With the sport pilot certificate first, you would qualify under the FARs and
having more than 40hrs in an aircraft before moving on to the glider rating,
that would qualify you as requiring less training hours or flights logged to
achieve the private glider rating.

Because the sport pilot does not cover some material that a private pilot
does, it cannot be done as an "add on" rating, you would still need to take
the glider private written test prior to the check ride.

As a CFIG, I can assure you that you would be trained in all areas required
for your glider check ride, but because you already hold a Sport pilot
rating it would take less time on basic aerodynamics, flight control,
traffic patterns and airspace study etc.

BT

"Ralph Steiner" wrote in message
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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
news:ICBKf.40$Uc2.37@fed1read04...
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...