Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: I need help

Mark C,

We all agree that flying a UL with NO training is very foolish.
Flying a UL or LSA with 15 hours training (may take longer if no prior
experience and/or training dragged out so training sessions are too far apart)

Note, however, that UL and LSA have several limitations that PP does not have
(and therefore, the UL or LSA pilot does not need the extra training hours for
things they will never use.)

Amongst those extras are night flight, towered airports, etc/
Note, a LSA pilot can obtain an endorsement for towered airports via extra training.

For an LSA pilot, they do not need training for retractable landing gear,
constant speed prop handling, oxygen systems, and much much more that a PP must
have, such as VOR navigation, NDB navigation, etc.

With out all those extra training requirements, the amount of time needed for
dual instruction goes way down.

Even the ground school is significantly different due to areas that the PP must
know that are not a concern of the LSA or UL pilot.

R. Williams



---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Mark C" <wannagoflying@gmail.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:54:05 -0000
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: I need help

> I for one am not in favor of the new "Watered down" LSA medicals and
> flight training the USA are coming out with. Thankfully the med side
> has not happened in Canada however Being allowed to fly a i seat
> Ultralight with only 15hrs training is ridiculous. If you fly LSA,
> Ultralight, Advanced ultralight, GA, Whatever your still flying!
> proper medicals and Training should not be sacrificed for the sake of
> "opening up the market" For EAA etc. I fly a Advanced ultralight (LSA
> in the USA) But still have a PPL and continue to get my Flight medical
> every year its worth the $140CND every 5 years (2 years now that i'm
> over 40).
>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Edward Benson <FastEddieB@...> wrote:
> >
> > <<this elitist attitude is one of the things that has kept me from even
attempting to learn how to fly for 50 years>>
> >
> > That sounds like an excuse.
> >
> > If you had really wanted to learn to fly and made it a priority you would have.
> >
> > Many have taken the time to point out the your weight situation does, in
fact, adversely affect your ability to train in a light sport aircraft.
> >
> > That's not elitism - its realism.
> >
> > Fast EddieB.
> > Sky Arrow 600 E-LSA • N467SA
> >
> > PS - I wrote this last night but it didn't go out. I see my some of my
sentiments have already been expressed by others.
> >
------- End of Original Message -------



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