You are right, sport pilot is going pretty slow. Getting the DPE's and CFI's
in gear for it as well as finding aircraft to train in is a real blast!
It's taking some of us alittle longer because we are running into those
obstacles...but they will be overcome. By golly can I make number 65? Hmmm
hard to tell......
So far I have not heard alot of hopes of "reality" for the FAA
postponing the fat ultralight status. Get your N number ready!!!! All
kidding aside, if you know it's coming, why not go ahead and get it done?
Beat the crowd , so to speak?

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"sleepy6" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:57:49 +0100, Chris Wells
wrote:


Any reliable sources for that information?
So far the UL community hasn't seen any of it.

That's all I've heard recently from the UL community up
here...they're all saying in 2007 the FAA will be clamping down on f
at
ultralights.

I don't have anything solid though, it's all hearsay. I've read a fe
w
things in various places online about considerations for brakes,
starters etc. (such as Ultraflight Radio) but as far as I know it's
all
being worked out still. I'm not sure where the "2007" stuff is, but
that's the year everyone is quoting.

"14CFR 21.191 Experimental certificates.
* * * *
(i) Operating light-sport aircraft. Operating a light-sport aircraft
that-
(1) Has not been issued a U.S. or foreign airworthiness certificate a
nd does
not meet the provisions of §103.1 of this chapter. An experimental ce
rtificate
will not be issued under this paragraph for these aircraft after Augus
t 31,
2007;"

That's where the "2007" is coming from. Through August 31st, 2007, th
e FAA will
allow a "fat ultralight" to be licensed as an Experimental Light Sport
Aircraft.
The training exemptions for two-seat ultralights expire five months la
ter. It's
certainly a pretty good guess that, after that date, the FAA will get
a bit more
serious about enforcing Part 103 limits.

If your plane isn't currently registered and is not Part 103 compliant
, you're
vulnerable if you don't convert. The EAA has details for this process
at:

http://www.sportpilot.org/lsa/transi..._aircraft.html

Ron Wanttaja

Possibly. It's also possible that the petition to move back that date
will be approved. It's also possible that enforcement will be no
different than it has for over 20 years. It's also possible that part
103 will be changed.

Don't let scare tatics by pro sport pilot people scare you

BTW the FAA released figures for new sport pilots. There were a grand
total of 64 of them as of a month ago Sport Pilot isn't doing much
so far.