INDEX OF MOST SIGNIFICANT ExpTrikes MESSAGES Message numbers and Subjects 1 Welcome message 14 FAA Training Exemption Announcement 15, 23 Experimental...
Experimental Pilots -- A Deadline Looms Must Be In Compliance With New 61.31 (k) By August 15th "This is a blast!" the pilot burst out after his first...
FAA SPORT PILOT EXAMINER SEMINAR by Jon Thornburgh June 2005 In the month of June 2005 I was a member of the first class of Sport Pilot Examiner candidates to...
... From Jon Thornburgh None of the SPE candidates were able to obtain their certifications. We completed the academics, but the weather in Oklahoma City was ...
"Ah so" says grasshopper. Gee, they have real S-LSA aircraft.. Great. Now how much was that class again? Oh yes, a registration fee of $150, Is that for the...
My hotel bill was $71 per night. It cost Quicksilver $350 in gasoline alone to truck two airplanes to the FAA in Oklahoma, and three days of trucking. The FAA...
During the past several years I have written over 50 articles for UltraFlight Magazine. Jim Byers, the former owner of UltraFlight, was kind enough to archive...
The URL posted on the previous message 4134 seems to freeze up from time to time. If you can't access my archived articles on the URL posted in message 4134,...
INDEX OF MOST SIGNIFICANT ExpTrikes MESSAGES Message numbers and Subjects 1 Welcome message 14 FAA Training Exemption Announcement 15, 23 Experimental...
Dear Chad, Thank you for your interest in the "Aviation Reports." I spoke to several magazine editors and aircraft organizations about the idea. They all...
Here is the EAA's list of Sport Pilot eligible Light-Sport Aircraft, including "Special" Light-Sport Aircraft. http://www.sportpilot.org/eligible_aircraft.html...
Here is a list of the seven airplanes which are certified in the "Special" Light-Sport Aircraft category. http://www.sportpilot.org/slsa/ [Non-text portions of...
TAKE EAA/FAA ELECTRONIC SP/LSA SURVEY ON EAA WEBSITE http://www.sportpilot.org/news/050620_survey.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
EAA, FALCON WORK TO MAKE SP/LSA INSURANCE AVAILABLE http://www.sportpilot.org/news/050621_insurance.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Some time ago on this group, we discussed the option of registering my two place trike as a trainer to allow early flights without going thru the hassle of the...
You have missed the intent of EAA's use of this exemption. I have an email from Timm at EAA that may help clarify their position. Or they may have changed...
I understand and agree with this answer completely from what I knew of the rules and regs. What surprised me was that EAA registered the single seat UL as a...
There was a rumor afoot that the only way to 'grandfather' a UL into ELSA was to first have it registered with an org. This grandfathering would apply to both...
... into ELSA was to first have it registered with an org. This grandfathering would apply to both single seat and 2 seat fat UL's. The FAA may or may not care...
I was wrong, (was going from memory.........then thought I'd better look it up. A previous exemption for Ultralight Flight training must have been issued to...
Okay, it is clear that the training vehicle must be two place. The next question is how big must the second seat be. I owned an Experimental fixed wing for...
Hi Yanis, If you are a private pilot you already have a sport pilot license. The FAR regulation is 61.303, which can be seen on-line at the FAA website at: ...
I thought this would be of interest to people on this group. This is a special invitation to join FlyGeo, the oldest and largest Geo / Suzuki conversion group...
TOUGH GA SECURITY LEGISLATION BEGINS TO SURFACE IN CONGRESS The media hype following four recent airspace incursions over Washington, D.C., and Camp David,...
PILOT ID PROCESS NEEDS TO BE CONVENIENT, INEXPENSIVE, AOPA SAYS AOPA continues to advocate for a simple, inexpensive way for pilots to get airmen certificates...
Q: I heard that pilots must avoid certain stadiums. Does AOPA have a list of these stadiums to help me with my flight planning purposes? A: Yes. AOPA recently...
From online EAA news July 29, 05 at Oshkosh. ------- "Turning to LSA, Blakey said, "We’re moving up on the anniversary, and I continue to be delighted on...
