Sport Pilot - School Won't Offer

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 06:39:29 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote:

Sport pilot rules are actually more liberal than recreational rules,
and the latter have been upgraded to suit the former. That's why I can
now land at a towered airport with a specific signoff for it.

that should be WITHOUT a signoff

Sorry! Never let your fingers do the talking.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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Ok.. I was thinking there was a distance limit... I just re-read 61.315..
just try getting to California and stay below 10,000MSL, you'll have to go
the long way around.. through NM and AZ... and stay out of Class B, C, and
D... and don't fly at night..

you do need a sign off for those classes.. 61.325

yes.. the Recreational pilot can go more than 50nm from home with a signoff
that he has received additional training..

BT

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
...

Limited cross country.. based on where you are signed off to fly.. and
limited distance from "home" airport.. not a fuel thing..

Not so. I could tomorrow downgrade my recreational certificate to a
sport pilot license and fly from New Hampshire to California.

There is nothing in the sport pilot cert that limits location or
distance. Likely you are thinking about the bare-bones recreational
certificate, which can be lifted with a two-hour XC flight and an
hour's ground school on controlled airspace (and the knowledge, of
course).

Sport pilot rules are actually more liberal than recreational rules,
and the latter have been upgraded to suit the former. That's why I can
now land at a towered airport with a specific signoff for it.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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just try getting to California and stay below 10,000MSL, you'll have to go
the long way around.. through NM and AZ... and stay out of Class B, C, and
D... and don't fly at night..

No, I can fly in B-C-D airspace, thanks to Sport Pilot rules. The
other points are correct but of no importance to me. I don't
particularly like to drive at night, let alone fly, and the Cub is not
very able above 10,000 ft.


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Cub Driver wrote in
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just try getting to California and stay below 10,000MSL, you'll have
to go the long way around.. through NM and AZ... and stay out of Class
B, C, and D... and don't fly at night..

No, I can fly in B-C-D airspace, thanks to Sport Pilot rules. The
other points are correct but of no importance to me. I don't
particularly like to drive at night, let alone fly, and the Cub is not
very able above 10,000 ft.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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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.

ET

Sounds like he has the sport pilot lisence confused with the
recreational lisence. Common mistake.

Sport Pilot is just now barely beginning to catch on in the mainstream
GA comunity. It's going to be quite a while before most schools offer
it in large part due to the lack of available planes that fit the
catagory. That is doubly so in the DC ADIZ as most of the planes now
available that fit the catagory are old 1940's trainers that don't have
an elctrical system required for ADIZ ops.

If you want to be able earn a Sport Pilot ticket at your local airport
in the ADIZ probably yuour best best is to look into buying an early
model Aercoup (later models don't qualify) and find a CFI who will work
with you. Early Aercouops fit the catagory, can suport a mode c
transponder, and are tricycle gear so finding a CFI won't be too hard.
They are also reasonably priced to buy and insure. They were originaly
built in MD so there are a lot around here as well as folks who can help
you find parts and maintain them.

Good luck.

Helen

PS. You can also burn auto fuel in that Aercoup and bring your
operating costs down to a fraction of anything you thought about reenting...