Sport Aviation Airplane

"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote:

The plane will continue to be a "Utility" category aircraft but
qualifies to be flown by a "Sport" pilot. This is different than the
new "Sport" category of aircraft which are basically Ultralights.

If you can call something that weighs 750 lbs empty and over 1300 lbs full
an ultralight I guess you'd be right.

Except that you can't, because an "ultralight" would be Part
103, would have to weigh less than 254 pounds and the pilot
would not need a license to fly it. The aircraft he's
calling a "Sport category" (S-LSAs and E-LSAs presumably)
all weigh more than that and the pilot needs a license.


I guess the sarcasm didn't show quite enough in my response to who ever
said, "This is different than the
new "Sport" category of aircraft which are basically Ultralights." I was
implying that he was wrong in calling the SLA aircraft Ultralights. That's
why I put the empty and full weights in the post.