What the FAA issues is a Special Airworthiness Certificate rather than a
standard airworthiness certificate. While issued by the FAA, the
standards that must be met are all published by ASTM rather than the FAA.

Helen

Matt Whiting wrote:
Helen wrote:
The VFR only limitation is strictly on the light sport airman not the
light sport aircraft. You aren't going to find this anywhere in the
FARs because most of these planes are not certified by the FAA, but by
ASTM.

Are you sure about this? I thought the FAA still had to certify them,
just that they will certify any that meet the ASTM standard.

Matt