Me and my one seater will pass thank you. If I had a PPL then yeah
sure but there are more than a few things that rub me the wrong way
with Sport and FAA. First Sport is killing ultralighting and it
isn't wright. My wife made the observation the other night that
people will not have a way to learn how to fly ultralights after the
rules go into effect. Not to go off on a tangent but seems to me
FAA has been promoting unsafe flying wiht Part 103 with its
regulation limiting fuel capacity for ultralight flight. They have
requirements for GA ( general avaition) to always have at least a
half hour of fuel reserve for Visual Flight Rules how is it they can
tell ultralight pilots they are not allowed to have a safety margin
of fuel for our daylight operations. They are promoting unsafe flying
practices..if I allowed to fly and i will take it a step further, as
an American I have a right to exercise my freedom to go where I want
in this country and if 500agl or 4500agl is where I want to be I have
the RIGHT to go there. FAA doesn't own the sky and its about time we
showed them they don't. They have been promoting unsafe flying
practices with their suggestinos that recreational vehicles should be
thus and such..the prevailing joke they have is if your flying a part
103 compliant aircraft your probably not safe. Yes thats true..thanks
to their regs..but for 30yrs not one ultralight manufacture has
provided a Part 103 compliant aircraft..ok I am getting carried away
but for the most part how has? Not since the 277 was discontined
anyway..

But back to the discussion at hand..Sport will allow you to use your
newly registered recreational vehicle opps I mean monoplane to pass
your certification process and win your pilots license. However,
time comes for your biannual review process to keep your
certification the deal is off. Now you will have to fly in an
aircraft your completely unfimilar with have never flown. How in the
heck are you going to pass that test? How about when someone stalls
one on base to final and kills hisself and the inspector/instructor.
That sure will put a damper on things I am betting. Seems to me we
got a another double standard. If I can win my license flying my own
why can't I keep it by repeating profecincy in my single. What are
you going to do start taking lessons just so you can pass your
profeciency? Does that sound stupid or what? More like a way to get
you out of your aircraft it sounds to me. Then their is the part
about people who don't know my aircraft inspecting it.. no thanks..

The 2place boys are crying and they are pointing out that I better
get inspected..yeah, misery loves company..they are the ones that got
this mess started in the first place.. I got it on pretty good
authority ISC was selling bfi certs like hot cakes..thousands had
them and none of em taught a soul to fly..geez do you think FAA would
sit back and just let that go on? Don't think so. Damn if the USUA
didn't figure that we all deserved to fly 2place if we wanted
too..not that they gave their certs away,,they didn't but they had
the wrong attitude..anybody who didn't have 2 students in 2 years
should have had their cert pulled and they woudln't do it.. said they
didn't have the authority..thanks guys, you got us in this mess just
as much as ASC..With authority come responsibilty and you didn't
exercise it in my opinion.

I gues I probably spouted off more than most wanted to hear..but just
the same I been feeling like getting this off my chest for a
while..so yall do what you want and we will see what we will see next
year..put me down for .........