On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:04:27 GMT, ET wrote:

To be more precise, any sport pilot can fly in B,C,D, airspace with a sign-
off (and proper equipment, of course) IMHO it's better to get that signoff
AFTER getting your license, should make the checkride more focused on the
fundementals.

I agree, and that's one reason (there were others) why I went for a
recreational pilot certificate. I knew I could patch it up later--or,
in the case of controlled airspace, wrongly thought I could. I was
delighted when the Sport Pilot thing came along and bailed me out.

As posted earlier, I had my B,C,D airspace endorsement within a week
of the Sport Pilot rules going into effect last September. (Thanks in
large part to my own CFI/friend, the FAA revised rec pilot privileges
to match those extended to Sport Pilots.)

Of course, if a Sport Pilot (or recreational pilot) wannabe is doing
his training at a towered airfield, he will want the airspace
endorsement in the course of training.



-- all the best, Dan Ford

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