Yes, I wish to have both the sport pilot and glider certificates.

It seems that for a glider I need less training if I already have a pilot
certificate. Some training for pilot also applied to glider. But that text
has not changed since before the sport pilot regulations were released.
This caused the question of if that situation also applied to sport pilot
training.

RS

"BTIZ" wrote in message
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If I recall correctly.. there is no Glider Rating at the Sport Pilot
level.
If you complete a Sport Pilot Rating in "airplane", then you still need to
complete a Glider Rating at the Private Pilot Level. Complete with Glider
Private Pilot written exam and check ride.

Of issue is that the Sport Pilot rating does not address certain
physiological factors of high altitude flight or long distance cross
county flying, which the Private Pilot rating does.

With the Private Pilot Glider rating you would only need a log book
endorsement for "self launch".

As this aircraft called a "Virus" seems to be a motor glider, then a
Glider Rating with Self Launch endorsement is all that is needed to fly
it.

so why the Sport Pilot rating? unless you have other aspirations.

But then again, I could not be remembering correctly...