Continuous Closed Traffic Approved

I don't think the Sport Pilot thing will help GA to any significant degree.
LSAs are nothing but toys. I flew my Sundowner to work today, and saved a
little time compared to driving. I couldn't have done that with an LSA.

We don't use the practical aspects of our planes nearly as much as we could,
but GA can be useful and reasonable transportation. LSA/SP might be as much
fun as it looks, but it has very little practicality.

Personally, I am looking for tools, not toys. It's nice to have things the
family can do together. Now if those tools happen to be lots of fun, so
much the better!


"Jeff" wrote in message
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It's all getting scary.

You know, I had hoped that the Sport Pilot rage would help re-light a fire
in GA for the general public. But in my last trip to OSH, I was looking
at all the "Sport Pilot ready" planes (this was pre-release of the SP
rating/cat). Hoping to see where an average person could buy a plane for
the price of a really nice bass boat, I was definitely disappointed.

"LWG" wrote in message
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I don't think the Sport Pilot thing will help GA to any significant degree.
LSAs are nothing but toys. I flew my Sundowner to work today, and saved a
little time compared to driving. I couldn't have done that with an LSA.

Okay, I'll bite. Why couldn't you have?

I should have said that an LSP/SP would not have sufficed, at least without
additional endorsements. I departed from Class D airspace, and was
operating in furtherance of a business (I think).

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"LWG" wrote in message
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I don't think the Sport Pilot thing will help GA to any significant
degree. LSAs are nothing but toys. I flew my Sundowner to work today, and
saved a little time compared to driving. I couldn't have done that with
an LSA.

Okay, I'll bite. Why couldn't you have?