Three years after FAA approval of the light sport aircraft (LSA) and sport pilot certificate, the industry has begun the hard work of making good on promises made when the industry started. It's slow work. Although most of the top manufacturers interviewed say they are pleased with new ...
The category also created a new type of pilot---the sport pilot---with that certificate's easier regulations, "driver's license medical" and lowered training requirements. The combination of those things has created a market as dynamic as computers in their '80s heyday, and just as volatile...
Thanks for your interest in Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) and, coming some time in 2025, aircraft that will comply with the new MOSAIC rules (as well as the expansion of Sport Pilot privileges.) A lot is happening here in 2024 and we intend to keep up with events! Thousands of articles ...
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Eligibility. To be eligible for a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category- (1) A registered owner must submit- (i) The applicable pilot operating handbook; (ii) The applicable maintenance and inspection procedures; (iii) The manufacturer's Statement of Compliance as described...
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(a) Except as specified in paragraph (c) of this section, if you hold a sport pilot certificate and you seek to operate a light-sport aircraft that is an airplane with a VHless than or equal to 87 knots CAS youmust— (1) Receive and log ground and flight training from an authorized...
There are tradeoffs, including a prohibition on commercial operations, a requirement to use an A&P for maintenance (not a Light Sport Repairman), and the need for a Private Pilot certificate (not a Sport Pilot certificate). These are all merely proposals at this point and the situation is cha...
(or higher) with no need for a medical, however, those aircraft are officially not Light-Sport; and, (2) A Sport Pilot certificate has limitations but those don't apply to the Light-Sport Aircraft. These points represent common misunderstandings. What we'll discuss are factory-manufactured ...
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