Is a Light Sport Pilot certificate for you? Flying to work! 

Thanks for sharing the beauty of flight with me. The view from the cockpit alone is motivation to learn to fly. Light Sport offers a simplified entry to flying and you clearly explained the various licensing categories and their benefits and restrictions. Flying with you to work was a load of fun!

I’m looking into a sport pilot certification because it’s cheaper. I am really happy about that.

Thanks. Ancient Cessna pilot (177, 182, 205) that hasn't flown in decades, and a new neighbor is a Citation pilot and mentioned I should look into Sport Pilot. Now I know.

Great video. Thanks for the info.

Nice flying with you again. That was interesting information about the certificates. Thanks! New Subscriber!

Im a little jealous of your commute. I had 12 hours of instruction about 12 years ago, but life got busy. It slowed down enough now to pick it back up. Thanks for the video

Some day in the future we all will be flying to get where we need to go.. just like the jettsons..

Excellent! Thank you. Shalom!

Great video Bess looks like so much fun to flush smooth and repondsive

your camp is rock stable. Nice flight

Great video. Got my PPL in 2008. Haven't flown since 2009. Now am in post-treatment from cancer. Have never failed my 3rd class medical. I thought flying was no longer an option. Maybe there's a chance.

Awesome video, discussing the and informing the viewers in the topic while "flying to work" is a great content.

I don't know how many times I've scared passengers on final rolling into a forward slip forgetting to tell them first, beautiful Champ and great landing !

That was fun- thanks man!

Really, the majority of my flying has always been Sport. It’s really not worth it for me to maintain my Private license.

I got my sport pilot cert in 2018. Tailwheel endorsement, class B, C, D endorsements. I bought my Kitfox model IV in 2019. Flew it with a safety pilot from Minnesota to San Francisco. Have flown it solo to Oshkosh from California twice (4 day trip each way, over the sierras and wasatch) landing at the UL field, come see us at the red barn. I’m now building a series 7 supersport. It will have a 165hp 916is and MT CS prop. Once MOSAIC rules come out I’ll get my night endorsement and will probably build a Bearhawk 5. Also looking into RV-7 or VL3 for getting places. Do I care about not being instrument rated? No. I feel like the Sport Pilot cert fits more (actual, not imagined) missions than PPL. If you want to go commercial or have a family that you would like to fly a lot with PPL makes sense. I guess my long rambling comment is to say that SPL limitations are rarely limiting.

Light sport is awesome because you can get your light sport and build PIC flight time cheap and if you plan on upgrading to private pilot, you’ve already got all of those flight hours you can go straight to commercial if you have 250 hours

living the great life!

Received my TD endorsement in 76E from its then CFI owner at K34. some 40 years after my PPL. The most enjoyable flying ever, lunch flights to nearby airports, spins, wing overs, grass runways!

Another excellent video!!!!! May I ask where your based out of?

i just passed my sport checkride a month or so ago, plenty of access to an LSA here in central florida. It only took me a year of "self funding" it with a full time job (only able to fly weekends) to pass the test. i'm already contemplating going up to the private just for the hell of it. all i really wanna do is tootle around with the missus.. hey.. wanna go here for lunch? for example

Great conversation on Light Sport Pilot Rating. However it is hard to find a CFI or flight school that will have Light Sport Pilot training. My experience was a CFI that only wanted to fly one hour per week, and he was a two hour and 10 min drive away one way. Got to 9 hrs in a 1946 7ac champ before it got too much of driving. Working on putting together some money to fly a J3 Cub out of a north Houston airport called Hooks.

The problem is that many drop out of flight training due to the onerous training requirements to achieve certification. The solution is to require CFIs to allow never ending discovery flights. Ie, the CFI is there for safety purposes only and does not require incessant maneuvers, short field, stalls, etc training unless he is requested to do so. Right now most CFIs refuse to do so, for some reason that baffles me.

I am hearing the requirements for LSA might loosen? 4 passenger, speed of 200 knots, and more.

Do remember that LSA have a poor stabilty if windy and turbulent conditions. You need a strong stomach and great faith to put up with the near continual motions of LSA.

I just stumbled across your channel. That light sport pilots license is an interesting option . Question, can you get your light sport pilots license with 20 to 25 hours of flight time, then upgrade to a full blown pilots license with just an additional 20 hours of flight time , or would you need another 40 hours ? I'm USCG licensed captain / U. S. Merchant Marine Master. Do they make these light sport aircraft with floats / pontoons ? One of these would be a great additional tender for a small cruising yacht. Thank you for the info. Best regards

Shoulder Harnesses? What's your opinion? I know alot of airplanes weren't built with them, but adding them to any aircraft is an addition to safety that could save your life.

Hello, I’m a teacher in the KC area. I’m teaching STEM classes and one is aviation based. I’m thinking about trying to get a light sport license because I think it would help me teach this course better. You mentioned there was one light sport aircraft for rental in KC. Could you let me know where that is?

Seems like the insurance discussion is often omitted. If you go to buy an LSA and it is Experimental, or a tailwheel aircraft, you certainly won't be finding insurance easily or at all unless you have a lot of hours and preferably some in type. This is a big barrier to entry.

Why does it say you don't need license to fly. Then here you have sport flight certificates?

can i fly a light sport if i have my ppl

Can I fly a rv-14A Can I fly sport for a little then go to private

thanks my friend i will do thanks want to fly for fun be safe i fly J3 MY FRIEND

Can you earn money in any way with a Sport License?

Weight increase expected to be 1500 to 2000lbs Speed expected to be 150 to 180 knots Constant speed prop will be single lever

MOSAIC certainly didn’t help this video age well. :))

Nice informative video, but you left out a huge segment of planes! Experimental aviation fills a lot of light sport gaps.

That "Don't Take the Medical" advice sounds wrong for Everyone.....If you've got Significant medical issues you absolutely Shouldn't be flying Anything & the Earlier you're Grounded the Safer Everyone will be.....