive and very well and great stepping stone to getting ones
> private pilot.
>
> Think of this soon one will be able to get a private pilot without a
> medical, and from what I'm reading when you goto get your private
> pilot without a medical you will be able to get a four seater with a
> 180hp engine, but you are only able to take yourself and your pet (dog)
> and one friend up at a time.
>
> Robert Danner
> On Nov 28, 2011, at 3:24 PM, James Ferris wrote:
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