Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA for rent without renters, or renters...

You made me LOL.  If that is the direction one wants to go, PPL or higher, then finding a beater 150 or the likes, get you license and dump it at the end for what you have in it before the maintenance eats you alive.  Possibly even better if a couple of people are at it at the smae time.

 

Ed 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Bair
Sent: Apr 19, 2012 2:32 PM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA for rent without renters, or renters...

 

Sounds like SP is perfect for you.  But it wouldn't meet my son's needs.  He wants to go on to get a Commercial.  So you both have what you want.  Perfect!  And you don't even have to fly a C-150 flying contraption.  LOL.

 

Jim

 

From: pwrsport@ix.netcom.com

Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:07 PM

To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA for rent without renters, or renters...

 

 

Sounds like an over simplification to me.  A 20k 150 can become maintenance nightmare especially in a training environment.  I don't believe I would even get in a 20K 150 flying contraption? Then the additional inspections required, training insurance etc.  Not for this guy.  Five additional hours for a PP I believe is another oversimplification.  The flight time will be way in excess of that based on all national averages to cover all the additional training requirements.  Sport pilots can fly anywhere they want in the national airspace, just not at night.  Works for me.

Ed 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Bair
Sent: Apr 19, 2012 9:51 AM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA for rent without renters, or renters...

 

My son bought an IFR equipped 150 for under $20k.  He plans on getting an instrument rating in it and instructing in it.  There is no way he could have paid 80 and up for a plane.  ROI, yes, much better. 

 

The license itself... I totally recommend to students that if they can get a medical, they are much better off with a PP over a SP if they have any idea of eventually upgrading.  Way more options on where and what they can fly.  I have had guys come back to me later wanting to upgrade to PP so they can fly at night, or fly a C-172 and haul 4 people, etc.  I always tell people that if they are absolutely sure that they will be happy flying within the limits of SP that it is a good way to go, but if they think they might want more in the future, they will have to study again for another written, more dual, and pay for another checkride.  There is only 5 more hours of dual time required for a PP anyway.   Don't get me wrong, it is a real license, it just has limitations.  If you don't mind those limitations, then no problem. 

 

I really haven't been following the used LSA market.  I'm sure some are out there now.  What are they bringing on the used market? 

 

Jim

 

From: ron_d_hill

Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:18 PM

To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA for rent without renters, or renters...

 

 

Well, one simple thing is a 150 can be bought for 20k and the current crop of LSA's are 80-100k.

If I were looking to buy an aircraft and get ROI.... ROI is going to be better on the Cessna 150.

Another issue with sport pilot is it is not seen as a 'real' license. The CFI's don't see it that way, the industry does not see it that way, the FAA sorta does not see it that way, and most pilots do not see it that way.

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