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Roger - I humbly disagree with this advice. Let's be PROPONENTS of sport pilot. For a PPL, you need the following, all of which AREN'T needed for sport pilot: 1. Towered airport work not needed; 2. Far less x-c needed for SP; 3. No emergency instrument work needed; 4. No local night, or dual night x-c. All tolled, this is maybe 15 - 20 hours of dual instruction saved. And, you need an expensive rental airplane for the instrument work, and probably for the night work as well. Jerry E. -----Original Message----- From: roger anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:22 AM To: Charlie Fox; [email protected] Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Sport Pilot Training in North Texas ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Charlie, Something you might want to consider, if you don't mind getting an initial class III physical, is going ahead and getting a private license. I know a SP examiner and he says that the requirement, as far as flying skills go, aren't much different. I don't thin the additional training time should be much more than about 10- 15 hours. For a PPL, planes and examiners are very available. And once you have a PPL, you're good to go anytime you might want to jump in a C172 or whatever. After that, if you're only going to fly LSA, then just let the medical expire....but the PPL will always be there if you wish. roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:13 AM Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Sport Pilot Training in North Texas > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > I recently started my Sport Pilot Training at a Flying Club in McKinney, > TX. I got some time in a Cessna 152 with the hope of ending up in an > Ercoupe 415c that would allow me to do my checkride (it is LSA > compliant). Unfortunately, some modifications to that plane made it > unusable for my 260 lb. wt./6'2" frame. Both me and the instructor > couldn't fit due mostly to weight concerns. > > Anyway, I am looking for an instructor somewhere here in North Texas > who has access to an LSA compliant plane that I can train > in---preferable as close to Denton, TX as I can find. > > Any help from anyone out there would be sincerely appreciated. > > Charlie Fox > N778CF > Student Pilot/Sport Pilot trainee > > > Charles E. Fox, MS > University of North Texas > 217 North Texas Blvd. > Denton, TX 76203 > Chemical Hygiene Officer > Environmental Manager/Asst. Director > Risk Management Services > 940-565-4429 (voice) > 940-565-4751 (alt. voice) > 940-367-0252 (cell phone) > 940-565-4919 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ============================================================================ == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > ============================================================================ == To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
