Does this mean 'flight by someone holding ' or 'exercising the privileges of '?īut. I think different interpretations of this arise from the use of the word "operations". "Pursuant to § 91.131(b)(2), solo student, sport, and recreational pilot operations are not permitted at any of the following airports." Wasn't that a point of contention on another thread? CFR 91 AppD says this before providing the list: *Professor - since I am still technically a Commercial Pilot, would that qualify me to land at those airports despite a lapsed medical?Įddie, CFR 91.131 covers this you are OK because you are not the holder of a sport pilot certificate. The vast majority of the time those are airports to be avoided regardless, with better GA airports around anyway.
Truthfully, in my entire career I've only landed at one of those anyway - Miami - and that was only once IIRC. To be honest, I did not know that since I'm now sans medical and operating as a Sport Pilot, that I could not land at those airports*. Washington, DC (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International Airport) Newark, NJ (Newark International Airport) Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International Airport) Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport)īoston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport)Ĭhicago, IL (Chicago-O'Hare International Airport)ĭallas, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport) Googled and was pointed to the Professor's site.Ītlanta, GA (The William B. Also what is a 87kts endorsement? Thanks. Log on to (you should sign up for an FAA Safety Team account in any case) and search for it.ĭaidalos wrote:Keep in mind that there are a list of major airports that you may not land as a SPĬan you please elaborate or point to a reference Marcus? This is rarely addressed in ground school materials. I give a regular FAA Wings Safety Seminar around the country, titled "Stepping Up to Light Sport", just for folks in your situation. (In my academic career, I specialized in curriculum design.) Again, this curriculum is offered freely to any flight school that wants to adopt it.
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So, feel free to print it out and take it with you to any CFI -just say "I'll have what she's having."įor pilots with limited experience flying in congested airspace, or for Sport Pilots needing their airspace endorsements, I've also developed the much more rigorous Airspace Ace mini-course. This curriculum draws heavily from Advisory Circular AC-90-109 ( ) and I share it (and all my structured curricula) openly with other flight schools. The airspace issues are a common area of concern for returning pilots who have been inactive for a while, and this is covered thoroughly in my standard transition curriculum: Sandy, this very transition is a major focus of my flight school, and is discussed extensively not just on various threads on these forums, but also in FAQs on my website: What exactly is 'adequate' for you might be more might be the right at whatever makes the insurer/owner happy (there are plenty of threads on here that debate that point).īottom line is that as a PPL you already can exercise SP privileges, pursuant to currency requirements and endorsements you already have or acquire during your transition/currency training (Tailwheel, etc).
Prudence (and most certainly the insurance company and whomever you intend to rent an LSA from) requires you to receive adequate transition training in the LSA of your intended aviation, often a minimum of 5 hours. You may choose to exercise Sport Pilot privileges just as an ATP can exercise Private Pilot privileges. Unless your PPL is revoked by the Administrator, you are and shall ever be a Private Pilot and there's no need to 'downgrade'. Can anyone tell me what I need to do? I'm sure things like a biennial flight review are in order but do I have to make a declaration or something like it to the FAA? Now I would like to 'downgrade' to the sport pilot license. I'm a private pilot who let his medical lapse many years ago.