1. Light Sport Aircraft Workshop
FAA Southern Region

2. Presenters
Rich Michaels AFS 610
Edsel Ford AFS 610

3. Workshop Rules Silence cell phones Restrict sidebar conversations
Presentations are open to questions at anytime
Keep questions pertinent to the workshop topic
NO WHY QUESTIONS

4. Light Sport Workshop Agenda
Southern Region
Introduction :00 – 8:30 Edsel
Consensus Standards :30 - 9:30 Edsel
A&P Privileges and Limitations :30 – 10:30 Edsel
LSA Repairman and DAR’s : :30 Edsel
Lunch :30 – 12:00
Operations Overview :00 – 3:00 Rich
Accident Investigation :00 – 4:00 Edsel
Summary Rich, Edsel

5. LIGHT SPORT AVIATION BRANCH AFS-610
LARRY BUCHANAN – MANAGER
STEPHANIE KELLY – ANALYST
BILLIE MCLEAN – AST
OPERATIONS TEAM
JAY TEVIS
ROBBIE WHITESELL
JAMES LAMB
RICHARD MICHAELS
AIRWORTHINESS TEAM
EDSEL FORD
TOM MARCOTTE

7. OVERVIEW
The “Sport Pilot and Light-Sport Aircraft” rules address the certification of –
Light-Sport aircraft
Sport pilot and flight instructor with a sport rating
Repairmen
Inspection and maintenance of the new experimental and special light-sport aircraft
We are pleased that Administrator Blakey announced on July 20, 2004 that the FAA has signed off on the new Sport Pilot and Light-Sport Aircraft rules. These new rules represent a collaborative effort of industry and government. The entire aviation community will benefit from this partnership.
The Admisntrated Stated at the press conference on July 20, 2004 held at FAA headquarters in Washington, DC with the issuance of the final rule “Getting wings just got considerably less expensive with one stroke of the pen. And light sport aviation just got an infusion of safety.”
She went on to say that … ““This new FAA rule establishes a strong and vibrant infrastructure that will greatly reduce the barriers of becoming a pilot and aircraft owner while assuring that safety will always be the number one priority,” said FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey. “The FAA is making recreational flying safer while keeping it affordable and fun for aviation enthusiasts now and into the future.”
Cover slide

8. WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS?
Impacts a large population – Airmen and Aircraft
Operate an FAA registered and certificated aircraft
Aircraft inspected and maintained by certificated airman
Purchase “Ready to Fly Aircraft”
Comp or hire:
Flight Training/Rental
Hold an FAA Pilot Certificate
Carry a passenger
Flight instruct
Provides for better access to: Insurance, financing,
airports, and increased acceptance by general
aviation community
The SP/LSA rules offers a simplified regulatory path that removes the barriers of time and money that have prevented many people from earning a pilot certificate or continuing their flying activities --- while ensuring that safety will always be the number one priority.
The new light-sport aircraft category will offer the public the opportunity to purchase more affordable ready-to-fly aircraft and aircraft kits that will require less building time.
To operate an FAA registered and certificated aircraft that is inspected and maintained by certificated airman
Have access to the new ready-to fly aircraft that can be operated for Comp or hire: specifically Flight Training/Rental
Pilots of these aircraft will now have an FAA Pilot Certificate and can carry a passenger and provide flight instruction
All of this will provide for better access to: Insurance, financing, airports, and increased acceptance by general aviation community

9. Where is Sport Pilot now?

10. Sport Pilots

11. Sport Pilot CFI

12. WE HAVE 240 TOTAL PILOT EXAMINERS

13. 17 Repairman Courses Accepted
LSA-Course Provider
Insp. ASE
Insp. WSC
Insp. PPC
Insp. Gyro
Mx ASE
Mx WSC
Mx PPC
Rainbow Aviation Services X
Starks Aviation
Sport Aviation Specialties
EAA SportAir Workshops
Virginia Aviation
Aero Sports Connection
Rochester Institute of Technology
American Aero Inc.

14. Function Code
47 & 48
WE HAVE 150 TOTAL DAR’s

16. ELSA AIRCRAFT CERTIFIED

17. SLSA AIRCRAFT CERTIFIED

18. QUESTIONS