Sport Pilot Talk

I think Congress's threat of involvement is a good thing, even if it is unsuccessful. The last thing a bureaucrat wants is Congressional involvement. The one thing the bureaucrat wants is control. In the past, this type of thing has led to bureaucrats trying to cut the knees out of Congress by passi...

Elected folks in DC depend almost not at all on written correspondence these days; I'm told the screening time for snail mail to Reps & Senators is measured in multiple weeks due to anthrax and related scares. So that leaves us with an email, a phone call and/or a visit to the local congression...

I'd like to encourage a little speculation... Assuming either the regulatory or the legislative path are accepted and we can fly 172's on a driver's license. Assume it is flying a 172 under LSA/SP limits... Day, 10K ft, clear weather, 1 passenger. Will I (SP-ASEL) need to get a PP? Will I train at n...

MovingOn wrote:I suspect they would purchase a C-172 or Cherokee instead of an LSA. That's what I would do.

Suspicions correct. Or join one of the many clubs in the area.

The point of starting an LSA club is to overcome the lack of LSA rental inventory, offer choice, manage safety.

I myself dont see where this will have a big impact on LSA sales if it passes. It could even help LSA sales as pilots will eventually want to move into something newer and an LSA would be a good next step up from a 150. Fuel savings of an LSA would be enticing also. A potential buyer of a $150000 L...

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/January/09/faa-apologizes-for-delay-on-medical-petition.aspx "Administrator Michael Huerta has formally responded to an AOPA request for an update on the status of the association’s third-class medical petition, but it remains unclear when the a...

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/12/21/Blinded-by-gunfire-Navy-Pilot-Miraculously-Lands FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES “On the ninth of my planned 15 bomb runs, at 1,200 feet, an enemy antiaircraft shell exploded in the cockpit. Instinctively, I pulled back on the stick to gain altitude. Then I pas...

Kitty Hawk is one of the Bucket List flights in our area.

http://skyvector.com/?ll=36.11657768661 ... :A.K7.KFFA

theskunk wrote:Of course his sleigh would be pulled by an RV-12...

Same to you!

Can you land it on a rooftop?

Hey Russ,

You talk (type) funny.

Le Jeune, YPG, NTC, Campbell, Stewart, Tyndall, Eglin, NWS Yorktown, Pax River...

I get all the hot spots...

Work at Bragg.

No more sandbox

Funny.... Never been in the military.

Dr. Paul, Were you in Kitty Hawk with the Flying Musicians?

Flew yesterday, first time in a bit. I've been busy with work (TDY's) and community activism. But it was my birthday, so I brought myself a present, 1.1 hours. Rented from B Bar D in Sanford. They seem to be getting it together nicely. Still one plane. I went over the log books with a fine tooth com...

The General Aviation Pilot Protection Act H.R. 3708: To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots, and for other purposes. https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hr3708 Popvox...

Clubs that don't own planes seems to be kind of the norm in the PP world. I also point to our next door neighbors at KTTA, Wings over Carolina. Now you know of two.

But in the LSA world, there just isn't the available inventory.

Brother Jack, thank you for your helpful insight. It is much appreciated.

One big club I know of is Plus One Flyers in San Diego. They have 1300 members and don't own a plane.

http://www.plusoneflyers.org/