"I still bet I can differentiate between a plane and a pilot in a dark hangar"
Me to, the pilot has the harder head..... Kevin --- In [email protected], "John Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I give up. > > All I'm trying to say is an Ercoupe will never be anything but a normal > category aircraft as far as the certification goes. Some of them just > happen to meet the requirements of LSA and can be flown by sport pilots, but > that's as far as it goes. > > I still bet I can differentiate between a plane and a pilot in a dark > hangar... > > John Cooper > Skyport Services > 518 797-3064 > www.skyportservices.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Burkhead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 4:02 PM > To: 'John Cooper'; efy > Subject: RE: [ercoupe-flyin] Messin' with the FAA > > John wrote: > > LSA is a certification category. > > Ah, that's the point! "LSA" ISN'T a certification category. Special Light > Sport Aircraft IS a certification category as defined by the regulation for > Sport Pilot (which actually amends a bunch of different regs but is > concisely summarized here: > http://sportpilot.org/learn/sp_rule.pdf > > and is elucidated by FAA Order 8130.2F CHG 3 http://tinyurl.com/3br6lv > which implements FAR 21.191 http://tinyurl.com/2mcqjz > > You wrote: > > Specifically at issue are the parts and maintenance > > requirements, as well as the pilot rating. What I was > > referring to I is that there are no certificated aircraft that > > are eligible to be lsa certificated. (Clearas mud, right?) > > All aircraft which meet the LSA definition in Part 1, section 1.1 > definitions may be flown by a Sport Pilot acting as pilot in command no > matter how they are certified. That's the key. > > And you'd better believe I got a headache parsing those regs and orders! In > 8130.2F chg 3, search down till you find the rules for certifying Special > LSA and also the section for ELSA and read through them. > > Kevin, these terms must not be blurred. They are set out in the items > listed above though you've got to take both two 500 mg Tylenol and at least > 650 mg Asprin before you sit down to read them. (Take that last part from > repeated experience. I helped the Sport Pilot and Sport Aircraft forums > parse these things and we were finding things and citing them to each other > for WEEKS! I certainly did not find the majority of the key features but I > was first to find some of them.) > > Ed >
