Sport Pilot Talk

Kevin, let me offer a few initial thoughts for you to mull over... 1. The most important single ingredient in your flight training will be your instructor. In your shoes, I'd work your contacts to focus on getting the best comprehensive picture of each of the CFI's available at both places, meet wit...

"The LSA industry as a whole needs to improve but there are many great LSA planes and great companies out there -- you just need to look." Quite true. But not complete. One doesn't just 'need to look'; one needs to investigate the builder and the design carefully, as the industry itself is...

CF: I'm betting your best chance to get multiple based-on-experience answers to your Q would be at http://www.ransclan.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19 BTW another informative post from you on the 'Q for Paul' thread; thanks for that. I'm afraid that this LSA marketplace just doesn't attract much in...

"If there is a major revision or safety note it should be mandatory the notice is mailed to all registered owners. Thinking to check a website is not a good way to get news out. " That is apparently in the standard because that lack of follow-up communication to owners from the builder is ...

For those wondering why LAMA is being mentioned, there is much fruitful reading available at http://www.lama.bz/ Mind you, LAMA looks like it is struggling to get off the ground, its communications are infrequent (2 newsletters in all of 2010, none in 2009) and LAMA's own numbers suggest the role it...

Well...that's an understandable approach for a flight school to take, but there are two sides to that approach for most of the folks on this forum. I can see why an inexpensive, old (and old looking) but hopefully not used-up GA aircraft would suit a flying school. That certainly makes economic sens...

Here's how I would describe the LSA marketplace right now: -- This is a relatively young industry with many individual products that are still immature and, from a design and build standpoint, dynamic. Consequently... -- Most available info on the products has a 'promotional' tone to it. It sounds &...

It's an excellent question Roger is posing (and from his viewpoint, answering). I would add that this is, for some of us, an even more relevant question than used to be the case. Here's why... It's not uncommon for a/c owners to think of a/c maintenance like they think of car maintenance. 'Doesn't s...

While we may be assuming we are talking about the same kind of flight simulator, we may not be. For example, how many of us are picturing something like this all-but-full motion sim? http://photos.bydanjohnson.com/1332_4.jpg Desk PC stations used to cost this much only a few years ago. This illustra...

When seen thru a different lens - one not related specifically to LSA training - some of this pro vs. con debate strikes me as more philosophical than practical. Put differently, the debate becomes more about the idea of sim training rather than a) 'when' it can best be used, b) the 'how' of its use...

I'd welcome any comments about attending the Sebring Expo by flying in. Is the parking area on the field within walking distance to the Expo? Does the organizer run a shuttle? How common/uncommon are fly-ins?

Many thanks,

Tom, while not related to an LSA partnership specifically I think your choice to form a partnership can be the very best of your options if our experience is any indication. When our family (3 pilots) were moving out of General Aviation (to go sailing for two of us, off to fly for Navy for the third...

Paul, based on the experience outlined in your signature tag line and your presence here, I'm assuming you've had a relatively broad exposure to LSA aircraft in the marketplace by now. Given that, I'm wondering what your reactions are to the FAA's mid-2010 report (both summary and detail) "Ligh...

Bob, as a newcomber to the LSA movement (but a former aircraft owner), I'm hoping you can calibrate me on a couple of basic issues re: coverage and premiums: 1. How are insurance companies that cover LSA aircraft differentiating between the aircraft brands, if at all? IOW the hull value & the pi...

I'd like to post a few new topics on this forum, perhaps some of them 'old news' to most of you, so an introduction to explain why I'm here might be a good idea. I'm an instrument rated private pilot (land) with a good medical, but my wife and I changed over a decade ago from flying to sailing. Afte...