Sport Pilot Talk

Paul Thanks for the quick reply. My contract with the LSA that I currently share ends on April. I did have a similar answer from a Private Pilot CFI, so your second opinion definetly confirms it. I always liked Ercoupes with its low wing and Certified Aircraft maintenance that A&P can work on. T...

Hi Paul I currently have a Sport Pilot Certificate for 3 control aircraft with over 110 hours within a 2 year period. I plan to purchase and fly a 2 control Ercoupe (no rudder pedals) , I intend to fly more than 50 hours with it the next 14 months when my Bi-annual Flight review is due in June. Woul...

Welcome to the boards! Sounds like you are getting lots of experience and having fun. Keep up the good work and good luck on your checkride. Thanks, my checkride is for April 11. I had my checkride on 4-11-2011, encountered high cross winds and gust at 2300 GMT, so I was suppose to do a completion ...

ArionAv8or wrote:Welcome to the boards! Sounds like you are getting lots of experience and having fun. Keep up the good work and good luck on your checkride.

Thanks, my checkride is for April 11.

I am a student Sport Pilot who has flown over 50 hours in the past 11 months including 24 solo. I have been training under the Private Pilot program because most CFI's do not have any experience of what the standards are for a Sport Pilot. I did an almost 120 mile cross country a couple of weeks ago...