Sport Pilot Talk

Are you sure that the VG's are all that are needed to get to 1320#? That, and replacing the wheelbarrow tire on the nosewheel with a full-sized aircraft tire, plus updating the placards, POH, and wt/bal sheet. Does Evektor approve of this mod to the Plus model? LSA's need to have the manufacturer's...

I just bought a SportStar Plus last week for use in my new LSA flight school, AvSport of Lock Haven ( http://AvSport.org ). Haven't even taken delivery yet, as I'm having the vortex generator mod installed to up the max gross to the 1320 pound S-LSA limit, and upgrading the nav/com to a Garmin SL-30...

§ 61.315 What are the privileges and limits of my sport pilot certificate? (c) You may not act as pilot in command of a light-sport aircraft: (9) To demonstrate the aircraft in flight to a prospective buyer if you are an aircraft salesperson . (emphasis added) So, since I am not an aircraft sales p...

I'm a longtime CFII (retired college professor, PhD aerospace engineer, 37 years teaching experience) making the transition from high-performance complex aircraft to LSAs. Currently setting up a new LSA flight school in Lock Haven PA (ancestral home to Piper Aircraft). I expect to be fully operation...

$7500 is way too high. I thought so, too (though that's the second quote my agent got me -- the first one was higher!) my broker neglected to go to AIG so I got stuck with a specialty market that was more expensive. I've just forwarded your post to my agent, with a request that he check AIG. Thanks...

Bob Mackey wrote:If you'd like ot get a quote with no obligations you could contact the EAA Aircraft Insurance Plan at www.eaaainsurance.org

Bob, that's a bad URL. Have you another one?

I am having trouble finding an insurance company willing to write commercial insurance for a flight instructor with one airplane Randy, I am in the process of setting up a one plane, one instructor flight school, and I ran into the same thing. My regular acft insurance broker shopped the market and...

I am a private pilot now flying under Sport pilot rule. I have the 1st 2 hrs done for the Wings Program". How does it work to get the 3 rd hr compleated? Bob, a lot has changed since your question was posted. In January 2008, the entire Wings program was restructured. You now need three knowle...

(1) A sport, recreational, private, or commercial pilot may log pilot-in-command time only for that flight time during which that person-- <snip> (i) Is the sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which the pilot is rated or has privileges; Paul, note that this does not address the issu...

I wonder if those CFI-SPs (to use the FAA example) will be seen as "second class citizens" in the instructor world. They already are. Consider that a Sport Pilot can use his or her hours of training toward higher ratings only if the instruction was given by a CFI. So, we already have full...

flyguy1 wrote:We always enter "$1.00 ovc" in the price section on the FAA Bill of Sale.

What does ovc stand for?

Murrell wrote: Get a life, go fly your Sports Plane { If you have one }

If you have one WHAT, life or sport plane??

zdc wrote: I keep wondering why some of the LSA manufactures don't design a canopy like the Ercoupe so you could have that open cockpit feeling and keep from frying in the summer.

You've just described the Tecnam Sierra!

Will you have a mechanic for annuals and rotax work? I plan to take the Rotax service course from Phil Lockwood (probably the country's leading Rotax expert), but mainly for my own enlightenment. I am neither an A&P nor an IA, so can't do annuals. However, my mechanic will also be learning the ...

Well, insurance is probably going to be the toughest, and by toughest I mean $$$ That's certainly the case. I'm in the process of setting up a new LSA flight school at Lock Haven PA (see the AvSport of Lock Haven website, http://AvSport.org ). The quote I received for 1M smooth liability, $100k hul...