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Overview of Sport Pilot NPRM for Changes for 2008 These changes are being proposed under docket number FAA 2007-29015. Please comment to that docket at www.regulations.gov . A copy of the full NPRM can be downloaded there as well. http://www.regulations.gov Opposed 1. Replace sport pilot privileges with aircraft category and classratings on all pilot certificates Opposed 2. Replace sport pilot flight instructor privileges with aircraftcategory ratings on all flight instructor certificates Opposed 3. Remove current provisions for the conduct of proficiency checksby flight instructors and include provisions for the issuance of category and class ratings by designated pilot examiners Opposed 4. Place all requirements for flight instructors under a single subpart(subpart H) of part 61. Agreed 5. Require 1 hour of flight training on the control and maneuvering of an airplane solely byreference to instruments for student pilots seeking a sport pilot certificate to operate an airplane with a maximum airspeed in level flight with maximum continuous power (VH) greater than 87 knots calibrated airspeed (CAS) and sport pilots operating airplanes with a VH greater
than 87 knots CAS.
Opposed and flight instructors with a sport pilot rating to carry their logbooks while in flight Agreed 7. Remove the requirement that persons exercising sport pilot privilegeshave an aircraft make-and-model endorsement to operate a specific set of aircraft while adding provisions for endorsements for the operation of powered parachutes with elliptical wings and aircraft with a VH less than or equal to 87 knots CAS Agreed 8. Remove the requirement for all flight instructors to log at least 5hours of flight time in a make and model of light-sport aircraft before providing training in any aircraft from the same set of aircraft in which that training is given 9. Permit persons exercising sport pilot privileges and the privileges of astudent pilot seeking a sport pilot certificate to fly up to an altitude of not more than 10,000 feet mean sea level (MSL) or 2,000 feet above ground level (AGL), whichever is higher Agreed 10. Permit private pilots to receive compensation for production flighttesting of powered parachutes and weight-shift-control aircraft intended for certification in the light-sport category under §21.190 Agreed 11. Revise student sport pilot solo cross-country navigationand communication flight training requirements Agreed 12. Clarify cross-country distance requirements for private pilotsseeking to operate weight-shift-control aircraft Agreed 13. Revise aeronautical experience requirements at towered airportsfor persons seeking to operate a powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft as a private pilot Agreed 14. Remove the requirement for pilots with only a powered parachute ora weight-shift-control aircraft rating to take a knowledge test for an additional rating at the same certificate level Agreed 15. Revise the amount of hours of flight training an applicant for asport pilot certificate must log within 60 days prior to taking the practical test Opposed 16. Remove expired ultralight transition provisions and limit the use ofaeronautical experience obtained in ultralight vehicles 17. Add a requirement for student pilots to obtain endorsementsidentical to those proposed for sport pilots in §§61.324 and 61.327 Agreed 18. Clarify that an authorized instructor must be in apowered parachute when providing flight instruction to a student pilot 19. Remove the requirement for aircraft certificated as experimental aircraftin the light-sport category to comply with the applicable maintenance and preventive maintenance requirements of part 43 when those aircraft have been previously issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category Agreed 20. Require aircraft owners or operators to retain a record of the current statusof applicable safety directives for special light-sport aircraft Agreed 21. Provide for the use of aircraft with a special airworthiness certificate inthe light-sport category in training courses approved under part 141. Agreed 22. Revise the minimum safe-altitude requirements for powered parachutesand weight-shift-control aircraft
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