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Here are some e-mails whereby some instructors and schools have announced their services to the various Sport Pilots forums. >From Sport_Aircraft List: From: "acropilot_ty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat Oct 1, 2005 10:42 am Subject: Sport Pilot Training acropilot_ty Hello, My name is Ty Frisby, I'm a new member here. I am a full time flight instructor at Sunrise Aviation in Southern California. We have heard from many of our sport pilot students that they had great difficulty finding a flight school that would provide sport pilot training. I have joined this group to let you all know that Sunrise Aviation in southern California does provide sport pilot training in a Piper Cub. We currently have around 5 sport pilot students, and 3 sport pilot CFI students. If the demand is great enough we will add a second Cub. At this time we are not offering training in any tricycle gear airplanes. History shows that it is wise to stick to a proven trainer until the new ones have time to prove themselves. At the completion of your program you would have a Sport Pilot license as well as a tailwheel endorsement, a Class D endorsement, and a Class C endorsement. You can visit our website at www.sunriseaviation.com or email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. Thanks, Ty -------------------- From: "acropilot_ty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun Oct 2, 2005 10:51 am Subject: Re: Sport Pilot Training acropilot_ty As a flight instructor I see two major reasons to get a sport pilot vs. a private pilot. Number one is cost, the private pilot privileges are great enough that the FAA had no choice but to increase the training requirements as time went on. A private pilot can fly a 10,000 pound 10 seat airplane at night over the clouds... pretty serious potential for danger. The requirement for 3 hours night, 3 hours simulated instrument, VOR navigation etc. increased the cost of the private in two ways. First it meant that it was no longer realistic to complete training in the 40 minimum times. And second the airplanes that had all of these gismos and gadgets required were more expensive to purchase and operate then the simple trainers of the past like cubs and champs. Because private pilot became so expensive many people were denied the chance to fly simply because of costs. The new sport pilot is essentially the same as private pilot was in 1939 when you didn't have to fly at night, didn't have to fly on instruments, and didn't have to learn radio navigation. The second reason to get a sport pilot vs. private has to do with the medical. This one is a little more tricky... basically you still have to meet the requirements it's just up to you to decide weather you do or not. There have been some great advances in medicine that the FAA doesn't seem to keep up with, and I think that the FAA is extremely conservative resulting in a lot of denied medicals for conditions that are completely under control. At sunrise we are open to anyone who wants to receive sport pilot training. If you want to get a sport license and nothing more that's fine. If you want to get a private add on that's fine too. We are extremely interested in sport pilot CFI's because we strongly believe that being an instrument pilot has nothing to do with being a good flight instructor!!! Ty Frisby Sunrise Aviation ============================================ >From Sport_Aircraft List: From: "John R. Shearer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon Oct 3, 2005 8:24 am Subject: Re: Sport Pilot Training For those of you in Northern California... Check out California Sport Aviation < http://www.californiasportaviation.com/ >, formerly Ultralights of Sacramento. This is a small operation in Lodi that is offering Sport Pilot training in ultralights. The proprietor is Bill Bardin, a very experienced instructor, and he's been running the business for over 10 years. His prices are quite reasonable (being located in Lodi makes this possible): $115/hr flight instruction. Ground school and books for Sport Pilot are available as well though I don't know what the prices are. - John R. S. ============================================ >From Sport_Aircraft List: From: "jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon Oct 3, 2005 11:18 am Subject: RE: [Sport_Aircraft] Sport Pilot Or you could pay only $4290 to get your SP ticket at our 1-week full-time immersive sport pilot course in Virginia. Get your training in a brand new tricycle-gear airplane with much better performance than a 40 year old tail-wheel Cubbie. See details of the SP course at www.maspl.com First opening is for the week of October 14th. Jim Pellien Mid-Atlantic Sports Planes www.MASPL.com 703-313-4818 ============================================ >From Sport_Aviation List: From: "Andy Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed Oct 5, 2005 8:45 pm Subject: RE: [Sport_Aircraft] Sport Pilot Flight Schools WHERE WE ARE: St. Louis Sport Aviation, LLC is located near St. Louis, Missouri. To my knowledge, we are still the only school in the St. Louis area with a tailwheel aircraft available for solo rental. Our primary base is at Sackman Field (H49), a grass strip 25 minutes drive time south of the St. Louis downtown area. Our winter base (when the grass strip is too soggy to fly from) is at St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS), a towered airport 5 minutes from the downtown area. We currently have only one aircraft - a 1947 Luscombe 8A - but we have reached an agreement to add a second aircraft - a recently certified StingSport - scheduled to begin operation on November 1st. WHAT WE DO: Bare-bones, low cost "stick and rudder" Sport Pilot training in the Luscombe. Hour by hour at normal price, or pre-paid at a discounted rate. Higher performance Sport Pilot and Private Pilot training in the StingSport. Hour by hour at normal price, or pre-paid at a discounted rate. Tailwheel endorsements and Flight Reviews. (Package deals available). Our low traffic grass strip means maximum landings in minimum hours. Instruction in your Aircraft - including experimentals. Fly Away Vacation Packages (Includes discounted aircraft rental in the Sting and discounted accomodations at fun fly-to destinations) OUR RATES: (Rates are wet, but do not include a $6/hr fuel surcharge, which will be removed if/when fuel prices drop back to "pre-Katrina" levels.) Luscombe: $45/hr straight, or $41/hr block. Day VFR only. Avionics: Handheld Comm Cruise: 93mph Payload capacity with full fuel: 401 pounds StingSport: $78/hr straight, or $73/hr block. Day and Night VFR. Avionics: Dynon EFIS, Comm, Transponder w/ Alt, GPS, Digital Engine Analyzer, Cruise 110 kts Payload capacity with full fuel: 460 pounds. Other equipment: BRS safety 'chute Instruction: $25/hr for all instructors. Effective 1/1/06: $25 for an Instructor w/ a Sport Pilot Rating, and $32 for a "full" CFI. www.flystl.com ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
