Sport Pilot Talk

Shhhhh. I gotta live here.

The US Rec Pilot license may be valid up here, because it has the medical to go with it. If I have to go beyond SP, I may as well go for PP, as it is transferable here with a new Canadian medical and a check ride with Transport Canada. A SP cannot cross border fly because they want to see the medic...

The US Rec Pilot license may be valid up here, because it has the medical to go with it. If I have to go beyond SP, I may as well go for PP, as it is transferable here with a new Canadian medical and a check ride with Transport Canada. A SP cannot cross border fly because they want to see the medica...

The reason I'm asking this is........ I'm an Amercan living in Ontario, but all my family is in Louisiana and Texas. My US passport would get me into a flight school and being of good health, I'm pretty sure I could pass a medical. But SP is all I'm interested in. The problem presented is that the S...

Well, a night at the Holiday Inn should qualify you for about anything up to and including brain surgery .

Ok. Thanks. That is kinda the direction my thoughts were heading.

Does the FAA require VOR proficiency for a PP or SP? If not, do you, as CFIs, devote any time teaching this, as almost everything is GPS navigation now.
Thanks
Mike

I love a place where the practice of one upping someone else is NOT part of the routine. Me, too. But a cage match at the end to settle it once and for all would certainly liven things up! Haha. I'm on too many of those kinds of sites. Laid back is more my thing. I'm no expert or probably not even ...

I love a place where the practice of one upping someone else is NOT part of the routine. Discussions of things by those knowing just makes it better for all of the rest.

Ok. That one sure slipped by me. I lived in the US till 2000. SP came into existence in 2004 I think. It's all different up here. Everyone is licensed. UL up to ATP. But plane weight limits are more generous here. 25 hours to get Rec License here and single place planes up to certain weights (Sonex ...

I'm confused (not unusual). What is the Rec Pilot rating down in the US? I thought it was SP and the next up was PP. Is there an advantage to get the RP certificate and not get the PP license other than not having to take the medical?

Hi ladies and gents. I'm in Ontario and just getting back into aviation after a long hiatus. I see most of you guys are either CFIs or Sport Pilots. I'll probably try to certify up here as a rec pilot (SP in the US) as there is really no need to pursue a PP rating. All I need is VFR. It seems like t...