Dear Robert - this is my first time in this newsgroup and your comment
regarding the lack of available training on the Sport Pilot rating
caught my attention. Being a pilot who hasn't flown in 6 years and who
is not up to speed regaring this issue, do you see a need for someone
to develop a training program for the Sport Pilot. Thanks so much for
your reply. Larry Bass, Castle Rock, CO email:

Robert M. Gary wrote:
As a CFI, if someone walked up to me and asked for Sport Pilot
training, I might turn them down. We don't really have any reference
material for such a program. I guess we now have a PTS (check ride
standards) but there are no sylibus, etc for us to follow. Since none
of us have done one before we'd be winging it as to what to teach for
each lesson. We need enough CFIs to take students through the process
and then show the rest of us how it worked. Also, at this point,
there
are no examiners in my area that are approved to give sport pilot
checkrides (or at least know how to do them).

Also, be aware. If you have a medical condition that disqualified you
for a medical certificate you CANNOT get a sport pilot certificate as
a
way around the medical condition (my understanding).

-Robert