Question about the Sport Pilot designation

"AJ" wrote in message
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If someone was to ask, "Well, what can the sport pilot do," what
would be the answer?

The "no flights into Class B, C, or D" restriction is not much of a
restriction at all since, as you already noted, it can be removed with some
training.

Basically, a Sport Pilot can do practically all of the kinds of flying that
many people who never stray far from home and just enjoy local sightseeing
and $100 hamburger flights. I used to use airplanes for lots of
long-distance traveling, but frankly in the last few years very little of my
flights could not have been done under a Sport Pilot certificate. I know
lots of pilots who are similar.

Beyond that, it provides a much more effective stepping stone to the Private
Pilot certificate than the Recreational certificate did. Dan Ford
notwithstanding, few pilots found the Recreational certificate to be a
useful route to take, given how little they trimmed from the Private in
terms of training requirements for it.

Pete

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:24:29 -0800, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

Dan Ford
notwithstanding, few pilots found the Recreational certificate to be a
useful route to take, given how little they trimmed from the Private in
terms of training requirements for it.

I would be the first to say that I am a special case. Call me the
exception that proves (tests) the rule. I had no intention of flying
at night, I didn't like the Cessnas that I would have had to
transition into (nothing against the airplane, only the iterations
available at that particular airport), and I only wanted to fly the
Cub, which became an obsession with me almost from the first day I
flew one. Plus I was 66 at the time, and the fewer things I had to
master, the better.

I don't know which I would do today, recreational cert or Sport Pilot.
I'm happy with the former now that it has been expanded to include
controlled airspace.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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66 at the time? You give me hope, Dan!

AJ