My Sport Pilot experiance

MBDiagMan said:
Since it sounds as if you have aspirations of moving past the Sport stage, make sure you are training with a full CFI, rather than a sport CFI, so that your hours will be good for the next stage of training.
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Yes, everything is being done with a full CFI. I even already have some night and instrument time logged.

I suspect that I will go PPL in due time. But I am going to enjoy this for the time being.
 
aanderson81 said:
As for the sport plane, when i first started I thought I wasn't going to be satisfied, but in all honesty I am glad that I am going sport first. It seems to be going quick enough where I am not feeling like I am stuck and I'll be able to enjoy the sport ticket for a bit before moving onto PP or beyond.

I would love to see the sport pilot rules to be expanded to cover a bit more aircraft wise, but in all honesty between the CTLS and the Gobosh they fit my needs right now.
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I always said one should take baby steps when it comes to aviation and start at the start or from the simplest airplanes, Ultralight, Sport Pilot, PP.

One crawled before walking and one rode a trike or small bike before climbing on a 10 or 20 speed bicycle. The same should apply to airplanes, start small and work your way up.

Its a win win for everyone, in my book.

Just think if this had been the platform for receiving a certificate everyone from ultralight CFI to PP CFI would still today be busy training for you had to see your ultralight CFI before you advanced to SP, and so on.

Win Win for everyone. You also learn how to fly without the need for such things like an ASI in these small airplanes and learn to fly by the seat of your pants, or stick and rudder skills.


Tony
 
Congrats man.. go get that check ride. I was flying my Gobosh out here in Colorado the other late afternoon. Very cold, and even at 6840 ft field elevation I was getting over 1200 FPM climb rate. The plane performs really well. Looking forward to seeing them post about your check ride on the 7B2 FB page.

As to the last post about taking steps, I agree with that. I did SP first then PP. It worked out great. I would slightly differ in the opinion of LSA's being easier to fly. I have flown over 400 hours in LSA's and own one. I also have flown 172's, Piper Pacers, etc. I can say that I find flying a 172 almost boring as it is so much easier to land. Again, just my opinion. I think learning in a LSA is a great idea. It makes you really pay attention all the way to the ground.

Carl
 
1600vw said:
I always said one should take baby steps when it comes to aviation and start at the start or from the simplest airplanes, Ultralight, Sport Pilot, PP.

One crawled before walking and one rode a trike or small bike before climbing on a 10 or 20 speed bicycle. The same should apply to airplanes, start small and work your way up.

Its a win win for everyone, in my book.

Just think if this had been the platform for receiving a certificate everyone from ultralight CFI to PP CFI would still today be busy training for you had to see your ultralight CFI before you advanced to SP, and so on.

Win Win for everyone. You also learn how to fly without the need for such things like an ASI in these small airplanes and learn to fly by the seat of your pants, or stick and rudder skills.


Tony
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What popped in my mind when reading the above was the Gimli Glider. If that pilot had not spent time in small planes and gliders, but rather had just gone straight to the heavy stuff with no other flying experience, I wonder if he would have been able to slip a 767 down to safety.
 
aanderson81 said:
Once I did that I was able to have much more confidence with my speed and was doing a much better job with staying on target speed on approach. .
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Until the devious little german guy pulls out his little stickers and covers them up.
 
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