On 7 Apr 2007 07:35:36 -0700, "Lou" wrote:

Can a person get their PPL ticket using an LSA aircraft?

Sure, that's how I got mine ... well, that's how I got my recreational
pilot certificate.

However! You can't do all your training in the average LSA because
they aren't equipped for night flight. If you can find an LSA with the
required equipment, you'll be fine.

I can even assure you that FAA personnel are willing to go up in an
LSA if required. I needed a Statement of Demonstrated Ability (SODA)
because I am blind in my left eye, and two suits duly came down from
Portland ME to go for a ride in the Piper Cub with me. (Well, one went
on the ride, and the other sat on the ground and grilled my flight
instructor.) And of course the check pilot also went Cubbing with me,
on one of the coldest days on record in New Hampshire. Needless to
say, the check flight also broke a record, for brevity.

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford