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    SPL vs PPL

    Correct, and correct. The issue being both SLSAs were down for maintenance for 4 weeks, while both 152s sat unused. My instructor was prepared to sign off on me flying the 152 but the chief instructor chimed in with “nay nay”! Yes, all the Sport solo time counts and I knocked off the long...
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    SPL vs PPL

    No: he’s saying as a SPORT pilot (none of the CFIs mentioned with or without a 3rd class) I am not, nor will I ever AGAIN be a student pilot. And the regs do not address SPORT pilots! None of the 15 exceptions in FAR §61.3(c)(2) authorize a Sport pilot with a valid driver’s license to solo in a...
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    SPL vs PPL

    I’m 65, earned my Sport last year, and am awaiting the FAA to approve my class 3 so I can test for PPL: primarily to land after sunset and to pursue my IFR. I am buying a small Tecnam to test and train in. Interestingly, it was the medical which gave me the incentive to get my weight down and my...
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