"Jay Maynard" wrote in message
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On 2008-08-03, Blueskies wrote:
LSAs can be night & IFR equipped, and if so, then a properly rated pilot
can fly it IMC at night...

As I commented earlier in the thread, mine is fully IFR certified. The
placard on the panel says "Day Night VFR or IFR in Non Icing Conditions".
There's a whole section in the POH on IFR operations.

As it happens, there are exactly two SLSAs that do not have a limitation
in
the POH prohibiting IFR operations: the Tecnam Bravo/Sierra and the AMD
Zodiac.

You have a Rotax engine, right?

How can it be certified for what you have said, if the engine is not
certified for those conditions?

That is still missing the point of my question, though.

How can an airplane that is certificated by LSA, (a certification process
that is day VFR only) be allowed to be equal with those that went through
the full part 23 process?

I would think that if an airplane manufacturer wanted to fly in conditions
past the limitations of the LSA, they would be required to go through the
part 23 process. If they were to get the full approval for part 23, and it
met all of the qualifications for LSA, it then (of course) be allowed to be
flown as a LSA, by a LS pilot.

See what I mean? It seems like a loop-hole that should not exist. I am all
for less regulations and restrictions, but this is one area I must question
as whether it is fair to all, or not.