I do NOT appreciate having material _I_ researched and wrote copied and
pasted so as to make it appear as if _you_ wrote it.

Mark claimed to write:
[...]
1) Modifying an experimental airplane that originally met LSA criteria
to
go faster than LSA speed is not illegal. It simply means that from
that
time forward, it can't be flown solo by a pilot operating under LSA
flight
rules. It requires a private pilot or higher. (Even if the airplane
mods
are later removed, it still can't be flown under LSA rules anymore.)


2) Also, for the record, the FAA speed requirement for LSA has some
important qualifiers that allow LSA airplanes to legally travel faster
than
120 kts. Here is the FAA text:


"A maximum airspeed in level flight with maximum continuous power (VH)
of
not more than 120 knots CAS under standard atmospheric conditions at
sea
level."[1]


The true airspeed of most LSAs will increase with increasing altitude
(to a
point - most aren't turbocharged. Turbocharging isn't per se
prohibited by
the LSA rules. And are generally limited to 10,000 ft anyway.) Owners
of
some LSAs have in fact observed true airspeeds at altitude of 150 mph
or
more. They aren't in violation of the rule because the limit is
defined at
sea level under standard conditions.


[1] http://www.sportpilot.org/learn/sp_rule.pdf