Skycatcher IFR?

On Oct 15, 10:27 am, Ron Wanttaja wrote:

So then I assume the pilot would need a current class 3 medical,
correct?

Correct, but only when performing those tasks that require use of a Recreational
or higher license. A Sport Pilot can climb into the airplane and fly day VFR,
but if he's going to go on the gauges he needs the appropriate license and
rating (and medical to go with the license).

In this case the task of flying IFR requires at least a private rating
so a class 3 medical seems to be required.

The FAA made a big terminology mistake with the new rules; they use the same
term for a *definition* as for an aircraft certification category. Any aircraft
meeting the 14 CFR Part 1 definition for "Light Sport Aircraft" can be flown by
a pilot exercising Sport Pilot privileges, whether it's a Private pilot with an
expired medical, or a person with the new Sport Pilot rating. This definition
is summarized at:

I understand that. In fact that was my point. A LSA can be IFR
certified but in order to fly it a pilot now must have a medical. So
the idea of letting your medical lapse when you get old and buying an
LSA only works for VFR. For IFR you have to exercise the priv of an
instrument rated private pilot and not the priv of a sport pilot.

-Robert