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The main benefit would probably be with a special light sport glider
like the TST -14 or Urban Air Lambada. If someone wanted to buy one and either use it for personal use or giving rides/instruction they could do their own maintenance including annuals and 100 hour inspections after taking an 80 hour maintenance course. That would give someone freedom from an A&P or IA if they chose to do so. The light sport gives many benefits besides skipping out on a medical. The main benefit is being able to try different types of aircraft without having to drop so much money. Once you have your first rating you can try out anything else that fits into light sport. That includes airplane and weight shift - land and sea, glider, powered parachute, rotorcraft (gyro), and lighter than air. You just have to become proficient in the new category/class and your instructor will sign you off to take a proficiency check with another instructor. No examiner or minimum times. If someone wanted to transition into gliders from another class they would be pretty limited since they made it a Vne of 120kts and gross weight of 1,320 lbs. The Vne limits a lot of gliders and they'd probably be stuck in Schweizers (nothing wrong with that per se). Anyone know of operations giving instruction in LSA gliders or towards the rating? |
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