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Ron -- thanks for the info and research on this! I really do appreciate it. Matt

Brian -- On the back on my license it has Ratings: Sport Pilot and Limitiations: Sport Endorsements: Airplane Single Engine Land and Holder does not meet ICAO requirements. So Brian / Ron -- it sounds like I don't have to go back to the FSDO or anything like that -- just get an endorsement to...

My question here is that I am actually going to be getting a different license, not just a new rating. I am a certificated sport pilot, but I am going to private pilot glider due to the Vne restriction on sport gliders. Matt

Good question. The guy who had issued the cert did not seem to have done it before. This was my second student pilot cert not attached to a medical (I had a medical as well for a while that I just let expire). The first non-medical student pilot certificate did not have the sport pilot only...

Hey guys -- I am wanting to pursue a glider license but not be limited to the Vne associated with the sport pilot glider privileges. Thus, I am wanting to pursue a PPL-G. My main question is -- what document do I use to solo? My old student pilot certificate that I used for my sport pilot...

Great -- thanks!

All -- I am a licensed sport pilot for airplane single engine land. Last week while I was out of town I went flying with a friend who owns a Remos. We discussed PIC beforehand and declared him as such since he is left seat and is listed on insurance and such. While we were up, I took the...

So today I went flying on a nearly cross country (46nm there and back) just to pass some time. On the way back into the home airport, I was about 4 feet above the runway, settling into ground effect and bleeding a little speed, when all of a sudden the 4 feet went away and I hit pretty hard. It...

All -- I'm planning on doing a little XC while I'm back down in Atlanta in a few weeks from FTY up to 49A, which is about 50 miles nearly due north of FTY. I have two questions regarding this: 1) As I head north, the FTY Class D abuts the MGE Class D. I've always flown either east or west...

Hey Guys -- I have a couple of questions about making my first day trip someplace. On all of my XC work I just landed where I needed to and then took back off...never parked, talked to FBO, went to town, etc., so I want to make sure I know how this stuff works. I'm planning on going to MVY...

Just thought I'd update that I did my checkout this morning and it was a piece of cake. Went up to practice area, CFI said "well, it's clear you can fly the plane -- which maneuvers do you want to do to feel comfortable with this airframe" as it was slightly different from the SportCruiser I had...

Thanks for all the input, guys. One other question -- who is the PIC in this case? Is that something that the CFI and I will discuss on the ground prior to departure? Or does it default to one of us? Thanks, Matt

All -- I did a search but perhaps I'm not entering the right terms to get what I'm looking for. I'm trying to understand what to expect from a checkout in a different flight school's plane? I have 21 hours in type and passed my checkride a bit more than a month ago (so in other words, I'm...