"W P Dixon" wrote in
:

"If you hold a sport pilot certificate and you seek to
operate a light-sport aircraft that has a VH greater than 87
knots CAS you must-

The wording right there is what is the holdup, see the sport pilot
certificate, that means someone who already is a sport pilot , not a
student. A student would be seeking to obtain a sport pilot
certificate, or it should say a student sport pilot. But using the
words sport pilot certificate does not include students, or so say
half the FAA and AOPA.
It's kind of like saying you could not fly a C150 unless you had a
private pilot certificate,...no mention of a student pilot there. It's
weird wording for sure.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech


Break it apart: "If you hold a sport pilot certificate" ok, student
does not, therefore don't read anymore.

Now once you have the certificate: "If you hold a sport pilot
certificate" Yes; "and you seek to
operate a light-sport aircraft that has a VH greater than 87
knots CAS you must-
(a) Receive and log ground and flight training from an
authorized instructor in an aircraft that has a VH greater
than 87 knots CAS"

OK, you did that as a student, so your golden... It doesn't say WHEN
you had to have it done, it simply says you have to DO that before
flying an aircraft w/ VH greater than 87 knots.

Sounds simple to me....

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