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

This is true but available sport pilot airplanes to rent is nil in most of the country. Many FBO's dont even have a 2 seater for rent  and if anything is available it is a long in the tooth 172 or Warrior. Most of the used airplanes that fall under sport catagory are taildraggers and trying to insure one of those for student training and rental is basicly impossible at any price. I know a whole generation of pilots learned to fly in cubs and champs but that was a different time. I traded my PA22 for the Taylorcraft and that works for me but if I did not own my own I would not be able to fly as a sport pilot.

 

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Lyn Wagner
Taylorcraft BC12-D
N96290
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I think most people interested in learning to fly go to a PP friend or local FBO for information and as it stands sport is never mentioned. It is touted as DOA as far as the dying flying community is concerned from what I have seen here. They still have recreational pilot they teach and would hope to change your mind to full private along the way, Sport is touted as a glorified Ultralight and not a real pilot. Since there businesses depends on GA for survival with rental and endorsements and doesn't include sport in any way, why even think about it.

I praise people like Helen and her FBO for being the exception to this dilemma.