----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Contemplating the new Light-Sport Aircraft / Sport-Pilot rules, I'd like to give them the suggestion below. If you have any improvements, please tell me. If we come to a consensus, perhaps a few hundred of us might submit the identical language and get their attention. How about asking for this addendum: 1. Any certificated aircraft which meets the Light-Sport Aircraft requirements at the moment of takeoff and throughout the flight may be flown by a Sport Pilot under the Sport Pilot / Light-Sport Aircraft rules. Just as a Private Pilot is eligible to fly a Light-Sport Aircraft under Light-Sport Aircraft rules, a certificated aircraft may be flown by a Sport Pilot provided it meets the Light-Sport Aircraft rules DURING the flight. If flown by a Sport Pilot, the pilot must satisfy the same make and model training requirements as for any other Light-Sport Aircraft. The aircraft's eligibility may be established by an AI and recorded in the aircraft's logbook. Aircraft performance must be within the Light-Sport Aircraft category. The aircraft's gross weight must satisfy the Light-Sport Aircraft rules only during flights in which a Sport Pilot is pilot in command - this may require that the flight be conducted at less than the aircraft's certificated gross weight. 2. An aircraft may be flown as a Light-Sport Aircraft if it's gross weight is less than 750 Kg (1653.5 lb.) at takeoff. Justification: It's silly to exclude a Cessna 152 while allowing much more dangerous planes to be flown as Light-Sport Aircraft s." 3. A certificated aircraft which does not exceed the maximum level-flight airspeeds of the Light-Sport Aircraft rules may fly as a Light-Sport Aircraft even if it's minimum flying speed or stall speed is higher than is required for pure Light-Sport Aircraft s. This will be allowed because the certificated aircraft has undergone much more rigorous development, testing and certification than Light-Sport Aircraft s. People, there are a LOT of 150/152 pilots out there. Let's support them for the category and maybe they can carry us along. 152s weigh more than Coupes. Coupes land faster. Let's work together. The comment period for the NPRM closes May 9th. Here are Kilogram, approximate pound and exact pound equivalents: Kilograms ~lbs exact pounds
560 1232 1234.6 570 1254 1256.6 575 1265 1267.7 580 1276 1278.7 590 1298 1300.7 600 1320 1322.8 610 1342 1344.8 620 1364 1366.9 630 1386 1388.9 640 1408 1411.0 650 1430 1433.0 660 1452 1455.0 675 1485 1488.1 700 1540 1543.2 725 1595 1598.3 750 1650 1653.5 775 1705 1708.6 800 1760 1763.7 Here are knot and mile/hour equivalents: Knots mph 39 44.9 40 46.0 41 47.2 42 48.3 43 49.5 44 50.6 45 51.8 46 52.9 47 54.1 48 55.2 49 56.4 50 57.5 51 58.7 52 59.8 53 61.0 54 62.1 55 63.3 Ed Burkhead ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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