Adding on airplane

On Nov 20, 8:07 am, " wrote:
issued drivers license. Now here is the kicker. If you have had your
FAA physical denied or revoked for any reason you can not fly LSA
class but if you have let it laps without the revocation or denial and
can certify lyour health ike you do for a glider then have fun. The
LSA limitations are - briefly- max weight 1320 lbs, daylight only, max
two passenger, max speed 120 kts., max altitude 10,000' (yes there is
a LSA glider rating but the 10,000' limitation is still there.)

So if you don't think you can get a medical, but have a driver's
license, and feel fit to fly, and want to fly an "airplane", then the
touring motorglider is still the better deal. Something like a
Diamond Katana Extreme or Stemme S6 will let you fly higher, at night,
and possibly faster than you could in a light sport airplane.

Ain't regulations fun?! :-)

In addition to being able to fly above 10,000 ft, motor gliders can also fly
internationally, which I believe is not currently possible with LSA
aircraft. In south Florida, if you are interested in flying to the Bahamas
(and possibly Cuba after Castro is gone), you are much better off with a
motor glider than an LSA aircraft. One HUGE advantage of the higher maximum
legal altitude, coupled with the better glide ration of a motor glider, is
that you can always be within final glide of land when flying from FL to the
Bahamas, whereas with an LSA aircraft, if you have an engine failure at an
inopportune moment, you are going to have to ditch.

Mike Schumann

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On Nov 20, 8:07 am, " wrote:
issued drivers license. Now here is the kicker. If you have had your
FAA physical denied or revoked for any reason you can not fly LSA
class but if you have let it laps without the revocation or denial and
can certify lyour health ike you do for a glider then have fun. The
LSA limitations are - briefly- max weight 1320 lbs, daylight only, max
two passenger, max speed 120 kts., max altitude 10,000' (yes there is
a LSA glider rating but the 10,000' limitation is still there.)

So if you don't think you can get a medical, but have a driver's
license, and feel fit to fly, and want to fly an "airplane", then the
touring motorglider is still the better deal. Something like a
Diamond Katana Extreme or Stemme S6 will let you fly higher, at night,
and possibly faster than you could in a light sport airplane.

Ain't regulations fun?! :-)



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Mike Schumann wrote:
In addition to being able to fly above 10,000 ft, motor gliders can also fly
internationally, which I believe is not currently possible with LSA
aircraft.

I believe that it's the license and not the aircraft. The Sport Pilot
license is not recognized internationally and will likely be unusable
outside the U.S. Similarly, we have a club member who has the Dutch
equivalent of a recreational pilot license. The FAA would not recognize
that either and the member would up getting a U.S. private Pilot license.

As for the 10,000 ft thing - that's because Sport Pilots are not tested
for high altitude operations. I have a page on my club web site (and so
excuse the local references, please) that may be of interest -
http://home.comcast.net/~verhulst/GB...sportpilot.htm

Tony