Sport Pilot Talk

I would like to get in contact with flight instructors/schools teaching how to fly Weight Shifts (Trikes) in South Florida. I have been googling in and out, seems like they are not that many nearby, and some of the closest are 2 to 3+ hours drive away. Also I have been seeing other schools in other ...

Good point Bryan. I also heard that students who plan to continue on to get a Private Pilot Certificate after obtaining their SP license, they better start their instruction from zero with a CFI instead of getting it from a Sport Pilot Instructor (CFI-SP?), otherwise those training hours (the dual t...

Welcome to the forums widgeteye!
I just joined this forum like a week ago and am enjoying it.
Here you will find a group of aviation lovers who are not afraid to share their valuable experience, and for us wannabes that is like music to our ears!

Many thanks Paul! I actally do live in Broward County, have been here for 17 years already (originally from Lima, Peru), and next weekend I will be moving with my family to Port St. Lucie which is 100 miles north of us, that's why you will see PSL now in my profile. Great to know you have many stude...

Hello there!!! I am new to this forum and here to stay. Long time aviation enthusiast, flew gliders like 27 years ago, and also airplane modeler. Now I realize my dream of becomming a pilot is really within my reach!!! Woww... I will be a regular here and will be happy to meet people who I can share...

Hey Jack I appreciate your input. I have joined AOPA a few months ago already and find it very useful. I do receive the monthly magazines by mail, and by email as well, including their training magazine. I have not done any of the ASI online courses just yet. I constantly go to the "file a flig...

A Quicksilver or Challenger with 2 seats would be a LSA not a ultralight. Ultralight is an often mis-used term for that style of aircraft, but if it has 2 seats it never was an ultralight. Hi Tom, I really appreciate your input. How wrong I was, and that is why this forums are the place to be! Than...

You also need to get used to the term LSA. The cheap airplanes you talked about are now LSA's not ultralights. Tom[/quote] Hi Tom, when I refered to cheap airplanes, cheaper than SLSAs I meant Ultralights, like the quicksilvers, something that just has tubes, lining and a little Rotax, and in many c...

When I finish my flight training in an SLSA and get my clearance to fly as PIC, can I build my time in a much less expensive ELSA and count that time towards the 150 hrs. needed to apply for sport flight instructor??? Absolutely! As long as the aircraft is Sport Pilot eligible, and is in the same c...

Hello there!!! I am new to this forum and here to stay. Long time aviation enthusiast, flew gliders like 27 years ago, and also airplane modeler. Now I realize my dream of becomming a pilot is really within my reach!!! Woww... I will be a regular here and will be happy to meet people who I can share...

I am ready to start my long time dream of becomming a pilot. When I finnish my flight training in an SLSA and get my clearance to fly as PIC, can I build my time in a much less expensive ELSA and count that time towards the 150 hrs. needed to apply for sport flight instructor??? I am asking this bec...

I am ready to fulfill my long time dream of becomming a pilot. I would like to share some information with SSLA or ELSA plane owners/schools/flying clubs. I am new to this forum and hope to find great people who I can share my LOVE for sport aviation with. Regards from Florida!!!