Sport Pilot Talk

"I have a 2008 P92 Eaglet -- Was leased to Chesapeake Sport Pilot" Dave, It's been awhile since I trained at CSP, but I remember your plane pretty well. As I recall, you stayed with the "steam gauges" instead of opting for the more troublesome glass panels? In any event, your pla...

Around here, the instructor emphasis is on "stall awareness", ie, your ability to feel/recognize that your plane is in a "stalled condition". The Airplane Flying Handbook says "The stall will be recognized by clues such as full up elevator, high descent rate, uncontrollable ...

Maybe, yet with more schools and LSA rentals getting the insurance jitters about renting to PICs without medicals, RP starts to look more attractive. Cheaper, more available instruction , cheaper, more availble planes of wider variety, no requirement to train for night flight, 30 hours vs 20 (how ma...

What about number of hours required instruction?

I know the RP rating is all but dead due to Sport Pilot being considered a more attractive alternative, but I have questions about some of he drawbacks attributed to that rating. Specifically, I am referring to the 50 mile limitation on how far you can travel from home airport with that rating. Some...

I know the RP rating is all but dead due to Sport Pilot being considered a more attractive alternative, but I have questions about some of he drawbacks attributed to that rating. Specifically, I am referring to the 50 mile limitation on how far you can travel from home airport with that rating. Some...

I trained with CSP all the way up through solo. Did a couple of solos, then had to drop out because of schedule and traveling conflicts. Great school with good rates. I got onto AVED's schedule a couple of times to see if I could get some training on a local Skycatcher, but never succeeded in gettin...

I just saw some news from AVED based in N Virginia. They have instituted a new policy regarding their LSAs (Skycatchers). Their bulletin indicates they will no longer rent 162s to a PIC who doesn't hold a current medical. They cite insurance concerns as the reason. They will continue to rent to stud...

Interesting posts. I have most of my training hours in a P-92 - Some in the Echo, but most in the Eaglet. Very comparable aircraft, but I finally soloed in the Eaglet. I also have flown the Remos GX, as well as a 2002 Sierra and a Sky Arrow. Don't have the "tallness" challenge of Zaitcv, b...

I think I have seen something about the Sky Ranger in earlier posts, but I don't see this French aircraft kit in our aircraft database. It is apparently sold out of a private enterprise in WV and there are up to 60 in the US? Can anyone shed light?

PPL schools are slowly catching on. PPL school next to ours nearly went belly up.. They finally bought one of the popular LSAs after watching our LSA school fly 5 training missions to their one! Another local big school just got a Skycatcher and has another on order. Being a Cessna school, they appa...

Has anyone heard of PC Aircraft LSA training in San Manuel, AZ? They have an ad in Barnstormer which comes up when you browse Light Sport, Ercoupe, It reads: "Fly Cheap Light Sport Training in Southern Arizona. We have three Ercoupe 415Cs for training and rental--", etc. I spoke to a lady ...

Jack, I believe there is a club in our area. The Tampa Bay Flying Club. Google it if interested. I contacted them and exchanged a few e-mails, but they didn't seem to have much interest in LSA - even though their web site talks about acuiring a motor glider. Maybe another example of a PPL community ...

Jack, I commeded Paul's idea of getting some press from AARP in an earlier post. As I said, I tried to gain AARP interest through an e-mail I sent them a few months ago regarding the emerging LSA opportunities for retirees, but got no response. Maybe I used the wrong e-mail portal. If anyone knows h...

Doc, good idea on an LSA ad in AARP. I tried to introduce an info piece on LSA in that magazine awhile back, but never even got a reply. They run all sorts of other stuff in their rag about what the 55+ generation is doing with post retirement years, but never a peep about LSA. Maybe I wrote to the ...