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Guys, It's really a foregone conclusion---I can't get a medical, so Sport Pilot is my only choice. But I really appreciate all the help and input so far. Thanks! Charlie Fox 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] >>> "Jerry Eichenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Monday, February 20, 2006 >>> 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
