On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:34:58 GMT, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:

Anybody how many planes the recreational pilot license program added to the US
fleet?

The recreational license has been around for several years now and has had
no discernable effect. The jury is still out on the Sport Pilot license.

The last time I checked, I think there were 183 people in the US
flying on recreational pilot privileges, and it declined each year.

(Many student pilots at schools got a recreational certificate en
route to their private certificate. Those weren't counted.)

I'm not sure that there will ever be an accurate count on sport
pilots. Presumably we, like George W Bush, will be shown on the FAA
data base as "no current medical".

(I became a sport pilot last December, when my medical expired and it
had become too much of a hassle to renew it.)

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
from HarperCollins on August 21 www.flyingtigersbook.com