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

Helen,

Just to refresh my memory...
Is that the Sue Gardiner of the 'your fat UL will become a lawn ornament'.

R. Williams

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@verizon.net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:25:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA for rent without renters, or
renters...

> I've seen a significant change on this. Only group of people I still
> here this from are inactive flight instructors. The rest of the
> community has an attitude change going on slowly but surely.
>
> Sue Gardiner is back in the game too folks. I got a call from her at
> work out of the blue the other day. She's on a mission to better
> educate the FAA flight instructors and others about light sport. That
> is a VERY good thing IMHO.
>
> Helen
>
> On 4/18/2012 10:32 PM, medicbill@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > Well that is the problem. Refusing to recognize SPL as a real license
> > is an attitude that will kill GA in this country. The attitude that I
> > had to learn it that way so everyone should do the same is garbage.
> > Bill B.
> > In a message dated 4/18/2012 7:29:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> > garyo@bak.rr.com writes:
> >
> >
> > -> -----Original Message-----
> > -> From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > -> [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ron_d_hill
> > -> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:18 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.
> > ->
> > ->
> > ->
> > -> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, medicbill@... wrote:
> > -> >
> > -> > Yes, a lot of the LSA's out there are expensive. Mainly
> > because most
> > -> > come equipped with the high price glass cockpits that
> > manufacturers
> > -> > seem to think is what the market wants but you can find
> > LSA's out
> > -> > there that make good trainers for under 100k. Plus as more
> > LSA's come
> > -> > onto the used market the cost difference will start to even
> > out. But
> > -> > you forget the one big advantage that LSA's have over those
> > cheap 152's
> > -> and 172's is fuel burn.
> > -> >
> > -> > IMO the biggest problem with LSA having difficulty is the
> > FBO's owners
> > -> > not having any vision and CFI's not having any vision
> > thinking that
> > -> > they are going to get cheated out of money because they do
> > not get
> > -> > paid as many dual hours as a PPL. Instead of thinking about
> > general
> > -> > aviation and getting someone flying and then later on they
> > come back
> > -> > to upgrade to PPL and beyond they seem to have a bad
> > attitude about LSA.
> >
> > Well apparently we now agree on the situation. The important thing
> > here is what needs to be done to fix it. Does anyone want to fix
> > it? Can it be fixed as imagined in the first place. Why do pilots
> > feel that way about it?
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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