I am a licensed Private Pilot but not a current medical. Do I have to get the Sport Pilot license to fly when I get my SS7 flying? Or is my PPL good enough? I don't believe that I would pass my medical if I tried.
I am a licensed Private Pilot but not a current medical. Do I have to get the Sport Pilot license to fly when I get my SS7 flying? Or is my PPL good enough? I don't believe that I would pass my medical if I tried.
Stan Inzer
912 ULS
Dynon Skyview 10"
N599KF
As a PPL individual you hold that Ticket, You are required to have a Medical to exercise the privlidges of that Certificate, If you have no Medical, i.e. you didn't loose it you just let it expire they your PPL can be used or exercised within the confines of the Sport Pilot Privlidges, It automatically qualifies you just have to limit yourself to fly within the limits / regulations the same as a Sport Pilot. some of the most basic items that you will loose would be no night flight, no altitudes over 10k unless your are with in 2500 agl, No flying over solid overcast etc. just make sure your S7 in not listed over 1320 on the Gross Weight.
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Thanks BigJohn, that is what I thought.
Stan Inzer
912 ULS
Dynon Skyview 10"
N599KF
Look at 61.303 and 61.315.
There is an odd situation in 303 that I believe is an error. If you look at the chart for if you have a PP but no medical just a driver license, note that if you are flying IN category and class you are limited by all the rules in 315. If you are flying OUT OF category and class, you are exempt from 315 (c)(7) and (c)(14). These are the controlled airspace and a speed limit criteria, unless you meet training requirements. A PP would have had the training, so it seems like a mistake to me, if you are flying in category and class. Actually, for a PP flying under SP rules a few other limitations ought to be exempted too, but that is another whole discussion.
Last edited by DBVZ; 02-23-2012 at 01:02 PM.
Dwight B. Van Zanen
Maple Valley, WA and
West Columbia, SC
PP/ASEL/IA
Avid Mk 4 Aerobat
There is no error and it is really quite simple.
Category: Airplane, Helicopter, etc.
Class: Single Engine -land, Multi engine-sea, etc.
If you have a Private Pilot license you can fly LSA with a drivers license and no medical. Your flight operations are limited the same as any sport pilot.
Sport Pilots must have make and model endorsements. Private Pilots do not require make and model endorsements within the same category and class.
Example: Tom is a Sport Pilot. Dick is a Private Pilot with Airplane Single Engine ratings. Both have a drivers license and want to fly a Kitfox LSA with tri gear.
Tom must get a Kitfox endorsement before he can solo or carry a passenger.
Dick can jump in the Kitfox, do three take-offs and landings solo, then carry a passenger with no endorsement required.
Harry shows up to fly the Kitfox. He is a Private Pilot with Helicopter - multi engine - land rating. His medical has expired and he has a valid drivers license. Harry must get an endorsement to fly the Kitfox solo. He may not carry a passenger until he gets an additional Airplane single engine rating.
John, please list what regulation covers make and model endorsements for sport pilot. My understanding is this. As the sport pilot rules were first proposed, that would have been the case, but as it was adopted, it was only broken up into catagory and class. I have been a sport pilot since June 2005, (second one in Mn) and have three friends within 20 miles of me that are also SPs. None of us have specific make and model endorsements, but we all have sport pilot specific catagory and class endorsements that govern what type and speed of planes we can fly. Take care, Jim Chuk
Last edited by avidflyer; 02-26-2012 at 07:31 AM.