LSA across the border?

Can a US registered Light Sport Aircraft be flown into Canada and back?
Can the Canadian equivalent be flown into the US and back?

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(Paul Tomblin) wrote:
Can a US registered Light Sport Aircraft be flown into Canada and back?
Can the Canadian equivalent be flown into the US and back?

Here's a copy of the answer on the EAA web site (available in the members-
only section) for the question of flying an LSA to Canada:

Questions:

"Does Canada permit U.S.-registered S-LSA into Canadian airspace and
facilities? If yes, are there any specific requirements and where would I
find them?

Is a current medical certificate required when flying an S-LSA in Canada?
If no, where would I find the exemption? If yes, do you know if Canadian
officials are considering dropping the requirement?"


Answers:

"In order to fly an LSA-certificated aircraft into Canada, you need to have
specific written permission from Transport Canada (TC). LSA airworthiness
certificates are not valid outside the U.S. without specific permission.

The Canadian officials will not allow a pilot to cross the international
border without an FAA medical certificate. They would have to issue written
permission for the pilot to operate in their airspace, but they have not as
of yet been willing to do so. There is no exemption available for this.

You'll be glad to know, however, that EAA, in partnership with TC, the FAA,
and the Bahamas, is working to resolve this issue."

In a previous article, Jim Logajan said:
You'll be glad to know, however, that EAA, in partnership with TC, the FAA,
and the Bahamas, is working to resolve this issue."

I didn't realize the Bahamas would care if you could fly an S-LSA into
Canada. :-)

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