Sport Pilot Talk

Good points about vintage aircraft, thanks. I'm still tempted to homebuild something. Love the thought flying something I built myself, but I'm still leary of having to figure what to do with it after its built. One suggestion I got was to scrap the idea of going fixed wing and think about a gyropla...

The Sport Pilot training will obviously be specific to the type aircraft you are being trained in. Then, presumably, you would take your flight test in that same type aircraft. Once you have a Sport Pilot certificate, I believe it is pretty simple to add a different type aircraft to your Sport Pilo...

Once you decide that Sport Pilot is the type of flying you want to do, is the training for Sport Pilot generic, meaning, do you first need to decide what type of aircraft, say, fixed wing or gyro, that you want to fly or is the Sport Pilot part of the training for either one, the same but with the a...

3Dreaming wrote:Just yesterday I had a fellow hand me some cards and fliers because they have some lots on a airpark for sale in NW Iowa.

Hmmm, interesting.

Dan, check your PM.

Great article about the Academy in the November issue of EAA's Sport Aviation magazine. Looks like it exceeded all they're expectations and multiple Academy's of 12 students each are being planned for 2017.

Think about what kind of building you want to do. Do you want to fabricate parts from plans or would you rather assemble a kit with minimal fabrication work? Like welding? Pulling, or pounding, a gazillion rivets? Or maybe composites? Find a model that offers the sort of building experience that ap...

I ask because I think it's the hardest part. With some studying you can get your Pilots ticket, with some skill you can build your airplane, but, other than where you built it, there's not always somewhere to store it or a location close enough to fly it. Airport restrictions, hanger and tie down fe...

Low and Slow - Open cockpit you say? I'd recommend an Ercoupe! But I am completely biased... Always liked Ercoupes. The other point I should throw is home building. I've always wanted to have the experience of building and flying my own aircraft. That's how I became aware of the EAA and after havin...

Thanks guys Low and slow, open cockpit, that's what I have loved to envision since being a kid. Back in the 90's, though I was happy to have soloed and take the aircraft out on my own, I couldn't wait to get out of the city limits and over to the rural practice area. At least way out there even thou...

This may sound stupid, but, here goes. Just northwest of Winthrop WA, nestled in the north Cascades is a little community called Lost River. Lots of little cabins and vacant property surrounding a nice dirt airstrip. Far enough away from Puget Sound that you avoid the alphabet airspace, and can fly...

If my wife was willing or I was single, I would move to an airport community or near a small airport with affordable hangers. I'm on my own, but that's probably what Ill have to look into. The pilot wannabe pipe dream of living on a rural property with my own runway out my front door is not gonna h...

Where do you live now? I've even been contemplating trying to find the combination of a rural, out in the sticks property that also has clear uncontrolled airspace to fly in. Clear a small airstrip, erect a cheap structure to keep the airplane in and drive out to the property for a week at a time w...

eyeflygps wrote:Move.

Yup, might have to, but where in particular?

I've been mulling over a dillema for quite some time. I love aviation, I know the kind of basic 'around the patch, low and slow' kind of flying I'm most attracted to, I know Sport Pilot fits that mission well with the kind of flying and type of aircraft that ticket allows. I know I can't afford a ne...